DP-3015: Get started with Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL development Training

Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Evaluate whether Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL is the right database for your application
• Describe how the features of the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL are appropriate for modern applications

Try Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create a new Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account
• Create database, container, and item resources for an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account

Plan Resource Requirements

• Evaluate various requirements of your application

Configure Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL database and containers

• Compare the various service and throughput offerings for Azure Cosmos DB
• Migrate between standard and autoscale throughput

Move data into and out of Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Migrate data using Azure services
• Migrate data using Spark or Kafka

Use the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK

• Integrate the Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos SDK library from NuGet
• Connect to an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account using the SDK and .NET

Configure the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK

• Configure the SDK for offline development
• Troubleshoot common connection errors
• Implement parallelism in the SDK
• Configure logging using the SDK

Implement Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL point operations

• Perform CRUD operations using the SDK
• Configure TTL for a specific item

Perform cross-document transactional operations with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create a transactional batch and review results
• Implement optimistic concurrency control for an operation

Process bulk data in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Use C# task asynchronous programming model and "bulk" support in the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL .NET SDK

Query the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create and execute a SQL query
• Project query results
• Use built-in functions in a query

Author complex queries with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Implement a correlated subquery
• Create a cross-product query

Define indexes in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create and execute a SQL query
• Project query results
• Use built-in functions in a query

Customize indexes in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Implement a correlated subquery
• Create a cross-product query

Consume an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL change feed using the SDK

• Create a change feed processor in the .NET SDK
• Author a delegate to handle a batch of changes in a client-side application

Handle events with Azure Functions and Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL change feed

• Create an Azure Function using the Azure Cosmos DB trigger

Search Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL data with Azure Cognitive Search

• Create an indexer to migrate data from Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL to an Azure Cognitive Search index

Implement a non-relational data model

• Determine access patterns for data
• Apply data model and partitioning strategies to support an efficient and scalable NoSQL database

Design a data partitioning strategy

• Manage relationships between data entities by using advanced modeling and partitioning strategies
• Maintain the referential integrity of your data by using change feed
• Implement pre-aggregating and denormalizing data strategies to improve data-model performance and scaling
• Optimizing storage and compute by mixing entity types in a single container

Configure replication and manage failovers in Azure Cosmos DB

• Distribute data across global data centers
• Configure automatic failover and perform a manual failover
• Configure the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL .NET SDK to use a specific region

Use consistency models in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Configure default consistency level for an Azure Cosmos DB account
• Change the consistency level on a per-request basis

Configure multi-region write in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Configure Azure Cosmos DB for multi-region write
• Use the .NET SDK to select a write region for operations

Customize an indexing policy in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Customize an indexing policy for read-heavy workloads
• Customize an indexing policy for write-heavy workloads

Measure index performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Tune an indexing policy for specific queries
• Measure the cost for a query or operation

Implement integrated cache in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Implement the integrated cache
• Configure integrated cache options

Measure performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Understand how Azure Cosmos DB uses Azure Monitor to monitor server-side metrics
• Measure Cosmos DB's throughput
• Observe rate-limiting events
• Query telemetry logs
• Measure cross-partition storage distribution throughput

Monitor responses and events in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Review common response codes
• Understand transit errors
• Review rate-limiting errors
• Configure Alerts
• Audit Security

Implement backup and restore for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Understand the different backup and restore options Azure Cosmos DB provides
• Evaluate periodic backups
• Configure continuous backups
• Do point in time recovery

Implement security in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Implement network level access control
• Review data encryption options
• Use role-based access control (RBAC)
• Access Account Resources using Microsoft Entra ID
• Understand Always Encrypted

Write management scripts for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• View arguments, groups, and subgroups for a specific CLI command
• Create Azure Cosmos DB accounts, databases, and containers using the CLI
• Manage an indexing policy using the CLI
• Configure database or container throughput using the CLI
• Initiate failovers and manage failover regions using the CLI

Create resource template for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Identify the three most common resource types for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL accounts
• Create and deploy a JSON Azure Resource Manager template for an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account, database, or container
• Create and deploy a Bicep template for an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account, database, or container
• Manage throughput and index policies using JSON or Bicep templates

Build multi-item transactions with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Author stored procedure
• Rollback stored procedure transactions

Expand query and transaction functionality in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create user-defined functions
• Create triggers