## Conclusion

TiDB Cloud extends TiDB's capabilities by providing a fully managed, MySQL-compatible database experience. This multi-tenant platform lets you focus entirely on your applications, without the burden of managing underlying infrastructure. In this workshop, you have successfully:

- Connected to a TiDB Cloud Starter cluster and issued queries using the MySQL Client.
- Explored essential compatibility considerations between TiDB and MySQL.
- Discovered how TiDB removes the complexity of manual sharding.
- Accelerated analytical queries with TiFlash's columnar storage.
- Leveraged auto-embedding and semantic search capabilities to make TiDB Cloud "GenAI applications ready".
- Understood how to perform non-blocking schema changes using Online DDL.
- Understood how Request Units (RUs) simplify and automate resource management.
- Learned how to leverage database branches to accelerate innovation in parallel.

These hands-on exercises have equipped you with the skills and understanding to fully leverage TiDB Cloud’s advanced features in your own projects.

Recommended hands-on labs to continue your learning:

- [Build Vector Search Apps Using Jupyter Notebook](/labs/demo_408)
- [Working with TiDB Cloud using mysql-connector-python](/labs/demo_405)
- [Working with TiDB Cloud using JDBC](/labs/demo_701)

Or, you can now start your own TiDB Cloud journey [here](https://tidbcloud.com/clusters). If you had been using your own free-tier cluster for this lab, you'll find it listed on the same page, the cluster name is ${LAB:SERVERLESS_CLUSTER_NAME}.