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Azure Cosmos DB Live TV Episode 43 – Data Modeling for the Relational Mind
Azure Cosmos DB Live TV returns with episode 43, where Principal Program Manager, Mark Brown and Microsoft MVP Sarah Dutkiewicz showcase how the relational mind can into the nonrelational side by looking at the differences in data modeling. They will walk through a common scenario and how relational modeling differs from modeling for document storage and graph databases. Data Modeling Microsoft defines data modeling as the process of analyzing and defining all the different data your business collects and produces, as well as the relationships between those bits of data. The process of modeling your data create...
Join Us! Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022
Find out what's new in the world of Azure Cosmos DB directly from our team at Microsoft Build 2022. We will be introducing new features that enable developers to build scalable, cost-effective cloud-native applications with ease. Join senior leadership, program managers, and engineers for live sessions, roundtable discussions, and much more. This live event will be held virtually and is free for anyone to register. You won’t want to miss it! 📆Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Scale Cloud-Native Apps and Accelerate App Modernization Tuesday, May 24th | 9:50 AM – 11:10 AM (PT) | 12:50 PM – 1:10 PM (ET) Lea...
Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API: A true differentiator with Autoscale
Overview We know that Apache Cassandra, a wide-column NoSQL database, is a great option to solve the 3 V’s (Volume, Variety and Velocity) of data requirements. It is a given that data will grow as the business expands. Invariably you will need to expand the cluster to accommodate additional data and handle greater throughput. This load may be difficult to predict. Apache Cassandra customers experience pain all through the scaling journey. With Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API, customers experience no such pain because of seamless autoscaling. The provisioned throughput autoscale feature on Azure Cosmos DB Ca...
Larger document sizes and $expr support in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
We are excited to announce these recent updates in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB that enable larger document sizes and expressions in your queries. 16MB document support (General Availability) To keep database operations as efficient as possible, it is best practice to keep documents to a small size. This applies to Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB as well as MongoDB. However, in some application use cases, larger documents may be required and beneficial. We’re happy to announce the public preview of 16MB document support in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB. You can sign up for this preview thr...
Register now for Azure Cosmos DB Conf on April 19 – 20
Azure Cosmos DB Conf, our free, virtual developer event, returns April 19-20. The event will include three, 3-hour live streams in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Australia, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Each live stream will feature its own unique, region-specific content that will be created and delivered by local members of the Azure Cosmos DB community. You'll learn more about Azure Cosmos DB and see the kinds of apps others in the community are building. Join us live Watch Azure Cosmos DB Conf on-demand You can watch sessions on-demand during and after the live event. Visit ...
Simplified CDC with Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API
This blog post details the several ways in which Change Feed in the Azure Cosmos DB API for Cassandra makes consumption of row mutations significantly easier to use with much more flexibility, than Apache Cassandra's CDC (Change Data Capture) functionality.
Azure Synapse Link: Announcing support for existing Azure Cosmos DB containers and seamless Power BI integration
Azure Synapse Link: Announcing support for existing Azure Cosmos DB containers and seamless Power BI integration.
Upcoming changes to Azure Cosmos DB TLS certificates
Microsoft is updating Azure services to use TLS certificates from a different set of Root Certificate Authorities (CAs). Follow these steps to see if your application is affected, and update your TLS certificates to prevent disruption to your Azure Cosmos DB account.
The new Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty Certification is here!
The new Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty Certification is an important credential for developers who want to prove their skills in building scalable cloud-native applications with Azure Cosmos DB. Find free resources to help you prepare for - and pass! - the exam.