Category: Document DB

Azure Cosmos DB – 429 Too Many Requests

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Recently while I was doing Performance Testing in one of the APIs interacting with Cosmos DB, I encountered a problem as Azure Cosmos DB API’s started returning Http Code 429.  Http Status Code 429 indicates that too many request been received or request rate is very large. This error would happen when we have concurrent… Continue reading

Azure Cosmos DB name changes

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An update from Microsoft Azure says that – As part of the transition from Azure DocumentDB to Azure Cosmos DB, the service and resource names are changing from “Azure DocumentDB” to “Azure Cosmos DB” on June 1, 2018. How does that Impact? When Microsoft introduced Cosmos DB, then have ensured that there was a smooth… Continue reading

Getting Started local development with Azure Cosmos DB services – Part 2

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In my previous article we discussed about setting local development environment using Cosmos DB Emulator for Windows. With this part 2 of the article, we will cover developing, debugging and integration related aspects of using Cosmos DB Emulator. Developing with Cosmos DB Emulator Once you have Cosmos DB emulator installed and running on your machine,… Continue reading

Getting Started local development with Azure Cosmos DB services – Part 1

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Azure Cosmos DB is a multi-API, multi-model highly scalable NoSQL database services from Microsoft Azure platform. In order to develop an application consuming Azure Cosmos DB requires an azure live subscription or emulator in your local machine. The Azure Cosmos DB Emulator provides a local development/test environment for Azure Cosmos DB development purposes. Using Azure… Continue reading

Azure CosmosDB – a multi-model, multi-API for highly scalable applications

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Azure Cosmos DB is the next generation globally distributed multi model database from Microsoft. Cosmos DB has been built from scratch in mind with efficient global distribution and horizontal scalability aspects as the core. Azure Cosmos DB guarantees single-digit-millisecond latencies at the 99% availability across the world with Enterprise Level SLAs. Offers a set of… Continue reading