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Azure Cosmos DB

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Topic: Microservices & APIs, Infrastructure, Coding, Languages, and Frameworks, Serverless

Language: English

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Dec

05

Tuesday

2023

Scripting Common Actions with Python in Azure Cosmos DB

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

When working with Azure Cosmos DB, I was looking for a way to have reusable scripts for common actions I did with my team's data. I found the Azure Cosmos Python SDK, and was able to build out some basic python scripts that I could use in my day to day tasks. Now when I do things like bug fixes and other maintenance tasks, I can use the SDK to create new scripts, and refer back to them in the future.

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

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Jan

09

Tuesday

2024

Building AI-powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation apps with LlamaIndex and Azure Cos

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

LlamaIndex is a popular way of building applications that connect your data to a large language model, allowing you to answer questions and reason about your internal data, a technique known as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). We'll show how to build a simple RAG application using LlamaIndex and Cosmos DB.

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Past Events in this Series

Dec

13

Tuesday

2022

Architecting Azure Cosmos DB for High Availability

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Cosmos DB is designed out of the box to support both high throughput and high availability, with great features like turnkey Global Replication and Managed Failover. However, for a solution to make the best of these features it’s important to understand how to architect the platform and your applications correctly. This session will discuss how high availability works in Cosmos DB, with a particular focus on geo-replication, and will go deep on how to build applications that can take advantage of this key feature. Speaker: David Poulet - Global Black Belt for NoSQL, Microsoft David is a technical subject matter expert in Big Data and NoSQL advising Microsoft’s largest Cosmos DB customers across EMEA.

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Topic: Microservices & APIs

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Jan

10

Tuesday

2023

Solving FinCrime with Azure Cosmos DB

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is a regulation created to combat financial crime (FinCrime). Using Cosmos DB I have built solutions for my customer that help identify customers with known links to FinCrime, Identify Transaction Anomaly and produce AML risk reporting. Host: Jay Gordon Jay Gordon is a Senior Program Manager with Azure Cosmos DB focused on reaching developer communities. Microsoft, Jay was part of teams at DigtialOcean, BuzzFeed and MongoDB. Jay lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and a weird dog. Speaker: Arunansu Pattanayak Arun is a Cloud Solution Architect specializing in Azure Data and AI at Microsoft US Financial Services organization. Before joining Microsoft he worked as a Consultant at many large financial institutions, where he built complex enterprise solutions using Big Data, Machine Learning and AI technologies. He is also a well known speaker at major conferences and user groups.

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Topic: Infrastructure

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Feb

14

Tuesday

2023

Relational Data at Any Scale with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL can support relational applications of any size - from the small prototypes to applications at global scale. In this presentation, you will see how to get started with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. You will see the considerations around growth, including schema changes. By the end of this session, you should have a good understanding of why Azure Cosmos for PostgreSQL is a good host for your relational data apps at any scale. Host: Jay Gordon Jay Gordon is a Senior Program Manager with Azure Cosmos DB focused on reaching developer communities. Microsoft, Jay was part of teams at DigtialOcean, BuzzFeed and MongoDB. Jay lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and a weird dog. Speaker: Sarah Dutkiewicz has been in the technical realm since the late 90s. She has served in many roles – including technical support, manager, desktop support, server administrator, database administrator, developer, instructor, and mentor. Throughout her career, Sarah has found her place in the technical community – as an organizer, speaker, facilitator, author, editor, reviewer, blogger, and advocate. Due to her community involvement, Microsoft has awarded her the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award – 2009-2023 in Visual C# / .NET / Developer Technologies. Sarah loves sharing her passion for tech with the community whenever she can!

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Topic: Infrastructure

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Mar

14

Tuesday

2023

Optimize! Configuring Azure Cosmos DB for Better Performance and Cost

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

When running production applications with Azure Cosmos DB we need to check if the performance, security, and availability is configured in the best way. Your configuration should be adapted to your application specific needs. The default configurations when setting up your database may not be right for your application. In this session we’ll look at how and where to look for when best optimizing Azure Cosmos DB for your applications. In this session we’ll present methodology and some tools you can use to optimize your Azure Cosmos DB deployment. Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Emmanuel Deletang

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

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Apr

11

Tuesday

2023

Using Azure Cosmos DB with IoT Workloads

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB has numerous use cases, including IoT. One of the challenges with IoT workloads, however, is dealing with the deluge of data that IoT devices generate. Processing large volumes of data in real time and storing it in an efficient manner requires careful planning and execution if you want to make an IoT solution fly. In this session, we'll look at a few ways you can do this with Azure Cosmos DB being central to these patterns. Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Blaze Stewart

