Getting Started with Cosmos DB NoSQL Development (DP-3015)

Course Overview

Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• What is Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
• How does Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL work
• When should you use Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

Try Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Explore resources
• Review basic operations

Plan Resource Requirements

• Understand throughput
• Evaluate throughput requirements
• Evaluate data storage requirements
• Time-to-live (TTL)
• Plan for data retention with time-to-live (TTL)

Configure Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL database and containers

• Serverless
• Compare serverless vs. provisioned throughput
• Autoscale throughput
• Compare autoscale vs. standard (manual) throughput
• Migrate between standard (manual) and autoscale throughput

Use the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK

• Understand the SDK
• Import from package manager
• Connect to an online account
• Implement client singleton
• Configure connectivity mode

Configure the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK

• Enable offline development
• Handle connection errors
• Implement threading and parallelism
• Configure logging

Implement Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL point operations

• Understand point operations
• Create documents
• Read a document
• Update documents
• Configure time-to-live (TTL) value for a specific document
• Delete documents

Query the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Understand SQL query language
• Create queries with SQL
• Project query results
• Implement type-checking in queries
• Use built-in functions
• Execute queries in the SDK

Author complex queries with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

• Create cross-product queries
• Implement correlated subqueries
• Implement variables in queries
• Paginate query results

Implement a non-relational data model

• What\'s the difference between NoSQL and relational databases?
• Identify access patterns for your app
• When to embed or reference data
• Choose a partition key
• Model small lookup entities

Design a data partitioning strategy

• Denormalize data in your model
• Manage referential integrity by using change feed
• Combine multiple entities in the same container
• Denormalize aggregates in the same container
• Finalize the data model

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with C# programming.
• Experience writing code that interacts with a SQL or NoSQL database platform.