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Cosmos DB continuous backup
Azure Cosmos DB continuous backup is the backup mode that supports point-in-time restore for supported Cosmos DB resources within a configured retention tier.
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Cosmos DB dedicated gateway
Azure Cosmos DB dedicated gateway is provisioned server-side compute that fronts an account and enables the integrated cache for supported NoSQL workloads.
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Cosmos DB emulator
The Azure Cosmos DB emulator provides a local environment that emulates Azure Cosmos DB for development and testing without requiring a cloud account.
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Synthetic partition key
A synthetic partition key is a partition key value you create because no single natural field distributes Cosmos DB data well enough. For example, tenantId alone may create one huge tenant partition, while date alone may concentrate today's traffic. A synthetic key might combine tenant, region, and date bucket into one stored value that...
Cosmos DB
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Aliases: generated partition key, composite partition key value, calculated partition key, synthetic key
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Table
A table is the basic place where structured data lives in a database. Each row is one record, and each column describes one attribute, such as customer ID, order date, amount, or status. In Azure, tables show up in Azure SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, Synapse dedicated SQL pools, Fabric warehouses, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and...
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Aliases: database table, SQL table, relational table, data table
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Temporary bytes
Disk space used by temporary files created during queries, sorts, hashes, or joins.
PostgreSQL
advanced
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Aliases: Temporary bytes, temporary bytes, Azure Temporary bytes, temp_bytes, Temporary Files Size, PostgreSQL temporary files
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Time to live
Time to live in Azure Cosmos DB automatically expires items after a configured number of seconds. TTL can be set at the container level and overridden per item, helping teams remove stale operational data, limit storage growth, and keep queries focused on current records.
Azure Cosmos DB
intermediate
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Aliases: Time to live, time to live, Azure Time to live, Microsoft Learn Time to live, TTL, Cosmos DB TTL, defaultTtl, item expiration, container TTL
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Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra is a managed NoSQL database service that supports Cassandra workloads using CQL, drivers, and compatible tooling.
Data platform
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Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin
Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin is a managed graph database service for storing, querying, and traversing graph data with the Gremlin language.
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Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is a managed PostgreSQL service with Citus distributed tables, currently on a retirement path and not recommended for new projects.
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Cosmos DB for Table
Azure Cosmos DB for Table is a managed NoSQL key-value and table API compatible with Azure Table storage SDKs and tools.
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Active connections
Active connections are the current database client sessions using a database service. For Azure SQL Database, Azure Monitor exposes this operational signal through metrics such as Sessions count and Sessions percentage, which help operators spot connection leaks, pool pressure, and client behavior that can affect availability.
Azure SQL monitoring
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5 commands
Aliases: database active sessions, SQL sessions count, database connection count
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Active geo-replication
Active geo-replication is an Azure SQL Database business-continuity feature that continuously replicates one primary database to a readable secondary database, often in another Azure region. It supports manual or programmatic geo-failover for individual databases and can also serve read-only workloads from the secondary.
Azure SQL continuity
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Aliases: Azure SQL active geo-replication, geo-secondary, geo-replica
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Advanced threat protection for SQL
Advanced threat protection for SQL is the Defender for SQL capability that detects anomalous and potentially harmful database activity. In everyday Azure work, teams use it to surface SQL injection attempts, unusual access, unfamiliar principals, suspicious applications, or brute-force credential patterns. The useful evidence is Defender plan state, server or database protection setting, alert recipient,
Azure SQL
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Aliases: SQL Advanced Threat Protection, Azure SQL threat detection, Defender for SQL ATP, ATP for Azure SQL
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Analytical store
Azure Cosmos DB analytical store is an isolated column store that automatically syncs operational data for large-scale analytics without impacting transactional workloads.
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Applied migration
An applied migration is an Entity Framework Core migration that has been recorded in the database migrations history table after being applied.
Entity Framework Core migrations
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Automatic tuning
Automatic tuning is Azure SQL Database’s built-in assistant for common query performance problems. In plain terms, Azure watches how queries behave and can recommend or apply changes that improve performance, such as index adjustments or plan correction. It is useful when workloads change faster than people can manually tune every query..
Azure SQL
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Aliases: Azure SQL automatic tuning, SQL automatic tuning, automatic plan correction, automatic index tuning
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Autoscale throughput
Autoscale throughput is Azure Cosmos DB’s way to adjust request-unit capacity for a database or container as traffic changes. In plain terms, you set a maximum RU/s value, and Cosmos DB scales within that range instead of forcing you to pick one fixed manual throughput number. It is useful for workloads with bursts, uneven schedules, or.