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

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May

02

Tuesday

2023

How Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed can Event Drive Your Application

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

In this session, we will go over how Cosmos DB change feed was used as a mechanism to orchestrate a two way SMS communication architecture using Azure Communication Services. We will talk about Cosmos DB change feed's capabilities and how easily they integrate with Azure services. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about one of the most powerful and flexible databases available today! Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Harpreet Gill

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

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Jun

06

Tuesday

2023

Analyzing Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database, offering different APIs and scalable across the globe. You can use it as a document database, where you store many different JSON files for example. But what happens when you need to run large analytical queries on top of your Cosmos DB? If the data is partitioned differently than your query access path, you might end scanning the whole thing? In this session, we will walk you through the concept of the analytical store on Cosmos DB, and how this can work together with the Azure Synapse Link feature of Azure Synapse to enable painless analytics on your data. We will show you how you can use Serverless SQL and Spark Pools to query the data. At the end, you should be able to assess if this solution will be a good match for your use cases.

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

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Aug

08

Tuesday

2023

Attaching a graph visualization layer to Cosmos DB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

There are many applications for the Cosmos DB Property Graph model, from business intelligence analytics to combating fraud. Thinking about the data model as a graph and storing and querying it in that format can be very powerful but at the end of the day, a human has to be in the loop to make decisions based on this data. Often, but not always, this comes down to visualization, but frequently, not enough attention is paid to the user experience when looking at large volumes of graph data. Simply plotting a bunch of nodes and links on the screen is more likely to be confusing than enlightening, especially to someone unfamiliar with the graph model. In this talk, I’ll discuss:What types of applications benefit from a visual front end of the graph • When creating a front end for exploring the graph, what techniques should be avoided • Overwhelming the user with too much data • Trying to many properties of the graph data in the visualization • Labeling everything with too much text

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

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Sep

12

Tuesday

2023

DevOps practices for Azure Cosmos

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

In this session we will cover an overview of some of the DevOps practices for Azure Cosmos DB solutions. From provisioning, testing, environment management, CI/CD and automated tasks.

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Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

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Oct

10

Tuesday

2023

Building a vector similarity search app with Azure AI Vision and PostgreSQL

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Vector search is a method that helps you find similar items based on their content rather than exact matches on properties like keywords, tags, or other metadata, as keyword-based search systems do. In this session, we will discuss about vector search with Azure AI Vision and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. We will explore how to use Azure AI Vision embedding models and enable the pgvector extension, an open-source vector similarity search extension for PostgreSQL. We will then go on to show how to build an image vector similarity search app that can take advantage of these technologies.

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Topic: Serverless

Language: English

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Past Events in this Series

Dec

13

Tuesday

2022

Architecting Azure Cosmos DB for High Availability

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Cosmos DB is designed out of the box to support both high throughput and high availability, with great features like turnkey Global Replication and Managed Failover. However, for a solution to make the best of these features it’s important to understand how to architect the platform and your applications correctly. This session will discuss how high availability works in Cosmos DB, with a particular focus on geo-replication, and will go deep on how to build applications that can take advantage of this key feature. Speaker: David Poulet - Global Black Belt for NoSQL, Microsoft David is a technical subject matter expert in Big Data and NoSQL advising Microsoft’s largest Cosmos DB customers across EMEA.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Microservices & APIs

Language: English

View on Demand

Jan

10

Tuesday

2023

Solving FinCrime with Azure Cosmos DB

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is a regulation created to combat financial crime (FinCrime). Using Cosmos DB I have built solutions for my customer that help identify customers with known links to FinCrime, Identify Transaction Anomaly and produce AML risk reporting. Host: Jay Gordon Jay Gordon is a Senior Program Manager with Azure Cosmos DB focused on reaching developer communities. Microsoft, Jay was part of teams at DigtialOcean, BuzzFeed and MongoDB. Jay lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and a weird dog. Speaker: Arunansu Pattanayak Arun is a Cloud Solution Architect specializing in Azure Data and AI at Microsoft US Financial Services organization. Before joining Microsoft he worked as a Consultant at many large financial institutions, where he built complex enterprise solutions using Big Data, Machine Learning and AI technologies. He is also a well known speaker at major conferences and user groups.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Infrastructure

