Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Revealed: A Multi-Model Database Designed for the Cloud

© José Rolando Guay Paz 2018

José Rolando Guay PazMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3351-1_2

2. Learning Azure Cosmos DB Concepts

José Rolando Guay Paz¹ 

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Beach Park, Illinois, USA

 

To properly implement and use an Azure Cosmos DB database, it is very important to understand several key concepts about the internals of the service. In this chapter, I am going to examine concepts such as global distribution, partitioning, and consistency to provide a solid foundation upon which you will be able to build robust, scalable, and secure applications.

Understanding these concepts is the best way to leverage all of the potential and capabilities of Azure Cosmos DB. It’s important that you know what you can do and that you ...