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Learning Azure Cosmos DB

By : Shahid Shaikh
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Learning Azure Cosmos DB

By: Shahid Shaikh

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft has introduced a new globally distributed database, called Azure Cosmos DB. It is a superset of Microsoft's existing NoSQL Document DB service. Azure Cosmos DB enables you to scale throughput and storage elastically and independently across any number of Azure's geographic regions.</p> <p>This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to get introduced to the world of Cosmos DB. This book will focus on building globally-distributed applications without the hassle of complex, multiple datacenter configurations. This book will shed light on how Cosmos DB offers multimodal NoSQL database capabilities in the cloud at a scale that is one product with different database engines, such as key-value, document, graph, and wide column store. We will cover detailed practical examples on how to create a CRUD application using Cosmos DB with a frontend framework of your choice. This book will empower developers to choose their favorite database engines to perform integration, along with other systems that utilize the most popular languages, such as Node.js. This book will take you through the tips and trick, of Cosmos DB deployment, management, and the security offered by Azure Cosmos DB in order to detect, prevent, and respond to database breaches.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will not only be aware of the best capabilities of relational and non-relational databases, but you will also be able to build scalable, globally distributed,<br />and highly responsive applications.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Setting up an Azure subscription


I am sure you have already created your account on Azure. You need to upgrade your account in order to use the resources, such as Cosmos DB, virtual machines, and so on.

At the time of writing the book, Azure provided us with free credit of around 13,000 Indian rupees (approximately $200) for a month to try out their services at first upgrade!

Open Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) and log in using your Microsoft account. Once you have logged in, click on any services, for instance, click on Cosmos DB's icon from the left menu.

You should be viewing the subscription popup; click on that and fill in your credit card information. Microsoft will charge around 2 Indian rupees to verify your identity. They will not charge you further.

Once your account is verified, you can see your subscription in the account section. Refer to the following screenshot for reference:

Let's go ahead and create an Azure Cosmos DB.