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

14

Tuesday

2023

Relational Data at Any Scale with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL can support relational applications of any size - from the small prototypes to applications at global scale. In this presentation, you will see how to get started with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. You will see the considerations around growth, including schema changes. By the end of this session, you should have a good understanding of why Azure Cosmos for PostgreSQL is a good host for your relational data apps at any scale. Host: Jay Gordon Jay Gordon is a Senior Program Manager with Azure Cosmos DB focused on reaching developer communities. Microsoft, Jay was part of teams at DigtialOcean, BuzzFeed and MongoDB. Jay lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and a weird dog. Speaker: Sarah Dutkiewicz has been in the technical realm since the late 90s. She has served in many roles – including technical support, manager, desktop support, server administrator, database administrator, developer, instructor, and mentor. Throughout her career, Sarah has found her place in the technical community – as an organizer, speaker, facilitator, author, editor, reviewer, blogger, and advocate. Due to her community involvement, Microsoft has awarded her the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award – 2009-2023 in Visual C# / .NET / Developer Technologies. Sarah loves sharing her passion for tech with the community whenever she can!

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Infrastructure

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

14

Tuesday

2023

Optimize! Configuring Azure Cosmos DB for Better Performance and Cost

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

When running production applications with Azure Cosmos DB we need to check if the performance, security, and availability is configured in the best way. Your configuration should be adapted to your application specific needs. The default configurations when setting up your database may not be right for your application. In this session we’ll look at how and where to look for when best optimizing Azure Cosmos DB for your applications. In this session we’ll present methodology and some tools you can use to optimize your Azure Cosmos DB deployment. Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Emmanuel Deletang

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

Details

Apr

11

Tuesday

2023

Using Azure Cosmos DB with IoT Workloads

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB has numerous use cases, including IoT. One of the challenges with IoT workloads, however, is dealing with the deluge of data that IoT devices generate. Processing large volumes of data in real time and storing it in an efficient manner requires careful planning and execution if you want to make an IoT solution fly. In this session, we'll look at a few ways you can do this with Azure Cosmos DB being central to these patterns. Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Blaze Stewart

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

Details

May

02

Tuesday

2023

How Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed can Event Drive Your Application

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

In this session, we will go over how Cosmos DB change feed was used as a mechanism to orchestrate a two way SMS communication architecture using Azure Communication Services. We will talk about Cosmos DB change feed's capabilities and how easily they integrate with Azure services. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about one of the most powerful and flexible databases available today! Host: Jay Gordon Guest Speaker: Harpreet Gill

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

View on Demand

Jun

06

Tuesday

2023

Analyzing Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database, offering different APIs and scalable across the globe. You can use it as a document database, where you store many different JSON files for example. But what happens when you need to run large analytical queries on top of your Cosmos DB? If the data is partitioned differently than your query access path, you might end scanning the whole thing? In this session, we will walk you through the concept of the analytical store on Cosmos DB, and how this can work together with the Azure Synapse Link feature of Azure Synapse to enable painless analytics on your data. We will show you how you can use Serverless SQL and Spark Pools to query the data. At the end, you should be able to assess if this solution will be a good match for your use cases.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

Details

Aug

08

Tuesday

2023

Attaching a graph visualization layer to Cosmos DB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

There are many applications for the Cosmos DB Property Graph model, from business intelligence analytics to combating fraud. Thinking about the data model as a graph and storing and querying it in that format can be very powerful but at the end of the day, a human has to be in the loop to make decisions based on this data. Often, but not always, this comes down to visualization, but frequently, not enough attention is paid to the user experience when looking at large volumes of graph data. Simply plotting a bunch of nodes and links on the screen is more likely to be confusing than enlightening, especially to someone unfamiliar with the graph model. In this talk, I’ll discuss:What types of applications benefit from a visual front end of the graph • When creating a front end for exploring the graph, what techniques should be avoided • Overwhelming the user with too much data • Trying to many properties of the graph data in the visualization • Labeling everything with too much text

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

Details

Sep

12

Tuesday

2023

DevOps practices for Azure Cosmos

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

In this session we will cover an overview of some of the DevOps practices for Azure Cosmos DB solutions. From provisioning, testing, environment management, CI/CD and automated tasks.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Coding, Languages, and Frameworks

Language: English

View on Demand

Oct

10

Tuesday

2023

Building a vector similarity search app with Azure AI Vision and PostgreSQL

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Vector search is a method that helps you find similar items based on their content rather than exact matches on properties like keywords, tags, or other metadata, as keyword-based search systems do. In this session, we will discuss about vector search with Azure AI Vision and Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL. We will explore how to use Azure AI Vision embedding models and enable the pgvector extension, an open-source vector similarity search extension for PostgreSQL. We will then go on to show how to build an image vector similarity search app that can take advantage of these technologies.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Serverless

Language: English

View on Demand

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