Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB

Creating a new collection

Now we will create a new collection for the database.

1. Hover on the database name (Competition) and click on the ellipses at the right-hand side (...) to display a context menu, as shown in the next screenshot:

2. Click on New Collection in the context menu. The Add Collection panel will appear.
3. Enter VideoGames1 in Collection Id.
4. Select Fixed (10 GB) in Storage capacity. This way, the maximum storage size for the collection will be 10 GB. In this case, we won't configure a partition key.
5. Enter 1000 in Throughput (400 - 10,000 RU/s). This way, Azure will provision 1,000 request units per second for this collection. ...