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Aliases: Cosmos DB autoscale throughput, autoscale RU/s, autoscale provisioned throughput, max RU/s
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Autovacuum
Autovacuum is the PostgreSQL maintenance process in Azure Database for PostgreSQL that removes dead row versions and refreshes optimizer statistics without a person running VACUUM by hand. In Azure, teams encounter it when Flexible Server tables receive frequent inserts, updates, and deletes, especially in systems that retain large transactional history. The useful question is what
PostgreSQL
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Aliases: PostgreSQL autovacuum, Azure PostgreSQL autovacuum, autovacuum tuning
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Azure Cache for Redis
A managed in-memory data store based on Redis that improves application performance by caching frequently accessed data close to workloads.
Cache
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Aliases: Azure Redis Cache, Redis cache, managed Redis cache
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Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed database service for NoSQL, relational, and vector workloads. It supports global distribution, elastic scale, multiple APIs, request-unit capacity, backup, and high availability so modern applications can store and query data without operating database servers.
Azure Cosmos DB
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB, Cosmos DB, Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, Cosmos database, global NoSQL database, request-unit database
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Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
The native document database API of Azure Cosmos DB for JSON data, SQL-like queries, partitioning, indexing, and scalable request-unit throughput.
Azure Cosmos DB
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Aliases: Cosmos DB NoSQL API, Azure Cosmos DB SQL API
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Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure database service for MySQL workloads with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, and high availability options.
Managed MySQL
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Aliases: MySQL Flexible Server
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
A fully managed Azure PostgreSQL service with configurable compute, storage, backups, networking, maintenance, extensions, and high availability options.
Managed PostgreSQL
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Aliases: PostgreSQL Flexible Server
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Azure Managed Redis
Azure Managed Redis is a Microsoft-managed in-memory data store based on Redis Enterprise, used for low-latency caching, session storage, messaging, and semantic cache scenarios.
Managed cache
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Aliases: Managed Redis, Redis Enterprise on Azure, Azure Redis Enterprise
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Azure SQL active geo-replication
Azure SQL active geo-replication creates readable secondary databases in other regions for database-level disaster recovery and failover.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL active geo-replication, SQL geo-replication, active geo-replication, geo-secondary database
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Azure SQL auditing
Azure SQL auditing tracks database events and writes audit logs to supported destinations such as storage, Log Analytics, or Event Hubs.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL audit logs, Azure SQL auditing, SQL auditing, database auditing
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Azure SQL automated backup
Azure SQL automated backup automatically protects databases and supports point-in-time restore using service-managed backup chains.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL automated backup, Azure SQL automatic backups, SQL automated backups, point-in-time restore backups
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Azure SQL automatic tuning
Azure SQL automatic tuning monitors query performance and can apply tuning actions such as plan correction and index recommendations.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL automatic tuning, Azure SQL tuning recommendations, SQL automatic tuning, automatic tuning
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Azure SQL Business Critical tier
Azure SQL Business Critical tier is a vCore service tier for OLTP workloads that need high transaction rates, low-latency I/O, and high resilience through isolated replicas.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL Business Critical tier, Business Critical tier, BusinessCritical, Premium-like vCore tier, SQL Business Critical
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Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service in Azure that provides SQL Server-compatible engines as single databases, elastic pools, and serverless or provisioned compute choices. Microsoft Learn presents it as platform as a service with built-in availability, backups, patching, scaling, and security integration.
Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL pooled database, Azure SQL single database, SQL Database
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Azure SQL database copy
Azure SQL database copy creates a transactionally consistent copy of an Azure SQL Database using portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Transact-SQL.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL copy, Azure SQL database copy, CREATE DATABASE AS COPY OF, SQL database copy, database copy
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Azure SQL Database DTU model
Azure SQL Database DTU model is a purchasing model that bundles compute, storage, and I/O resources into Database Transaction Units for Basic, Standard, and Premium tiers.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL Database DTU model, DTU model, DTU-based purchasing model, Database Transaction Unit, eDTU
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Azure SQL elastic job
Azure SQL elastic jobs schedule and run Transact-SQL scripts across one or many Azure SQL databases, including target groups across servers, pools, and subscriptions.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure Elastic Jobs, Azure SQL elastic job, SQL elastic job agent, elastic job agent, elastic jobs
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Azure SQL elastic pool
Azure SQL elastic pool lets multiple Azure SQL databases on one logical server share a set of resources at a set price for variable usage patterns.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL elastic pool, SQL elastic pool, eDTU pool, elastic pool, pooled databases
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Azure SQL failover group
Provide a stable listener endpoint for applications that must survive an Azure SQL regional failover.; Coordinate failover for several related user databases instead of managing each geo-replica separately.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL failover group, SQL failover group, auto-failover group, failover group, geo-failover group
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Azure SQL General Purpose tier
Azure SQL General Purpose tier is a vCore service tier for common workloads that need balanced compute and storage at budget-oriented pricing.
