Learning about the main features of Cosmos DB

Cosmos DB extends the database service that was known as Azure Document DB. However, it is very important to note that Cosmos DB adds a huge number of features to the services offered by its predecessor. In fact, Cosmos DB is continuously adding new features and has quickly become one of the most innovative services found in Azure that targets mission-critical applications at a global scale.

Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database service included in Azure. NoSQL definitely means not only SQL in the case of this database service, because Cosmos DB provides a SQL API that allows us to query documents by using SQL in one of the possible models that the database service supports. Cosmos DB is a multi-model ...

Get Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.