Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Over the years, developers have asked for guidance on designing applications with Azure Cosmos DB, from implementing common NoSQL patterns to leveraging Cosmos DB’s unique capabilities. To make these insights more accessible, we created Azure Cosmos DB Design Patterns—a GitHub repository with sample implementations to help developers solve real-world architectural challenges.
In this episode, Mark Brown and Jasmine Greenaway explore the Schema Versioning pattern—an essential approach for evolving data structures in NoSQL databases. Unlike traditional databases that enforce strict schemas, Azure Cosmos DB is schema-agnostic, allowing documents to evolve over time. Learn how tracking schema versions within documents enables seamless upgrades, backward compatibility, and smoother application evolution. See how this approach ensures data integrity while maintaining flexibility, making it ideal for real-world applications that need to support multiple schema versions simultaneously.
github.com/Azure-Samples/cosmos-db-design-patterns/tree/main/schema-versioning
🔗 Explore all design patterns: https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/DesignPatterns
🔗 Find all the videos in this series - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/DesignPatternsVids
#AzureCosmosDB #NoSQL #SchemaVersioning
Useful links:
• Azure Cosmos DB Samples Gallery - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/Gallery
• Try Azure Cosmos DB for free - https://aka.ms/trycosmosdb
• Azure Cosmos DB TV - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBLiveTV
• Subscribe to Azure Cosmos DB on YouTube - youtube.com/AzureCosmosDB
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on X - twitter.com/AzureCosmosDB
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/azure-cosmos-db
Over the years, developers have asked for guidance on designing applications with Azure Cosmos DB, from implementing common NoSQL patterns to leveraging Cosmos DB’s unique capabilities. To make these insights more accessible, we created Azure Cosmos DB Design Patterns—a GitHub repository with sample implementations to help developers solve real-world architectural challenges.
In this episode, Mark Brown and Jasmine Greenaway explore the Schema Versioning pattern—an essential approach for evolving data structures in NoSQL databases. Unlike traditional databases that enforce strict schemas, Azure Cosmos DB is schema-agnostic, allowing documents to evolve over time. Learn how tracking schema versions within documents enables seamless upgrades, backward compatibility, and smoother application evolution. See how this approach ensures data integrity while maintaining flexibility, making it ideal for real-world applications that need to support multiple schema versions simultaneously.
github.com/Azure-Samples/cosmos-db-design-patterns/tree/main/schema-versioning
🔗 Explore all design patterns: https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/DesignPatterns
🔗 Find all the videos in this series - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/DesignPatternsVids
#AzureCosmosDB #NoSQL #SchemaVersioning
Useful links:
• Azure Cosmos DB Samples Gallery - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDB/Gallery
• Try Azure Cosmos DB for free - https://aka.ms/trycosmosdb
• Azure Cosmos DB TV - https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBLiveTV
• Subscribe to Azure Cosmos DB on YouTube - youtube.com/AzureCosmosDB
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on X - twitter.com/AzureCosmosDB
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/company/azure-cosmos-db
