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Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed multi-model database. If you want to learn more about Azure Cosmos DB, please read my previous blog on Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB.
In this blog, we will learn how to create a new Cosmos DB in Azure.
Note: You need to have Azure Subscription for this. You can Try Azure Cosmos DB for free without an Azure subscription, free of charge and commitments.
Login to Azure and Create New Cosmos DB as shown in the figure.

Now Provide necessary details like ID, API, Subscription, Resource Group, and Location.
Don’t forget to tick Pin to Dashboard as it pins the newly created COSMOS DB to Azure Dashboard.
After successful deployment, we will be able to see the following screen,

Here we have successfully created the Azure Cosmos DB.
Now in next blog, we will learn how to
- How to add the collection to Azure Cosmos DB
- How to import data into Azure Cosmos DB
- How to use queries in Data Explorer to retrieve and filter your data in Azure Cosmos DB