Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB

Describe the purpose and architecture of Cosmos DB.

Lessons

• Review of NoSQL database structures
• Migrating data and applications to Cosmos DB
• Managing data in Cosmos DB

Lab : Creating and using a SQL API database in Cosmos DB

• Creating and configuring a Cosmos DB database
• Migrating data from a Mongo DB database to Cosmos DB
• Using the SQL API to access data
• Protecting data in a Cosmos DB database

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and configure a Cosmos DB.
• Migrate data from a Mongo DB database to a Cosmos DB database.
• Describe accessing data using the SQL API.
• Describe how to protect data in a Cosmos DB.

Designing and Implementing SQL API Database Applications

This module describes how to design documents and collections to meet business requirements, and how to use the SQL API to build applications that use these documents.

Lessons

• Document models in Cosmos DB
• Querying data in a SQL API database
• Querying and maintaining data programmatically

Lab : Designing and implementing SQL API database applications

• Design the document structure & partitioning strategy for the product catalog for the retail system
• Importing product catalog data
• Querying product catalog information
• Maintaining stock levels in the product catalog

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Design NoSQL document structures that support business requirements and enable efficient operations.
• Describe how to perform SQL queries against a SQL API database.
• Explain how to insert, modify, delete, and query data in a SQL API database programmatically.

 Implementing Server Side Operations

Describe how to create user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers.

Lessons

• Server-side programming with Cosmos DB
• Creating and using stored procedures
• Using triggers to maintain data integrity

Lab : Writing user-defined functions, stored procedures and triggers

• Design and implement the document and collection structure
• Implement the shopping cart functionality in the online retail system.
• Extend the online retail system to create orders from the items in a shopping cart.
• Extend the online retail system further to enable customers to view orders and backorders.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe how Cosmos DB enables you to implement server-side operations by writing JavaScript code.
• Describe how use the JavaScript Query API to implement transactional operations with stored procedures.
• Describe how use create triggers that you can use to maintain integrity when inserting, updating, and deleting documents.

Understanding Network Infrastructure

In this module, students will learn how to describe fundamental network component and terminology thus enabling the student to select an appropriate network component in a particular scenario.

Lessons

• Network Architecture Standards.
• Local Area Networking.
• Wide Area Networking.
• Wireless Networking.
• Connecting to the Internet.
• Remote Access.

Lab: Selecting Network Infrastructure Components

After completing this module, students will be able to: 

• Describe physical network topologies and standards.
• Define local area networks (LANs).
• Define wide area networks (WANs).
• Describe wireless networking technologies.
• Explain how to connect a network to the Internet.

• Describe how technologies are used for remote access.

Optimizing and monitoring performance

Describe how to optimize a database, and how to monitor performance.

Lessons

• Optimizing database performance
• Monitoring the performance of a database

Lab : Tuning a database and monitoring performance

• Gathering execution statistics
• Examining how the different consistency models can impact throughput and latency
• Investigate the effects of triggers on performance
• Monitoring performance and tuning the partition key

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe how to tune the configuration of a database and collections for best performance.
• Describe how to assess the performance of a document database and identify options for improving throughput.