Cosmos DB for MongoDB Developers: Migrating to Azure Cosmos DB and Using the MongoDB API

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Manish SharmaCosmos DB for MongoDB Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3682-6_8

8. Migrating to Azure Cosmos DB–MongoDB API

Manish Sharma¹ 

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Faridabad, Haryana, India

 

Now that I have covered most of the aspects of Azure Cosmos DB–MongoDB API, in this chapter, we will delve into the actual logistics of migrating an entire application to Azure Cosmos DB–MongoDB API.

Migration Strategies

Many strategies exist to migrate NoSQL data from one database to another type of database. The major worry for a developer while migrating from one technology to another is to ensure compatibility between the target and source. With protocol support, Azure Cosmos DB with Mongo API tries to resolve the compatibility issues. Ideally, you ...