Introduction to Microsoft Azure DocumentDB

Explore the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure DocumentDB in this 57-minute session from PASS Data Community Summit. Learn how to create a DocumentDB instance in Azure, work with JSON documents, and craft ad hoc queries using familiar SQL syntax. Discover how to develop application logic through stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions (UDFs) using standard JavaScript. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates JSON string validation using Notepad++ and C# Newtonsoft dll, comparing it to JSON handling in SQL Server. Gain hands-on experience with DocumentDB basics, including database creation, collection management, and document manipulation through the web interface. Master essential querying techniques such as selects, joins, and filtering. Dive into JavaScript fundamentals crucial for creating stored procedures. Finally, explore working with DocumentDB in C#, covering collection and document creation, as well as querying the database using LINQ and SQL syntax.