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Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer (DP-420): Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB Solution

Learn to optimize performance and scalability in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. This course will teach you to fine-tune queries, use change feeds, and design efficient indexes to build high-performance solutions for the DP-420 exam.

Rudi Bruchez - Pluralsight course - Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer (DP-420): Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB Solution
by Rudi Bruchez

What you'll learn

Modern cloud applications can take advantage of the scalable and flexible database that is CosmosDB. In this course, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer (DP-420): Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB Solution, you’ll gain the ability to build and fine-tune high-performance solutions with Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL that is required to pass the Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer (DP-420) certification.

First, you’ll explore how to optimize query performance using indexing strategies and request unit (RU) analysis.

Next, you’ll discover how to implement and manage change feeds for real-time data processing.

Finally, you’ll learn how to define and apply efficient indexing strategies to balance performance and cost.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Azure CosmosDB optimization needed to develop scalable, efficient NoSQL solutions in the cloud.

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About the author

Rudi Bruchez - Pluralsight course - Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Developer (DP-420): Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB Solution
Rudi Bruchez

Rudi Bruchez is a freelance consultant and trainer based in Paris, France. He has more than 15 years of experience with SQL Server and started to venture into NoSQL territories. As SGBD evolve into more complex solutions, he tries to make sure that people understand the fundamentals and implement their databases wisely.

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