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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.

    The Azure portal Databases pane

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

    Setting Value Description
    Subscription Your subscription Select the Azure subscription that you want to use for this Azure Cosmos DB account.
    Resource Group Create new

    Enter a unique name    		 Select Create New, then enter a new resource-group name for your account. For simplicity, you can use the same name as your Account Name.
    Account Name 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 be between 3 and 31 characters in length..
    API Core (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 Core (SQL) because in this article you will create a document database and query using SQL syntax.

    Learn more about the SQL API
    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.
    Multi-region writes Leave blank This enables each of your database regions to be both a read and write region. Leave this blank.

    Then click Review + create. You can skip the Network and Tags section.

    The new account page for Azure Cosmos DB

    Review the summary information and click Create.

    The account verification summary page

  4. The account creation takes a few minutes. Wait for the portal to display the Your deployment is complete message and click Go to resource.

    The account successfully created page

  5. The portal will now display the Congratulations! Your Azure Cosmos DB account was created page.

    The Azure portal Notifications pane