16: Cosmos DB: The basics, horror stories, and sourdough bread

Development Best Practices

In this episode we welcome Mike Benkovich, Microsoft Azure MVP and Azure Cloud Engineer, to talk about Azure Cosmos DB. Mike talks through the basics of Cosmos DB: what it is and why it's not just NoSQL. Then Mike goes a bit deeper into WHEN to use NoSQL vs a relational database, then when NOT to use Cosmos DB. We'll conclude with some Cosmos DB success and horror stories and a bit about Azure Storage tables.
2:50 Best Practices in sourdough bread proofing
4:00 Cosmos DB - what is it?
5:35 It's not JUST NoSQL
6:15 When to use NoSQL vs Relational DB
8:27 When NOT to use Cosmos DB
9:15 Cosmos DB success stories
10:30 Cosmos DB horror stories
11:40 Azure Storage Account tables
Mike is a frequent speaker, including at the Twin Cities .NET User Group and the Minnesota Developers Conference, Mike is always willing to work with others to drive understanding and implementation of Azure technologies. Please be sure to listen in a few weeks to Part II of our Cosmos DB discussion with Mike where we'll talk about RUs, performance optimization, and Cosmos DB serverless. In the meantime, check out his great work at https://benkotips.com!
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