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Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK v.1.0.4

October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

David Pine

David Pine shares the unofficial Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK. The repository SDK aims to simplify the consumption of Azure Cosmos DB by abstracting away some of the complexities of the existing .NET SDK and exposes a modern generic repository pattern-based interface.

Data modeling, partitioning, and pricing in 2 minutes

September 30, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 09/30/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

Build your NoSQL database for speed, scale, and performance with the right data modeling, partitioning, and pricing strategies. In under 2-minutes, these new videos will help guide your next application development project.

Ignite 2020: New serverless and analytics capabilities announced

September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

Today, at Microsoft Ignite 2020, we announced new ways to run serverless workloads and bring the power of Azure Synapse Analytics to operational data in Azure Cosmos DB. These capabilities offer new possibilities for NoSQL developers and data analysts to power applications at any size or scale – from dev/test to production. You can explore ...

Build fault tolerant applications with Cassandra API for Azure Cosmos DB

September 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020 09/10/20

Abhishek Gupta

Step-by-step guidance about how to build fault tolerant applications using the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API with a custom retry policy for 429 errors.

Getting started with Azure Cosmos DB using API for MongoDB and Rust

April 29, 2020 Apr 29, 2020 04/29/20

Gurpreet Singh

Rust is becoming increasingly popular both externally and internally at Microsoft due to its performance and safety, especially safe concurrency. In this tutorial, we are going to be writing a Rust application to perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on data using Azure Cosmos DB's API for MongoDB. Prerequisites: ...

Running a low-cost, scalable app with Azure Cosmos DB free tier

March 23, 2020 Mar 23, 2020 03/23/20

Nikisha Reyes-Grange

When building an app, the challenge is to identify the right combination of services or tools from the vast options available. The creators of theURList.com share how Azure Cosmos DB free tier and other Azure services help them run a low-cost, scalable app.

Native Mongo shell on Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now in preview

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20

Luis Bosquez

We are happy to announce the preview release for native Mongo shell v3.6.8 on the Data Explorer for Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB! This will provide you with the native Mongo shell capabilities for database management and CRUD operations. This is available in your Data Explorer either in the Azure Portal or in its stand-alone version...

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