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Getting started with Azure Cosmos DB – end to end example, part 2

Cyrille Visser September 14, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 09/14/21

The second of a two-part series about creating your first Azure Cosmos DB implementation. Learn how to improve performance by optimizing queries and monitoring your database account.

Getting started with Azure Cosmos DB – end to end example

Cyrille Visser September 9, 2021 Sep 9, 2021 09/9/21

Understand how to create your first Azure Cosmos DB implementation with this two-part series. From when and why to choose a NoSQL database to creating containers and selecting an API, follow this end-to-end example to walk through the steps you'll take to get started.

Integrating Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with Apache Kafka using Kafka Connect

Abhishek Gupta December 14, 2020 Dec 14, 2020 12/14/20

Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API is a fully managed cloud service that is compatible with Cassandra Query Language (CQL) v3.11 API. It has no operational overhead and you can benefit from all the underlying Azure Cosmos DB capabilities such as global distribution, automatic scale out partitioning, availability and latency guarantees, encryption ...

Now in preview – Support for Synapse SQL serverless in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

Ramnandan Krishnamurthy October 28, 2020 Oct 28, 2020 10/28/20

Azure Synapse Link now supports querying Azure Cosmos DB data using Synapse SQL serverless. This capability, available in public preview, allows you to use familiar analytical T-SQL queries and build powerful near real-time BI dashboards on Azure Cosmos DB data.

Azure Cosmos DB for the SQL Professional – Referencing Tables

James Serra August 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020 08/24/20

How should you handle reference tables that are common in the relational database world when working in Azure Cosmos DB? This post walks through some of the differences SQL professionals will encounter, and how developing in a Azure Cosmos DB environment compares to a relational database management service (RDBMS).

Change Feed – Unsung Hero of Azure Cosmos DB

Lenni Lobel July 2, 2020 Jul 2, 2020 07/2/20

One of the most overlooked capabilities in Azure Cosmos DB is its change feed. This little gem sits quietly behind every container in your database, watches for changes, and maintains a persistent record of them in the order they occur. Discover use cases and tips for using this powerful feature.

Data Modeling and Partitioning for Relational Workloads

Lenni Lobel June 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 06/30/20

As a NoSQL database, Azure Cosmos DB requires you think about data modeling in new ways. In this post, we’ll use a familiar real-world relational data model and refactor it as a non-relational data model for Azure Cosmos DB.

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