{"id":4034,"date":"2022-03-11T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:24:56","slug":"the-new-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db-developer-specialty-certification-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/the-new-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db-developer-specialty-certification-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty Certification is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers who wish to prove their cloud-native app development skills with Azure Cosmos DB can now earn the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/certifications\/azure-cosmos-db-developer-specialty\/?WT.mc_id=Azure_blog-wwl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty Certification<\/a>.\u00a0 Get a preview of what to expect in the latest episode of Data Exposed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFEX97HGA8k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Prepare for the Azure Cosmos DB developer certification exam<\/h4>\n<p>Ready to get started? Use these free resources to help you prepare for the exam &#8220;Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB (Exam DP-420)&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Join the weekly study hall:<\/strong> We&#8217;re running <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/events\/learntv\/learnlive-azure-cosmos-db-certification-study-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekly study hall sessions <\/a>online every Wednesday until April 20th covering key concepts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get an exam discount:<\/strong> Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/challenges?id=d6c6d844-1da1-470f-9157-ee9471c6b55d&amp;oc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB Developer cloud skills challenge<\/a> to learn how to build, scale, and optimize applications and get a 50% discount on the exam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take free online learning<\/strong>: Microsoft Learn offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/learn\/certifications\/azure-cosmos-db-developer-specialty\/?WT.mc_id=Azure_blog-wwl&amp;tab=tab-learning-paths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free online learning path<\/a> to help you master the key concepts of Azure Cosmos DB.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use the study guide:<\/strong> Find more resources in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasmaurer.ch\/2021\/10\/dp-420-study-guide-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db-developer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study guide<\/a> by Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate Thomas Maurer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Learn more about Azure Cosmos DB<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/a> is a fast and scalable cloud database for modern app development. See how to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/optimize-dev-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get started, dev\/test, and run small production workloads free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.   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Find free resources to help you prepare for &#8211; and pass! &#8211; the exam. <\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}