DP-3015 Getting Started with Cosmos DB NoSQL Development

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Course Overview

This course teaches developers to utilize Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL API and SDK. Students will learn query execution, resource configuration, SDK operations, and design strategies for non-relational data modeling and data partitioning.

Who Should Attend

Software engineers tasked with authoring cloud-native solutions that leverage Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and its various SDKs. They are familiar with C# programming. They also have experience writing code that interacts with a SQL or NoSQL database platform.

Course Outline

1 - 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

2 - Try Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Explore resources
  • Review basic operations

3 - 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)

4 - 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

5 - Move data into and out of Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Move data by using Azure Data Factory
  • Move data by using a Kafka connector
  • Move data by using Stream Analytics
  • Move data by using the Azure Cosmos DB Spark connector

6 - 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

7 - Configure the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK

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

8 - 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

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

  • Create a transactional batch with the SDK
  • Review batch operation results with the SDK
  • Implement optimistic concurrency control

10 - Process bulk data in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Create bulk operations with the SDK
  • Review bulk operation caveats
  • Implement bulk best practices

11 - 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

12 - Author complex queries with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

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

13 - Define indexes in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Understand indexes
  • Understand indexing policies
  • Review indexing policy strategies

14 - Customize indexes in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Customize the indexing policy
  • Evaluate composite indexes

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

  • Understand change feed features in the SDK
  • Implement a delegate for the change feed processor
  • Implement the change feed processor
  • Implement the change feed estimator

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

  • Understand Azure Function bindings for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Configure function bindings
  • Develop function

17 - Search Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL data with Azure Cognitive Search

  • Create an indexer for data in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Implement a change detection policy
  • Manage a data deletion detection policy

18 - 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

19 - 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

20 - Configure replication and manage failovers in Azure Cosmos DB

  • Understand replication
  • Distribute data across regions
  • Evaluate the cost of distributing data globally
  • Define automatic failover policies
  • Perform manual failovers
  • Configure SDK region

21 - Use consistency models in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Understand consistency models
  • Configure default consistency model in the portal
  • Change consistency model with the SDK
  • Use session tokens

22 - Configure multi-region write in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Understand multi-region write
  • Configure multi-region support in the SDK
  • Understand conflict resolution policies
  • Create custom conflict resolution policy

23 - Customize an indexing policy in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Index usage
  • Review read-heavy index patterns
  • Review write-heavy index patterns

24 - Measure index performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Enable indexing metrics
  • Analyze indexing metrics results
  • Measure query cost
  • Measure point operation cost

25 - Implement integrated cache in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Review workloads that benefit from the cache
  • Enable integrated cache
  • Configure cache staleness

26 - Measure performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Understand Azure Monitor
  • Measure throughput
  • Observe rate-limiting events
  • Query logs

27 - Monitor responses and events in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Review common response codes
  • Understand transient errors
  • Review rate-limiting errors
  • Configure Alerts
  • Audit security

28 - Implement backup and restore for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Evaluate periodic backup
  • Configure continuous backup and recovery
  • Perform a point-in-time recovery

29 - 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

30 - Write management scripts for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Create resources
  • Manage index policies
  • Configure database or container-provisioned throughput
  • Migrate between standard and autoscale throughput
  • Change region failover priority
  • Initiate failovers

31 - Create resource template for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Understand Azure Resource Manager resources
  • Author Azure Resource Manager templates
  • Configure database or container resources
  • Configure throughput with an Azure Resource Manager template
  • Manage index policies through Azure Resource Manager templates

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

  • Understand transactions in the context of JavaScript SDK
  • Author Stored procedures
  • Rollback transactions
  • Create stored procedures with the JavaScript SDK

33 - Expand query and transaction functionality in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

  • Create user-defined functions
  • Create user-defined functions with the SDK
  • Add triggers to an operation
  • Create and use triggers with the SDK

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