cosmos-db-create-dbaccount.md

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1. In a new browser window, sign in to the Azure portal.

2. Click Create a resource > Databases > Azure Cosmos DB.

   

3. In the New account page, enter the settings for the new Azure Cosmos DB account.

   Setting	Value	Description
   ID	Enter a unique name	Enter a unique name to identify your Azure Cosmos DB account. Because documents.azure.com is appended to the ID that you provide to create your URI, use a unique ID. The ID can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and the hyphen (-) character, and it must contain 3 to 50 characters.
   API	SQL	The API determines the type of account to create. Azure Cosmos DB provides five APIs: SQL (document database), Gremlin (graph database), MongoDB (document database), Table API, and Cassandra API. Each API currently requires you to create a separate account. Select SQL because in this article you will create a document database and query using SQL syntax. Learn more about the SQL API
   Subscription	Your subscription	Select the Azure subscription that you want to use for this Azure Cosmos DB account.
   Resource Group	Create new Then enter the same unique name as provided above in ID	Select Create New, then enter a new resource-group name for your account. For simplicity, you can use the same name as your ID.
   Location	Select the region closest to your users	Select a geographic location to host your Azure Cosmos DB account. Use the location that's closest to your users to give them the fastest access to the data.
   Enable geo-redundancy	Leave blank	This creates a replicated version of your database in a second (paired) region. Leave this blank.

   Then click Create.

   

4. The account creation takes a few minutes. Wait for the portal to display the Congratulations! Your Azure Cosmos DB account was created page.