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Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 is for developers.
Hear from Corporate Vice President for Azure Databases at @Microsoft ,@ShireeshThota on what you can expect at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026—from global scale to agentic AI and real-world architectures.
April 28 9AM PT - Streaming Live on YouTube
Register free for updates: aka.ms/cosmosconfreg
#AzureCosmosDB #AzureCosmosDBConf #AzureDocumentDB
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You may have seen that we have announced a Free-Tier for Azure Cosmos DB.
Due to a technical glitch, this announcement went out early. Free Tier will officially be announced and available on Friday March 6.
Stay tuned. We hope you like it.
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Today we are happy to announce the availability of our new Free Tier! Create a new account to get 400 RU/s throughput and 5 GBs storage free each month.
Read our blog post to learn more about our new Free Tier.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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Based on popular ask, we've put all the *Cosmic Notes* in one location - learn more about #CosmosDB, one Cosmic Note at a time.
Check them all out here: azurecosmosdb.github.io/Cosm…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Analytics #Spark #MongoDB #Cassandra #Gremlin #AI
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🆕 Distributed #PostgreSQL comes to #AzureCosmosDB
Today, we’re excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a new Generally Available service to build cloud-native relational applications.
Read more: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#MSIgnite
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How @Walmart built a next-gen cloud-native ecommerce 🛒 platform using #AzureCosmosDB and Azure #Kubernetes Service:
medium.com/walmartglobaltech…
#appdev #NoSQL
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📣 It's here! Serverless is now available in preview for the Core (SQL) API. @th0maswe1ss has all the details: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#appdev #NoSQL #serverless
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It's here! Free Tier for #azurecosmosdb can now be activated on new accounts. 🙌 @ChenDeborah shares the details:
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo… #appdev #NoSQL
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Announcing: Case-insensitive queries in Azure Cosmo DB for Core (SQL) API.
We've released updates to our string functions that now enable you to do case-insensitive searches on strings in queries. We've also drastically made them more performant too.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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Azure Cosmos DB Design Pattern Samples - A collection of design pattern samples for building applications and services with #AzureCosmosDB for #NoSQL.
github.com/Azure-Samples/cos…
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It's our birthday!!! 🎂🎉
This week marks 5️⃣ years since Azure Cosmos DB was launched. Thanks for your support over the last five years.
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We have just updated our Azure #CosmosDB query cheat sheets
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#SQL #MongoDB #Gremlin #Table #Cassandra #JavaScript #Java #NoSQL #BigData
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Excited to announce preview of the new @Azure #CosmosDB JavaScript SDK!
Highlights:
🎉 Promises and even an AsyncIterator!
🎉 TypeScript 3.0 based
🎉 New object model removes need to construct/manage urls
Overview: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/bl…
GitHub: github.com/azure/azure-cosmo…
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What’s new in Azure Cosmos DB: November 2019. A deep dive into all of our our announcements and updates for Azure Cosmos DB at Ignite.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#MSIgnite #CosmosDB
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🙌 Say goodbye to capacity monitoring and hello to #autoscale provisioned throughput and #serverless. Autoscale is now generally available & can be paired with free tier for extra savings. Serverless coming soon.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#AzureCosmosDB #MSBuild
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What is #Partitioning in #Azure #CosmosDB database?
Partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
Partitioning and horizontal scaling in Azure Cosmos DB: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
Create a synthetic partition key: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
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Announcing: New Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK Version 3.0 now in public preview. New programming model, performance improvements, targets .NET Standard and open source!