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Aliases: Azure SQL General Purpose tier, GP tier, General Purpose tier, GeneralPurpose, SQL General Purpose
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Azure SQL geo-restore
Azure SQL geo-restore uses geo-replicated backups to restore a database to any logical server in any Azure region when primary-region access is unavailable.
Azure SQL Database
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Aliases: Azure SQL geo-restore, SQL geo restore, geo-replicated backup restore, geo-restore, regional backup restore
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Azure SQL hyperscale
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is a service tier built for very large databases, fast storage scaling, rapid backups and restores, and high throughput. Microsoft Learn describes its distinct architecture, including separated compute and storage, page servers, log service, and optional replicas.
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Azure SQL ledger
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Azure SQL logical server
An Azure SQL logical server is a logical administrative construct for Azure SQL Database and related SQL resources. Microsoft Learn describes it as the central point for managing a collection of databases, including logins, firewall rules, auditing, threat detection policies, and failover groups.
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Azure SQL long-term retention
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Azure SQL maintenance window
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Azure SQL Microsoft Entra authentication
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Azure SQL point-in-time restore
A database capability or setting in Azure SQL Database that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Azure SQL Query Store
Find the exact query plan regression that appeared after an application deployment or database compatibility-level change.; Compare normal and incident windows before deciding whether a SKU scale-up is justified.
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Aliases: Azure SQL Query Store
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Azure SQL serverless compute
Run development, test, training, or demo databases that need full SQL behavior but sit idle outside work hours.; Support tenant databases with sporadic activity where provisioned compute would waste budget for long idle
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Aliases: Azure SQL serverless compute
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Azure SQL service objective
An Azure SQL service objective is the named performance level or SKU selected for an Azure SQL Database or elastic pool, defining resource limits, capabilities, and price within the chosen purchasing model.
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Azure SQL tempdb
Azure SQL tempdb refers to the SQL engine temporary workspace used for temporary tables, table variables, internal worktables, sorting, version store activity, and other transient database operations.
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Azure SQL transparent data encryption
Azure SQL Transparent Data Encryption helps protect Azure SQL Database data, log files, and backups at rest by encrypting and decrypting database pages without requiring application changes.
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Azure SQL vCore model
The Azure SQL vCore purchasing model lets customers independently choose compute, storage, service tier, and hardware configuration for Azure SQL Database workloads.
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Azure SQL vulnerability assessment
Azure SQL vulnerability assessment is a Defender for Cloud capability that scans Azure SQL databases for security misconfigurations, risky settings, and findings that can be reviewed and remediated.
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Azure SQL zone redundancy
Azure SQL zone redundancy places database replicas or storage across multiple availability zones in a supported region to improve resilience against datacenter-level failures.
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Backup / point-in-time restore
Backup point-in-time restore lets Azure database services restore a protected database or server to a specific earlier timestamp within the configured backup retention period.
Database continuity
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Aliases: PITR, point in time restore, point-in-time restore
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Backup retention
Backup retention is the period or rule set that determines how long recovery points are kept before Azure Backup expires or prunes them according to policy.
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Bounded staleness
Bounded staleness is an Azure Cosmos DB consistency level that limits how far reads can lag writes by a configured number of versions or time interval.
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Bulk executor
Bulk executor is the Azure Cosmos DB capability or library pattern for sending many create, update, patch, delete, or import operations efficiently instead of processing documents one at a time.
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Cache hit ratio
Cache hit ratio is the percentage of cache lookups that are served from cache instead of going back to the origin system.
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Change feed
Change feed provides an ordered log of changes to items in a Cosmos DB container.
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Change feed processor
A database capability or setting in Azure Cosmos DB that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Column
A named field in a table, with a data type and optional constraints/defaults.
