← Microsoft Certified: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty
AZURE · objective · 8% of the exam
Design and implement data distribution
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Official references for this objective
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Microsoft — Reporting Across Scaled-Out Cloud Databases - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn
WITH (TYPE = SHARD_MAP_MANAGER, LOCATION = '<fully_qualified_server_name>'
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Microsoft — Migration guide from elastic query shard map manager mode - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn
Best for: Workloads where sharding was implemented due to storage limitations that Hyperscale overcomes today.
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Microsoft — Query Across Cloud Databases with Different Schema - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn
CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE <data_source_name> WITH (TYPE = RDBMS, LOCATION = '<fully_qualified_server_name>', DATABASE_NAME = '<remote_database_name>', CREDENTIAL = <credential_name> )