Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Andrew Evans, Principal Engineer and Tech Lead at CarMax, shares how his team uses Azure Cosmos DB to support a mission-critical appraisal application used nationwide. This app helps associates evaluate vehicles that CarMax may purchase from customers.

Andrew walks through how Azure Cosmos DB collections track appraisal data as it moves through business processes, and how the team integrates Azure Cosmos DB with other Azure services like Service Bus, .NET APIs, and Azure Functions. He also highlights how the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK enables automation and easy interaction with data through custom scripts.

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Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a free virtual developer event co-organized by Microsoft and the Azure Cosmos DB community. This is our fifth Azure Cosmos DB Conf. Sessions are a combination of Microsoft and community delivered. Come and learn more about Azure Cosmos DB. See what others in the community are building.

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