IMPLEMENT AZURE SYNAPSE LINK WITH AZURE COSMOS
DB EXAM 2024-2025
What are the key features of Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB architecture? -
ANSWER Row-based transactional store, column-based analytical store, fully
managed autosync process, linked service for connection to Azure Synapse
Analytics.
What keeps the data stores in sync in Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB? -
ANSWER Fully managed autosync process.
What does Azure Synapse Analytics provide in terms of runtimes? - ANSWER
Synapse SQL and Apache Spark runtimes.
What can you do with Synapse SQL and Apache Spark runtimes in Azure Synapse
Analytics? - ANSWER Retrieve, process, and analyze data from the Azure Cosmos
DB analytical store without impacting the transactional data store.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link in Azure Cosmos DB? - ANSWER
Through the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.
Where can you enable Azure Synapse Link in the Azure portal? - ANSWER On the
Azure Synapse Link page in the Integrations section.
What is the first step in using Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB? - ANSWER
Enabling it in an Azure Cosmos DB account.
What is the purpose of Azure Synapse Link? - ANSWER To enable integration
between Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Synapse Analytics.
What is the purpose of the linked service in Azure Synapse Link? - ANSWER To
connect the analytical store enabled container in Azure Cosmos DB to an Azure
Synapse Analytics workspace.
What is the purpose of Synapse SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics? - ANSWER To
run code for retrieving, processing, and analyzing data from the Azure Cosmos DB
analytical store.
,What is the purpose of Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics? - ANSWER To
run code for retrieving, processing, and analyzing data from the Azure Cosmos DB
analytical store.
What is the purpose of the row-based transactional store in Azure Cosmos DB? -
ANSWER To provide a store optimized for read/write operations.
What is the purpose of the column-based analytical store in Azure Cosmos DB? -
ANSWER To provide a store optimized for analytical workloads.
What is the purpose of the fully managed auto sync process in Azure Synapse
Link? - ANSWER To keep the data stored in Azure Cosmos DB in sync.
What types of Azure Cosmos DB accounts support Azure Synapse Link? -
ANSWER Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB,
Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin (preview).
What are the options for enabling Azure Synapse Link in Azure Cosmos DB? -
ANSWER Azure portal, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell.
What is Azure Cosmos DB? - ANSWER A NoSQL database service provided by
Microsoft.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link using the Azure CLI? - ANSWER Run
the 'az cosmosdb create' or 'az cosmosdb update' command with the
'--enable-analytical-storage true' parameter.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link for an Azure Cosmos DB for an Apache
Gremlin account? - ANSWER Include the '--capabilities EnableGremlin' parameter
in the command.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link using Azure PowerShell? - ANSWER
Run the 'New-AzCosmosDBAccount' or 'Update-AzCosmosDBAccount' cmdlet
with the '-EnableAnalyticalStorage 1' parameter.
What should you consider when enabling Azure Synapse Link for a Cosmos DB
account? - ANSWER You can't disable it once enabled and you need to create or
update a container with support for an analytical store to start synchronization of
operational data.
What is Azure Synapse Link? - ANSWER A feature that enables real-time
, analytics on Cosmos DB data.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link for a Cosmos DB NoSQL account? -
ANSWER Using Azure CLI or PowerShell with the appropriate parameters.
What are the two schema types that can be specified for Azure Synapse Link? -
ANSWER WellDefined (default) or FullFidelity.
Can the schema type be changed after it has been assigned? - ANSWER No, the
schema type is immutable once assigned.
What is an analytical store? - ANSWER A column-based store within the same
container as a row-based operational store.
What is the purpose of enabling Azure Synapse Link? - ANSWER To create or
update a container with support for an analytical store.
What is the auto-sync process? - ANSWER A process that synchronizes changes in
the operational store to the analytical store.
What is the benefit of using an analytical store? - ANSWER It allows querying the
data without incurring processing overhead in the operational store.
What are the two types of schema representation for the analytical store? -
ANSWER Well-defined and Full fidelity.
What is the default schema type for an Azure Cosmos DB for a NoSQL account? -
ANSWER Well-defined.
What is the default schema type for an Azure Cosmos DB for a MongoDB
account? - ANSWER Full fidelity.
What happens to the schema in the analytical store as data is synchronized? -
ANSWER The schema is updated dynamically to reflect the structure of the
synchronized documents.
How is the data type determined for a field in a well-defined schema? - ANSWER
The first non-null occurrence of the field determines the data type.
What happens to subsequent occurrences of a field that aren't compatible with the
assigned data type in a well-defined schema? - ANSWER They are not ingested
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