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Databases complete SQL contained database user Microsoft Learn describes contained database users as users that authenticate at the database level rather than through a matching login in the master database. In Azure SQL Database, they can support SQL authentication or Microsoft Entra identities, and the database name must be included in the connection string. Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: contained database user, database-contained user, Azure SQL contained user, CREATE USER FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER Quick peek Open full term page

Databases verified Redis Enterprise database A Redis Enterprise database is the database resource inside a Redis Enterprise cluster. It defines the actual Redis endpoint, port, clustering policy, modules, eviction policy, persistence settings, access-key behavior, and geo-replication links that applications use after the cluster is provisioned. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: RedisEnterprise database, Enterprise database, Redis Enterprise DB Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL database collation Microsoft Learn explains that database collation defines the default rules for character data comparison, sorting, case sensitivity, accent sensitivity, and Unicode behavior. A database collation can be specified when creating or modifying a database, but existing column-level collations and stored data are not automatically changed. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: database collation, SQL collation, Azure SQL collation, default database collation Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL database firewall rule Microsoft Learn describes Azure SQL firewall rules as IP allow rules that must permit traffic before clients can reach a logical server or database. Server-level rules can be managed through Azure tools, while database-level rules are scoped to individual databases and managed with Transact-SQL. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Azure SQL firewall rule, SQL server firewall rule, database-level firewall rule, SQL IP firewall rule Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra is a managed NoSQL database service that supports Cassandra workloads using CQL, drivers, and compatible tooling. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin is a managed graph database service for storing, querying, and traversing graph data with the Gremlin language. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is a managed PostgreSQL service with Citus distributed tables, currently on a retirement path and not recommended for new projects. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases command-rich Cosmos DB for Table Azure Cosmos DB for Table is a managed NoSQL key-value and table API compatible with Azure Table storage SDKs and tools. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB physical partition Cosmos DB physical partition means a fully managed internal storage and compute partition that hosts ranges of logical partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to automatic scale-out, replica placement, RU distribution, and operational signals such as hot partition diagnostics. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 7 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Bulk executor Bulk executor is the Azure Cosmos DB capability or library pattern for sending many create, update, patch, delete, or import operations efficiently instead of processing documents one at a time. Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Conflict resolution the way Azure Cosmos DB decides the winning version when concurrent writes from multiple regions change the same item or logical record Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB logical partition Cosmos DB logical partition means the group of items in a container that share the same partition key value. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB logical partition, cosmos db logical partition Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB serverless account Cosmos DB serverless account is a Cosmos DB account created with the serverless capacity mode so databases and containers are billed by consumed request units and storage. It turns serverless billing into an account-level design choice rather than a per-container toggle. You see it when teams create accounts for prototypes, seasonal apps, low-duty-cycle workloads, or services with uncertain early demand. The production check is whether the account capacity mode supports the API, scale target, compliance need, and migration plan. Document the decision in code, templates, metrics, and runbooks. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 6 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium PostgreSQL connection string Application configuration that identifies the PostgreSQL server, database, port, authentication method, and TLS path used by a workload. Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL connection string, postgresql connection string, connection string, Azure Database for PostgreSQL connection string, FQDN, port 5432, port 6432 Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Azure-SSIS IR Azure-SSIS IR is the Azure integration runtime option that supports deploying, managing, and running SQL Server Integration Services packages in Azure Data Factory or Synapse pipelines. Data engineering and analytics intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Azure SSIS IR, Azure-SSIS integration runtime abbreviation Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Cosmos DB partition key value Cosmos DB partition key value means the actual value stored on an item for the configured partition key path in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to routing items into logical partitions, enabling efficient point reads, transactional scope, and balanced throughput. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes. Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium PostgreSQL flexible server parameter A PostgreSQL flexible server parameter is a setting that changes how the managed PostgreSQL server behaves. Some parameters tune performance, such as memory, autovacuum, logging, query planning, connection handling, or extensions. Others control operational features such as audit logging, Query Store, PgBouncer, or required restart behavior. You do not sign in to the operating system and edit postgresql.conf; Azure exposes supported settings through the portal, CLI, REST, and ARM. Treat each parameter as a production change because one value can affect every database and application on the server. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL flexible server parameter, postgresql flexible server parameter, Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Session token A session token is the Azure Cosmos DB value returned by requests and used by clients to preserve session consistency. The SDK normally manages it automatically, but applications can pass it between requests or services when they must continue a specific read-your-writes session. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Session token, session-token, session token, Session-token Quick peek Open full term page