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Composite index
an Azure Cosmos DB indexing policy entry that combines multiple item properties in a defined order so certain filters and multi-property sorts run efficiently
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Conflict resolution
the way Azure Cosmos DB decides the winning version when concurrent writes from multiple regions change the same item or logical record
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Conflict resolution policy
the container-level Cosmos DB setting that defines how write conflicts are resolved when more than one region can update the same data
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Connection pool
a reusable group of database connections that an application or driver keeps open so repeated requests do not pay the full cost of reconnecting
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Consistency level
the Azure Cosmos DB setting that defines how fresh and ordered reads must be compared with writes across replicas and regions
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Consistent prefix
the Cosmos DB consistency behavior that preserves write order for reads even when the client might not see the newest write yet
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Consistent prefix consistency
the named Cosmos DB consistency level used when ordered reads are required but seeing the very latest write immediately is not required
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Cosmos DB account
Design the account boundary for a global application before choosing databases, containers, regions, consistency, and backup mode.; Separate regulated, tenant-specific, or production workloads into dedicated Cosmos DB ac
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Aliases: Cosmos DB account, cosmos db account
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Cosmos DB analytical store
A database capability or setting in Azure Cosmos DB that helps teams store, query, scale, secure, and recover application data with clearer ownership, safety, and operational context.
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Cosmos DB API for Cassandra
Managed Cosmos DB API for Cassandra-style wide-column applications using familiar Cassandra drivers, CQL concepts, and Azure Cosmos DB operations.
Azure Cosmos DB
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra, API for Cassandra, Cassandra API
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Cosmos DB API for Gremlin
Managed Cosmos DB graph API for relationship-heavy workloads that model data as vertices, edges, properties, and Gremlin traversals.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin, API for Gremlin, Gremlin API
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Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
Managed Cosmos DB API for document applications that use MongoDB-compatible drivers, tools, commands, and connection patterns.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, API for MongoDB, MongoDB API
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Cosmos DB API for NoSQL
Native Azure Cosmos DB API for JSON items, containers, SQL-style queries, SDKs, change feed, partitioning, and request-unit based operations.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, API for NoSQL, Core SQL API, SQL API
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Cosmos DB backup policy
Account-level Cosmos DB setting that controls backup mode, restore behavior, retention expectations, and recovery options for databases and containers.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB backup policy, Cosmos DB periodic backup, Cosmos DB continuous backup policy
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Cosmos DB change feed
Cosmos DB change feed is a built-in way to read changes that happen in a container. Instead of constantly scanning for new or updated items, an application can process the feed and react when writes occur. Teams use it to update search indexes, build materialized views, move data, trigger workflows, or keep another store in sync. It is not the same as a general queue; it is tied to container writes, partitioning, leases, continuation state, and the mode used to read changes.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB change feed, change feed processor, Cosmos DB feed
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Cosmos DB composite index
Container indexing-policy setting that improves selected multi-property query patterns, often reducing RU cost for filters, aggregates, and ORDER BY queries.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB composite index, composite index, composite indexing policy
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Cosmos DB conflict resolution
Container-level policy for resolving concurrent writes in multi-region write Cosmos DB workloads, using Last Write Wins or custom logic where supported.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB conflict resolution, conflict resolution policy, Last Write Wins
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Cosmos DB consistency level
A Cosmos DB consistency level defines the read guarantee between replicated writes and later reads. Microsoft Learn describes five levels—strong, bounded staleness, session, consistent prefix, and eventual—so teams can choose the right trade-off among latency, availability, throughput, and application correctness.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB consistency level, consistency model, session consistency
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Cosmos DB container
A Cosmos DB container is the unit that stores items and defines data behavior such as partition key, indexing policy, throughput, time to live, and unique keys. Microsoft Learn describes containers as resources inside databases that distribute data and requests across logical partitions.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB container, NoSQL container, Cosmos container
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Cosmos DB database
An Azure Cosmos DB database is a unit of management for one or more containers within an account and acts as a namespace for child resources.
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Cosmos DB firewall
Azure Cosmos DB firewall controls inbound access to a Cosmos DB account by allowing selected IP addresses, IP ranges, Azure services, or virtual network paths.
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Cosmos DB full text index
A Cosmos DB full-text index is a specialized NoSQL indexing policy path used with full-text search and scoring over text fields.