Lots more too. Read more aka.ms/cosmosDotnetSDKBlog
#Azure #CosmosDB #Database
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Build a real-time recommendation engine on #CosmosDB + #Azure
Architecture Details: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
How ASOS uses this architecture: customers.microsoft.com/en-u…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Data #Analytics #data #ML #Analytics #AI
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#ChangeFeed – Unsung Hero of #Azure #CosmosDB: lennilobel.wordpress.com/201…
Querying the #ChangeFeed Directly - lennilobel.wordpress.com/201…
Using the #ChangeFeed Processor Library - lennilobel.wordpress.com/201…
#AzureFunctions with #ChangeFeed Trigger - lennilobel.wordpress.com/201…
#NoSQL #BigData
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The 8th of many Technical Blogs on Azure Cosmos DB database internals - TLA+ specification of the bounded staleness and strong consistency guarantees - another great blog by @muratdemirbis goo.gl/HJYB91 #CosmosDB #NoSQL #BigData #Consistency #TLA #CAP
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Don't miss #Azure #CosmosDB sessions @ #MSBuild. It's going to be Cosmic! Please retweet. #MSBuild2018
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Build a #serverless web app in Azure (w/ Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Storage)
goo.gl/bAbdxX #Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #BigData
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How to choose a good partition key in #Azure #CosmosDB database docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu… | #Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #PartitionKey #HorizontalScalability #Query #Performance #Indexing #Analytics #DynamoDB #MongoDB #Cassandra #Apps #DevOps #AppDev #SDK
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Announcing: Autoscale GA and new "serverless" offering for @AzureCosmosDB.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#MSBuild #CosmosDB
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Querying with Indexes in #Azure #CosmosDB database and Index Kinds in #Azure #CosmosDB database
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
| #Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Indexing #Query #Analytics #MongoDB #Cassandra #DynamoDB #Geospatial
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In the past year, we've done a ton of work to improve query performance in Azure Cosmos DB.
Check out this blog post where we show the performance improvements for the same queries from this time last year to today.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#CosmosDB #MindBlown
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GotCosmos.com - everything you need to learn #Azure #CosmosDB
goo.gl/uhhNhV #NoSQL #BigData #MongoDB #Cassandra #DataStax #HBase #Aerospike #DynamoDB #Spanner
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How to create a real-time dashboard using #CosmosDB database and #PowerBI - Reporting Scenarios
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Analytics #AI #PowerBI #IoT #Serverless
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🎉😍 Rejoice! Partial document updates are now available on existing #AzureCosmosDB accounts and containers, with support in the #dotNET and #Java SDKs.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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🙌 Say goodbye to capacity monitoring and hello to #autoscale provisioned throughput and #serverless. Autoscale is now generally available & can be paired with free tier for extra savings. Serverless coming soon.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#AzureCosmosDB #MSBuild
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🚀 Join us for #AzureCosmosDBConf 2023! Watch this short video and hear from the #AzureCosmosDB team some of their favorite things about Azure Cosmos DB!
March 28th, 2023 8AM PT - 11AM PT
Register now, free! 👉 aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBConf
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Simplify the deployment and management of Microservices based applications - Use AKS and Azure #CosmosDB database to simplify the deployment and management of microservices-based architecture. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu… | #Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #BigData #Kubernetes #AKS
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Azure #CosmosDB Consistency - Learn how to set consistency on your Azure #CosmosDB data to optimize the tradeoffs between consistency, availability, and performance. azure.microsoft.com/en-us/re… #NoSQL #BigData #DistributedSystems #CAPTheorem
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Power BI incremental refresh with #CosmosDB
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #PowerBI #Analytics #AI #BI #Serverless #Reporting
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Introducing Bulk support in the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK:
Learn more about what you can do with bulk support in Azure Cosmos DB and how to use it.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#Azure #CosmosDB
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Try out new Azure #CosmosDB Explorer, full screen experience for your queries and results azure.microsoft.com/en-us/bl…
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How to improve your #data #model design in #Azure #CosmosDB database - docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #MongoDB #DataModeling #Partitioning #Indexing #App #AppDev #DevOps #MongoDB #Cassandra #HBase #DynamoDB #Query #Performance
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#Azure #CosmosDB Change Feed Lab (w/ code) - In this lab, you'll focus on how a company can use the change feed & understand user patterns with real-time data analysis visualization.
goo.gl/RtbA5d #Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #Github #BigData #RealTime #ChangeFeed
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🙌 Serverless is now available in preview for the Core (SQL) API. This consumption-based model is great for:
✔️ Small(-ish) applications
✔️Occasional traffic spikes
✔️ Dev/test
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#NoSQL #AppDev #serverless
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Overview of Azure Services (including Azure Cosmos DB) by Marco Bellinaso lnkd.in/gCgDwXc #Azure #CosmosDB #BigData #NoSQL #Cloud #CloudComputing
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Build a microservices solution for #Azure Container Apps using #AzureCosmosDB and #Dapr.
