Azure Cosmos DB Operations, Scaling & Security

Best practices for operating Azure Cosmos DB: throughput and scaling, global distribution and consistency, monitoring and diagnostics, and security hardening.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when provisioning throughput, configuring global distribution, setting up monitoring, or hardening security for Azure Cosmos DB.

Rules

Throughput & Scaling

• throughput-autoscale - Use Autoscale for Variable Workloads
• throughput-burst - Understand Burst Capacity
• throughput-container-vs-database - Choose Container vs Database Throughput
• throughput-right-size - Right-Size Provisioned Throughput
• throughput-serverless - Consider Serverless for Dev/Test

Global Distribution