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Cosmos DB full-text search
Cosmos DB full-text search means searching natural-language text stored in Cosmos DB for NoSQL items. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB full-text search, cosmos db full-text search
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Cosmos DB indexing policy
Cosmos DB indexing policy means the rules that decide which item paths are indexed, excluded, or indexed with specialized strategies. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB indexing policy, cosmos db indexing policy
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Cosmos DB integrated cache
Cosmos DB integrated cache means a dedicated gateway feature that serves cached point reads and queries without consuming request units for repeated reads. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache, cosmos db integrated cache
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Cosmos DB item
Cosmos DB item means an individual record stored inside a Cosmos DB container, usually represented as a JSON document in the NoSQL API. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB item, cosmos db item
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Cosmos DB logical partition
Cosmos DB logical partition means the group of items in a container that share the same partition key value. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB logical partition, cosmos db logical partition
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Cosmos DB materialized view
Cosmos DB materialized view means a maintained projection of container data shaped for a different query, aggregation, or access pattern. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB materialized view, cosmos db materialized view
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Cosmos DB MongoDB API
Cosmos DB MongoDB API means the Azure Cosmos DB API that lets many MongoDB applications use Cosmos DB through MongoDB-compatible drivers and tools. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB API, cosmos db mongodb api
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Cosmos DB MongoDB vCore
Cosmos DB MongoDB vCore means the vCore-based Cosmos DB MongoDB offering for applications that want familiar MongoDB capacity, compatibility, and scaling controls. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB vCore, cosmos db mongodb vcore
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Cosmos DB multi-region write
Cosmos DB multi-region write means an active-active account configuration that allows writes in more than one Azure region for lower latency and higher availability. It is the practical label operators use when they decide how application data should be modeled, queried, protected, and monitored in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it explains where developers, platform engineers, and support teams meet: the application wants fast data access, while the platform controls scale, cost, security, and recovery. A good glossary entry helps the team know which setting to inspect, which owner to involve, and which symptoms prove the design works.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB multi-region write, cosmos db multi-region write
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Cosmos DB partition key
A Cosmos DB partition key is the field on each item that decides how Cosmos DB groups and spreads data. In a customer profile container it might be /tenantId; in an order system it might be /customerId or /orderDateBucket. The value becomes part of every point read and many queries. A good key keeps data and requests distributed. A poor key creates hot partitions, throttling, awkward queries, and painful migrations because you cannot simply edit the partition key for an existing container.
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Aliases: Azure Cosmos DB partition key, cosmos db partition key
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Cosmos DB partition key value
Cosmos DB partition key value means the actual value stored on an item for the configured partition key path in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to routing items into logical partitions, enabling efficient point reads, transactional scope, and balanced throughput. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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Cosmos DB physical partition
Cosmos DB physical partition means a fully managed internal storage and compute partition that hosts ranges of logical partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to automatic scale-out, replica placement, RU distribution, and operational signals such as hot partition diagnostics. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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Cosmos DB point read
Cosmos DB point read means a direct item lookup that uses both item id and partition key value to retrieve one document efficiently in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to low-latency reads, predictable RU cost, cache-friendly access paths, and API designs that avoid unnecessary queries. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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Cosmos DB point-in-time restore
Cosmos DB point-in-time restore means the ability to restore supported Cosmos DB resources to a selected timestamp when continuous backup is enabled in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to recovering from bad writes, accidental deletes, corruption events, or deployment mistakes without guessing which backup to use. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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Cosmos DB provisioned throughput
Cosmos DB provisioned throughput means the request-unit-per-second capacity reserved for a database or container, either manually or with autoscale behavior in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to capacity planning, throttling prevention, RU allocation, cost control, and predictable performance for operational workloads. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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Cosmos DB query
Find the high-RU query that causes 429 throttling before increasing provisioned throughput or autoscale limits.; Decide whether a user-facing search should remain a Cosmos DB query, become a point-read pattern, or move t
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Aliases: Cosmos DB query, cosmos db query
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Cosmos DB restore
Cosmos DB restore means the recovery operation that creates or rebuilds Cosmos DB resources from a supported backup point or restorable resource in Azure Cosmos DB. In plain English, it is the thing developers and operators check when they need to understand how data access really works. It connects the application model to business continuity, recovery drills, accidental-delete response, timestamp selection, and controlled cutover back to production. For a production team, it turns vague database talk into a specific thing to inspect in the portal, SDK code, templates, metrics, and incident notes.
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