Find the repo: github.com/Azure-Samples/con…
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🗓️ Save the Date: Azure Cosmos DB: Liftoff 🚀
October 18, 9:00am PT
Join us to find out all the big news on #AzureCosmosDB from #MSIgnite
aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBLiftoff
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Performance tips for #Azure #CosmosDB database
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #Performance #database #devops #scalability #data #javascript #apps #bigdata #analytics #mongodb
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Built-in Jupyter notebooks in Azure Cosmos DB are now available. Go check out what you can now do on Cosmos!
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/bl…
#cosmosdb #jupyter #azure
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Indexing in #Azure #CosmosDB database - Overview - docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu… | #Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Indexing #QueryProcessing #JSON #InvertedIndex #Analytics #Query #MongoDB #Cassandra #Database
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New blog post: Announcing Azure Cosmos DB Repository .NET SDK v.1.0.4 by @davidpine7
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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Now you can quickly write #queries for your data using these cheat sheets for Azure Cosmos DB! Download them now here: goo.gl/yxAJti #NoSQL #BigData #MongoDB #SQL #Cassandra #Gremlin #Azure
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Mark you calendars, April 27, 2019 for Global Azure Bootcamp. Full day hands on with the latest Azure services including #Azure #CosmosDB #Database! 100 locations now and 300 expected. Signup today or bookmark to see future cities added.
Visit global.azurebootcamp.net/loc…
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❗❗❗ Did you see we doubled the size of logical partition keys to 20 GB? You now have more choice and flexibility in choosing keys. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#AppDev #NoSQL
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Popular Use Cases - with #CosmosDB
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #data #Operational #Analytics #AI #IoT #Streaming #Serverless
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Activate Free Tier on a new #azurecosmosdb account to get 400 RU/s throughput and 5 GBs storage free each month, for the life of your account. What will you build? #appdev #nosql devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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What runs ChatGPT? Inside Microsoft's AI supercomputer
Get an inside look at the AI supercomputer infrastructure built to run ChatGPT and other large language models, and see how to leverage it for your workloads in Azure, at any scale.
piped.video/Rk3nTUfRZmo?si=9nFc…
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Have you ever struggled to choose a partition key for your #AzureCosmosDB apps? Or realized too late your partition key didn't scale?
We're working on a new Partition Key Advisor to help. If you'd like to participate in our user study sign up at aka.ms/partition-key-advisor…
Thanks
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🙌 Say goodbye to capacity monitoring and hello to #autoscale provisioned throughput and #serverless. Autoscale is now generally available & can be paired with free tier for extra savings. Serverless coming soon.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#AzureCosmosDB #MSBuild
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🙌 It's official: #serverless is now available for Azure Cosmos DB #MongoDB, #Cassandra, #Gremlin, and Table APIs!
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
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New blog post: Manage Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell
We got a TON of new Cosmos DB cmdlets that make using PowerShell to managing Cosmos DB resources super smooth! Supports all our database APIs.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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Announcing the Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB is now generally available
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#Azure #PrivateLink
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How to model data for modern workloads and apps using #CosmosDB
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Data #DataModeling #Apps #AppDev #DevOps #AI #IoT #Serverless #JSON #Document
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Architecting Cloud-Optimized Apps with #AKS (Azure’s Managed #Kubernetes), Azure Service Bus, and #Azure #CosmosDB goo.gl/4qwrXE #NoSQL #BigData
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How to improve your design in #CosmosDB database using a real-world example - docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #design #DataModeling #SQL #BestPractices #Apps #AppsDev
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How to implement Scalable Order Processing using #CosmosDB
How-To: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #EventStreaming #EventSourcing #Microservice #Analytics #Kafka #AI #Retail #Ecommerce
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⚙️ How to model and partition data on #AzureCosmosDB using a real-world example #nosql
This article builds on several concepts like data modeling, partitioning, and provisioned throughput to demonstrate how to tackle a real-world data design exercise.
