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

Candidates for this exam must have solid knowledge and experience developing apps for Azure and working with Azure Cosmos DB database technologies. They should be proficient at developing applications by using the Core (SQL) API and SDKs, writing efficient queries and creating appropriate index policies, provisioning and managing resources in Azure, and creating server-side objects with JavaScript. They should be able to interpret JSON, read C# or Java code, and use PowerShell.

• Design and implement data models (35–40%)
• Design and implement data distribution (5–10%)
• Integrate an Azure Cosmos DB solution (5–10%)
• Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB solution (15–20%)
• Maintain an Azure Cosmos DB solution (25–30%)