Storage premium Azure Storage Actions Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform for automating data management tasks across Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage objects without provisioning separate compute. Storage platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Consistent prefix consistency the named Cosmos DB consistency level used when ordered reads are required but seeing the very latest write immediately is not required Azure Cosmos DB intermediate 3 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL compatibility level Microsoft Learn explains that compatibility level controls database behavior for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance. It can be viewed or changed with Transact-SQL, requires ALTER permission on the database, and should be evaluated because changes can affect applications and query optimization. Data platform intermediate 6 commands Aliases: database compatibility level, compatibility_level, SQL Server compatibility level, Azure SQL compatibility level Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-complete PostgreSQL Query Store PostgreSQL Query Store is a built-in performance history feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. Instead of guessing why the database became slow, teams can look at recorded query behavior over time: which queries ran often, which took longest, which waited on locks or I/O, and when the pattern changed. It is not a tuning magic button. It is evidence. Developers, DBAs, and operators use it to separate bad SQL, missing indexes, workload spikes, and application changes from general database health complaints. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL Query Store, Azure PostgreSQL Query Store, pg_qs, Query Store for PostgreSQL flexible server Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-complete PostgreSQL server firewall A PostgreSQL server firewall is the public-network gate in front of an Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. If public access is enabled, clients can attempt to connect only when their source IP address falls inside an allowed firewall rule. The rule does not grant database access, create a user, or bypass passwords. It simply lets the traffic reach the server endpoint. If the server uses private access instead, the... Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-complete PostgreSQL standby zone A PostgreSQL standby zone tells you where the standby high-availability replica lives relative to the primary PostgreSQL flexible server. If the standby is in a different availability zone, the design can keep the database available through many zone-level failures. If it is in the same zone, it can still protect against server-level failure, but it does not protect against the whole zone going down. This setting is not a read-replica... Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases field-manual-complete Preferred regions Preferred regions are the ordered list of Azure regions a Cosmos DB application wants to use first. In a multi-region Cosmos DB account, the SDK checks which regions the account actually has and then chooses the best matching endpoint from the application’s list. This helps an app in Europe read from Europe while an app in North America reads from North America. It is a client configuration, not just an account setting, and it must match the account’s real regions to work as intended. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases verified Redis keyspace Redis keyspace is the live set of keys, values, expirations, and metadata inside a Redis database. In Azure Redis services, it shows up through database selection, key naming, TTL behavior, and optional keyspace notifications that publish events when keys change or expire. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Redis namespace, Redis keys, Redis key namespace, keyspace notifications Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL elastic pool DTU SQL elastic pool DTU means an Azure SQL elastic pool sized with the DTU purchasing model. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: DTU elastic pool, Azure SQL DTU pool, eDTU pool, SQL elastic pool using DTUs Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL elastic pool vCore SQL elastic pool vCore means an Azure SQL elastic pool sized with the vCore purchasing model. Data platform intermediate 5 commands Aliases: vCore elastic pool, Azure SQL vCore pool, SQL elastic pool using vCores, shared vCore pool Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics field-manual-complete Lakehouse architecture Lakehouse architecture combines data lake scale with warehouse-style querying, governance, and analytics patterns. On Azure, it commonly uses Delta Lake, OneLake or ADLS storage, Spark, SQL experiences, BI tools, and layered data design such as bronze, silver, and gold at enterprise scale. Azure Databricks intermediate 4 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL geo-replica Microsoft Learn describes active geo-replication as a capability for creating readable secondary databases for Azure SQL Database in the same or different regions. A SQL geo-replica is that secondary database, kept synchronized asynchronously and available for disaster recovery, migration, or read-only workloads. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Azure SQL geo-replica, geo-secondary, active geo-replication secondary, readable secondary database Quick peek Open full term page

Databases complete SQL Hyperscale named replica Microsoft Learn describes a Hyperscale named replica as a named, read-only replica of an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale database. It can be created with its own database name, compute size, and access boundary, then used for read scale-out, workload isolation, and resilient testing. Data platform intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Hyperscale named replica, Azure SQL named replica, named read replica, Hyperscale read replica Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics learning-path-anchor Databricks metastore The top-level Unity Catalog container for catalogs, schemas, tables, volumes, models, functions, and governance permissions. Databricks intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Unity Catalog metastore, Databricks Unity Catalog metastore, metastore Quick peek Open full term page

