Microsoft - Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty | Exam DP-420

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Only 3 Days

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Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

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24/6/2024 (Monday)

Overview

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At Firebrand, we were awarded the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) badge in recognition of our expertise in delivering quality solutions in this specialised business area.

On this accelerated Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty course, you’ll learn how to design and implement data models and data distribution, load data into an Azure Cosmos DB database, and optimise and maintain the solution.

In just 3 days, you’ll build knowledge on designing, implementing and monitoring solutions that consider security, availability, resilience, and performance requirements. You’ll also learn to:

  • Create applications using the SQL API and SDK for Azure Cosmos DB
  • Write efficient queries, create indexing policies, manage and provisioned resources, and perform common operations with the SDK
  • Interpret JSON, read C# or Java code, and use PowerShell

At the end of this course, you’ll sit Exam DP-420: Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB and achieve your certification. As a Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning and through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOCs), learn from Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs), and train in a distraction-free environment.

Benefits

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

  • Intensive group instruction
  • One-on-one instruction attention
  • Hands-on labs
  • Lab partner and group exercises
  • Question and answer drills
  • Independent study

Curriculum

Course DP-420T00: Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

  • Module 1: Get started with Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 2: Plan and implement Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 3: Connect to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL with the SDK
  • Module 4: Access and manage data with the Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDKs
  • Module 5: Execute queries in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 6: Define and implement an indexing strategy for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 7: Integrate Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL with Azure services
  • Module 8: Implement a data modeling and partitioning strategy for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 9: Design and implement a replication strategy for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 10: Optimize query and operation performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
  • Module 11: Monitor and troubleshoot an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL solution
  • Module 12: Manage an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL solution using DevOps practices
  • Module 13: Create server-side programming constructs in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by the Certification Guarantee:

Exam DP-420: Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

  • Exam code: DP-420
  • Language: English
  • Domains:
    1. Design and implement data models (35–40%)
    2. Design and implement data distribution (5–10%)
    3. Integrate an Azure Cosmos DB solution (5–10%)
    4. Optimise an Azure Cosmos DB solution (15–20%)
    5. Maintain an Azure Cosmos DB solution (25–30%)

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have experience in writing in an Azure-supported language at the intermediate level (C#, JavaScript, Python, or Java), as well as knowledge and skills in:

  • Microsoft Azure and ability to navigate the Azure portal (AZ-900 equivalent)
  • Writing code to connect and perform operations on a SQL or NoSQL database product (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra or similar)

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

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