Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's managed database solution for individuals and enterprise with the industry standard service-level agreement. Azure Cosmos DB provides multi-model database support that can scale across more than 30 regions across the world. Azure Cosmos DB provides a turn key distribution that enables the database admins to scale and replicate their database with a few clicks.
This book covers the major concepts and features of Azure Cosmos DB. This book also covers the development of web applications using Cosmos DB and their integration using the software development kit provided by Azure Cosmos DB.
This book is intended for anyone who wants to get well versed with Microsoft's new NoSQL database called Azure Cosmos DB. You should have prior experience of dealing with any SQL or NoSQL databases.
Chapter 1, Introducing Microsoft Azure Cloud and Cosmos DB, aims to provide an introduction to the Microsoft Azure platform. The reader will get to know the various interfaces and modules provided by the Microsoft Azure cloud. Another part of this chapter provides an introduction to Cosmos DB, which is the main topic of the book.
Chapter 2, Cosmos DB Global Turnkey Distribution, covers one of the key features of Cosmos DB, which is its global turn key distribution system. You can replicate your database more than 30 regions scattered across the globe using a very simple interface.
Chapter 3, Cosmos DB Multi-model Databases, provides the four (five after publishing state of this book) database models that you can pick from. This chapter covers these database models in detail.
Chapter 4, Querying Cosmos DB, covers the different types of queries required for multi-model databases. This chapter segregates these queries in the CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) way to explain it better.
Chapter 5, Integrating Cosmos DB with Node.js, covers all integration with one of the popular backend runtime engines, Node.js. We have covered how to connect to the database models of Cosmos DB with Node.js.
Chapter 6, Building High-Performance Link Shortening and Tracking System Using Cosmos DB, covers the development of a simple and high-performance link shortening and tracking system that's very similar to bit.ly using Cosmos DB and Node.js. The reader will learn and relate how they can build a complex system like this using a Cosmos DB-managed database solution.
Chapter 7, Building Highly Available and Real-Time Email Tracking System Using Cosmos DB, covers the development of a system that handles the email tracking that is open rates of the email by millions of users and stores them in the database for further analytics.
Chapter 8, Cosmos DB Deployment and Management, covers all of the deployment of your custom application and Cosmos DB database to the production environment.
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