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Arabic, Indonesian, and Russian versions of this exam retired on February 28, 2023.
A candidate for this certification should have subject matter expertise designing, implementing, and monitoring cloud-native applications that store and manage data.
Responsibilities for this role include designing and implementing data models and data distribution, loading data into an Azure Cosmos DB database, and optimizing and maintaining the solution. These professionals integrate the solution with other Azure services. They also design, implement, and monitor solutions that consider security, availability, resilience, and performance requirements.
A candidate for this certification must have solid knowledge and experience developing apps for Azure and working with Azure Cosmos DB database technologies. They should be proficient at developing applications that use the API for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. They should be able to write efficient SQL queries for the API and be able to create appropriate index policies. They should have experience creating server-side objects with JavaScript. Additionally, they should be familiar with provisioning and managing resources in Azure. They should be able to interpret JSON, read C# or Java code, and use PowerShell.
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The English language version of this certification was updated on February 6, 2023. Review the study guide linked on the Exam DP-420 page for details about the latest changes.
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty
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This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design and implement data models; design and implement data distribution; integrate an Azure Cosmos DB solution; optimize an Azure Cosmos DB solution; and maintain an Azure Cosmos DB solution.
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