Introduction to open source database migration to Azure Cosmos DB

Intermediate
Data Engineer
Azure
Azure Cosmos DB

In this module, you will gain an understanding of Cosmos DB and the main considerations when migrating to Cosmos DB.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the key features of Cosmos DB.

  • Describe the Cosmos DB architecture and APIs.

  • Plan a NoSQL to Cosmos DB migration.

  • Plan Cosmos DB throughput.

  • Choose an appropriate partitioning key.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the fundamental concepts of partitioning, replication, and resource governance for building and configuring scalable NoSQL applications that are agnostic of a Cosmos DB API.