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Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 6: Event Sourcing

We're excited to present the sixth edition of our blog series, dedicated to exploring design patterns in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL applications. Drawing from real-world customer experiences, our aim is to help you navigate the intricacies of JSON-based NoSQL databases. In this chapter, we delve deeper into prevalent NoSQL patterns, perfect for...

Best Practices for Re-modeling Graph database to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

Introduction Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's premier fully managed NoSQL database for modern app development. It is ideal for solutions including artificial intelligence, digital commerce, Internet of Things, booking management and other types of use cases. It offers single-digit millisecond response times, automatic and instant scalability ...

Call for Papers now open: Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024

(image) We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers (CFP) for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024 is now officially open! This is an exciting opportunity for you to share your knowledge, experiences, and innovations with a vibrant and diverse community of developers. About the conference Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a free virtual developer ...

Scaling IoT/Time Series/Metering Workloads with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

Introduction : For many organizations around the world, the capture of consumption data is a common yet critical requirement. Some of these organizations struggle to manage the sheer volumes of data that they must capture and process. No wonder! We conservatively estimate that there would petabytes of such data globally and it is likely ...

Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 3: Distributed counter

Over the years, customers have asked us for help in designing applications around specific scenarios they were trying to achieve. In some cases, these centered around implementing certain patterns using a JSON-based NoSQL database. Some of these patterns are very common in the NoSQL world, but not well understood by those new to NoSQL ...

Introducing Burstable Tier (M25) on Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

(image) Introducing the new burstable cluster tier (M25) in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore, designed to cater to dynamic workloads with varying CPU usage patterns. Burstable SKUs provide an intelligent solution for small database workloads, offering minimal CPU performance during idle periods while seamlessly ramping up to full CPU ...