🔗 docs.microsoft.com/azure/cos…
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Real-time #Analytics with #Azure #CosmosDB database and #ApacheSpark. Change Feed + #Spark Structured Streaming HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS PATTERN [start at 00:25:26 min]-piped.video/watch?v=xj_PBvtG… | #Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Analytics #Spark #Databricks #RealTime
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We are happy to announce Azure #CosmosDB in Azure Storage Explorer – public preview azure.microsoft.com/en-us/bl…
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#AzureCosmosDB for #PostgreSQL vs. Azure Database for PostgreSQL: When to choose which
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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New blog post: How to change your partition key in Azure Cosmos DB. by @TheoKraay
Have you ever wanted something to make it easier to change your partition key? Well maybe this will help.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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What are Request Units (RUs) in Azure Cosmos DB database and how to find RU charges. #Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #AppDev #DevOps #Spark #Analytics #AI #ML #Serverless #AzureFunctions #RUs #Throughput #Performance
Find RU charges: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
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Design patterns for architecting solutions with #AzureCosmosDB, using best practices and proven optimization strategies.
linkedin.com/pulse/azure-cos… #appdev #NoSQL
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Blog: Migrate relational data to #AzureCosmosDB in 6 steps using Azure Data Factory: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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Highly available multi-region web application
Explore Microsoft Azure's multi-region architecture for App Service Web Apps. Learn how to build resilient and highly available web applications.
learn.microsoft.com/azure/ar…
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If you didn't know, Azure Cosmos DB database provides encryption at-rest AND in-transit for everyone, by default. Learn more about it here.
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB
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Awesome content on modeling data with Azure Cosmos DB database Graph API and making sense of Gremlin.
Video 1: piped.video/watch?v=WQdLl08B…
Video 2: piped.video/watch?v=dQf6hBLy…
Blog Post: ow.ly/GKoa30nbgCq
#gremlin #graph #graphdb #tinkerpop #cosmosdb #azure
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Serverless event processing using Azure Functions and #CosmosDB database
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #serverless #AzureFunctions #DevOps #Apps #IoT
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🤔 What are your favorite #AzureCosmosDB features? Check out what the experts think in this video.
Level up at #AzureCosmosDBConf!
👉 Register at aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBConf
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This article outlines an Azure Well-Architected Framework-aligned architecture for a consumer health portal. Customize it to suit your specific requirements and leverage the framework's pillars for optimal design.
learn.microsoft.com/azure/ar…
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[Best Practices] How can I improve the performance of #Azure #CosmosDB database
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azu…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Data #Performance #Indexing #RequestUnits #RUs #Apps #DevOps #AppDev #MongoDB #DynamoDB #Cassandra
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How to build stuff with #CosmosDB database - a mobile app for real-time payments (FinServ)
Learn how one of our customers did it here: customers.microsoft.com/en-h…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #BigData #Analytics #Serverless #AI #Streaming #Mobile #DevOps #AppDev #Apps
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[Github] Voting Service - Create a serverless service using Node.js and the new Azure Functions Cross Platform Runtime with Azure Cosmos DB
github.com/Azure-Samples/azu… #CosmosDB #serverless #Nodejs #AzureFunctions
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How to build serverless APIs with #azurefunctions and #azurecosmosdb by @burkeholland : docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/lea…
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Architecting Cloud-Optimized Apps with #AKS (Azure’s Managed #Kubernetes), Azure Service Bus, and #Azure #CosmosDB goo.gl/4qwrXE #NoSQL #BigData
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🙌 Say goodbye to capacity monitoring and hello to #autoscale provisioned throughput and #serverless. Autoscale is now generally available & can be paired with free tier for extra savings. Serverless coming soon.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
#AzureCosmosDB #MSBuild
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Are you a VS Code user and creating apps with Azure Cosmos DB database? Check out the VS Code extension for Azure Cosmos DB.
Learn more and download: marketplace.visualstudio.com…
#Azure #CosmosDB #VSCode
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See it in action and understand Azure Cosmos DB consistency models through animation (see animated GIF below). You can use Try Cosmos DB For Free to play with it - azure.microsoft.com/en-us/tr…
#Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #BigData #Consistency #CAP
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📣 Partial document updates are here! This feature is among our most-requested and was announced in general availability today at #MSIgnite.
Read on for details: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
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How to achieve < 10ms write latency anywhere around the world (3 basic steps) with #CosmosDB
github.com/markjbrown/cosmos…
#Azure #CosmosDB #database #NoSQL #SQL #GlobalDistribution #latency #Performance #MultiMaster #GitHub #data
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Check out this repo sample application that combines #AzureCosmosDB with Azure #OpenAI #ChatGPT service
github.com/Azure-Samples/cos…
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