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Azure SQL Database vs Cosmos DB

2023-03-20T03:36:12+00:00

  Azure SQL Database Azure Cosmos DB Type of Database Relational database NoSQL database Features Has several SQL deployment options for different kinds of workloads - SQL databases, SQL managed instances, SQL virtual machines. Delivers single-digit millisecond response times and instant scalability. Storage Size 100 TB for SQL database 8 TB for SQL managed instance 256 TB for SQL virtual machine Unlimited storage per database and container. Availability SQL database - 99.995% availability SQL managed instance and SQL virtual machine - 99.99% availability Single-region - 99.99% Multi-region - 99.999% Backups With long-term backup retention policy, database backups are automatically retained [...]

Azure SQL Database vs Cosmos DB2023-03-20T03:36:12+00:00

Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) vs Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)

2023-03-20T03:32:43+00:00

  Locally-Redundant Storage (LRS) Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) Geo-redundant storage (GRS) Replication Replicates your data 3 times within a single physical location synchronously in the primary region.  Replicates your data across 3 Azure Availability Zones synchronously in the primary region Replicates your data in your storage account to a secondary region Redundancy Low Moderate High Cost Provides the least expensive replication option Costs more than LRS but provides higher availability Costs more than ZRS but provides availability in the event of regional outages Percent durability of objects over a given year At least 99.999999999% (11 9's) At least 99.9999999999% (12 [...]

Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) vs Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS)2023-03-20T03:32:43+00:00

Azure Cosmos DB

2025-12-15T09:27:08+00:00

Bookmarks Features Consistency Levels Security Pricing Azure SQL Database vs Cosmos DB Validate Your Knowledge Azure Cosmos DB Cheat Sheet Globally distributed database that supports NoSQL. A fully-managed database service with turnkey global distribution and transparent multi-master replication. Features Cosmos DB offers encryption at rest. It replicates every partition across all the regions. CosmosDB offers single-digit millisecond reads and writes in all regions. Supports automatic failover during a regional outage. Consistency Levels: Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, Consistent Prefix, and Eventual You can set either standard (manual) or autoscale provisioned throughput on your databases and [...]

Azure Cosmos DB2025-12-15T09:27:08+00:00

Azure Pricing

2023-07-03T05:35:24+00:00

Azure Pricing Cheat Sheet Azure offers pay-as-you-go and reserved instances for pricing. Azure Pricing Factors: Resource size and resource type. Different Azure locations have different prices for services. The bandwidth of your services. Any data transfer between two different billing zones is charged. Ingress (data in) = free Egress (data out) = charged based on data going out of Azure datacenters Factors that can reduce costs: By purchasing a reserved instance (one-year or three-year terms), you can significantly reduce costs up to 72 percent compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. A reserved capacity is a commitment for a period of one or [...]

Azure Pricing2023-07-03T05:35:24+00:00

Azure DevOps

2026-02-13T08:13:13+00:00

Azure DevOps Cheat Sheet A service that offers a set of tools for planning, building, and deploying applications. Features Azure Boards It allows you to track features, user stories, tasks, and bugs associated with your project. You can also customize your dashboards and track progress easily during your project lifecycle. Azure Pipelines A CI/CD service that helps you build and test your code automatically. Enables you to deploy your codes to multiple targets at the same time. Run in parallel on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Deploy to any cloud (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) or on-premises. Deployment gates and release approvals. [...]

Azure DevOps2026-02-13T08:13:13+00:00

Azure Serverless

2026-02-19T11:49:09+00:00

Azure Serverless Cheat Sheet Enables you to build applications without managing infrastructure. Azure Functions Enables you to run a small piece of code to do a task. A single task is performed for each invocation. Supported languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell Isolated worker process model for .NET: run functions on .NET 5.0 and later with more control and fewer dependency conflicts. Flexible hosting options: Consumption (serverless, pay-per-execution), Premium (always warm), Dedicated (App Service plan), and container deployments (including Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes with KEDA). Durable Functions: write stateful, event-driven workflows as code. Integrated monitoring with Azure Application [...]

Azure Serverless2026-02-19T11:49:09+00:00

Azure Big Data

2026-02-13T06:40:47+00:00

Azure Big Data Cheat Sheet A service to store and process large amounts of data sets. Create big data clusters for Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka with Azure HDInsight. Reduce costs by scaling your workloads up and down. Monitor all your clusters with Azure Monitor. Autoscaling adjusts cluster size based on workload demands. Deploy clusters within a virtual network for enhanced security. Monitor cluster health using Apache Ambari. Interactive Query (LLAP) for low-latency SQL on large datasets. Azure Databricks is based on Apache Spark capabilities that provide an interactive workspace and streamlined workflows. Enables you to read data from multiple sources [...]

Azure Big Data2026-02-13T06:40:47+00:00

Azure SQL

2025-12-20T07:03:39+00:00

Bookmarks Monitoring Networking Security Pricing Validate Your Knowledge Azure SQL Cheat Sheet A fully managed database built upon the SQL Server engine. SLA durability up to 99.995%. SQL Databases Resource type: Single Database - offers serverless and hyperscale storage (up to 100TB). Free SQL Database Offer: A permanent free tier providing 100,000 vCore seconds of compute and 32GB of storage per month is now available for the General Purpose Serverless tier. Elastic Pool - a collection of databases with a shared set of resources. Now supports Hyperscale tier for high-performance, scalable multi-tenant [...]

Azure SQL2025-12-20T07:03:39+00:00

Azure Application Gateway

2025-12-22T05:43:25+00:00

Azure Application Gateway Cheat Sheet A web traffic load balancer. It allows you to distribute incoming traffic based on HTTP request properties such as URL and host headers. Application gateway has four tiers: Standard, Standard V2, WAF, and WAF v2 For container-based applications, Azure now offers Application Gateway for Containers as a separate, modern application load balancing service. You can use the same application gateway for up to 100+ websites with multi-site hosting. Set the minimum and maximum scale units based on your needs. Azure Application Gateway vs Azure Load Balancer An application gateway operates at layer 7. A load balancer functions [...]

Azure Application Gateway2025-12-22T05:43:25+00:00

Azure Table Storage

2025-12-12T07:39:12+00:00

Azure Table Storage Cheat Sheet A NoSQL key-value store for large semi-structured datasets. Supports flexible data schema. Query using a subset of the OData protocol and filter on the PartitionKey and RowKey properties for fast, indexed lookups. Azure Cosmos DB for Table offers enhanced query capabilities. Important Update (2024): Microsoft's strategic direction for table storage is Azure Cosmos DB for Table. This offering provides the Azure Table Storage API with significant enhancements: guaranteed single-digit millisecond latency, automatic global distribution, dedicated throughput, and a comprehensive SLA. For all new development, Microsoft recommends using Azure Cosmos DB for Table. The classic Azure Storage Tables [...]

Azure Table Storage2025-12-12T07:39:12+00:00

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