Storage learning-path-anchor Data Lake storage account A storage feature or access model in Data Lake Storage Gen2 that helps teams store, protect, move, and govern application or analytics data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context. Data Lake Storage Gen2 advanced 19 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory Azure’s managed data integration service for creating pipelines that move, transform, schedule, and orchestrate data across cloud, SaaS, and hybrid stores. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 6 commands Aliases: Data Factory, Data Factory, data factory Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Databricks cluster A Databricks compute resource that runs notebooks, jobs, libraries, Spark workloads, and data processing tasks using configured runtime, workers, policies, and access controls. Azure Databricks fundamentals 6 commands Aliases: Databricks compute, Azure Databricks compute cluster, classic cluster Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Databricks managed resource group The Azure resource group created or referenced for Databricks-managed infrastructure that supports a workspace and its classic compute resources. Azure Databricks intermediate 6 commands Aliases: managed resource group, Azure Databricks managed resource group, workspace managed resource group Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server A fully managed Azure database service for MySQL workloads with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, and high availability options. Managed MySQL intermediate 5 commands Aliases: MySQL Flexible Server Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server A fully managed Azure PostgreSQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, extensions, and high availability options. Managed PostgreSQL intermediate 5 commands Aliases: PostgreSQL Flexible Server Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Azure Databricks A unified, open analytics platform on Azure for building, deploying, sharing, and maintaining enterprise data, analytics, and AI solutions at scale. Data engineering and AI intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Databricks on Azure Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service in Azure that provides SQL Server-compatible engines as single databases, elastic pools, and serverless or provisioned compute choices. Microsoft Learn presents it as platform as a service with built-in availability, backups, patching, scaling, and security integration. Database intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL pooled database, Azure SQL single database, SQL Database Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory pipeline A logical grouping of Data Factory activities that performs a coordinated data movement, transformation, or control-flow process. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 5 commands Aliases: Data Factory pipeline, ADF pipeline, data factory pipeline Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Databricks workspace A Databricks workspace is the Azure resource and collaborative environment where teams create and operate notebooks, jobs, clusters, SQL warehouses, repositories, experiments, and governed data access. Analytics platform beginner 5 commands Aliases: Azure Databricks workspace, Databricks workspace resource, workspace resource, Databricks environment Quick peek Open full term page

Databases premium Serverless SQL database A serverless SQL database is an Azure SQL Database single database configured with the serverless compute model. It automatically scales compute within configured limits, can auto-pause in supported tiers, resumes on activity, and keeps the managed SQL Database platform features such as backups, patching, monitoring, and security. Azure SQL Database fundamentals 5 commands Aliases: No aliases yet Quick peek Open full term page

AI and Machine Learning premium Azure AI Search data source Azure AI Search data source is the connection definition an Azure AI Search indexer uses to read content from a supported external data store. AI platform and search intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Search data source, SearchIndexerDataSourceConnection, data source connection, indexer data source, search data source connection Quick peek Open full term page

Security premium Data classification tag A tag or catalog label that marks the sensitivity, owner, regulatory handling, or business classification of an Azure resource or dataset. Data protection and governance Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: classification tag, sensitivity tag, data sensitivity tag, confidentiality tag Quick peek Open full term page

Security premium Data exfiltration control A set of Azure controls that restrict, inspect, or approve where sensitive data can leave a workload, workspace, network, or tenant boundary. Network and data protection Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: egress control, data exfiltration protection, approved outbound data boundary Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory connector A built-in or configured integration capability that lets Data Factory read from or write to a supported data store, SaaS application, or service endpoint. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Data Factory connector, ADF connector, data factory connector Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory debug run An interactive test execution used while authoring a Data Factory pipeline or data flow before publishing or triggering it in production. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Data Factory debug run, ADF debug run, data factory debug run Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory expression language The syntax and function set used in Data Factory to build dynamic values, reference parameters, inspect activity output, and control pipeline behavior. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Data Factory expression language, ADF expression language, data factory expression language Quick peek Open full term page

Analytics premium Data Factory Git integration The source-control connection that lets Data Factory authoring use Azure Repos or GitHub branches instead of editing only the live factory mode. Data integration and orchestration Intermediate 4 commands Aliases: Data Factory Git integration, ADF Git integration, data factory git integration Quick peek Open full term page