{"id":3438,"date":"2021-09-23T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2021-09-23T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:51:44","slug":"new-and-recently-updated-documentation-for-azure-cosmos-db","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/new-and-recently-updated-documentation-for-azure-cosmos-db\/","title":{"rendered":"New and recently updated documentation for Azure Cosmos DB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make it simple to understand and use Azure Cosmos DB, our team regularly publishes and refreshes technical documentation. Here&#8217;s a round-up of our most recent docs releases:<\/p>\n<h4>Convert vCores to request units (RU\/s)<\/h4>\n<p>Estimate Azure Cosmos DB request units (RU\/s) for use with the Core (SQL) API or API for MongoDB, based on the total vCore or vCPU count in your existing database replica sets.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/convert-vcore-to-request-unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>3rd-party monitoring solutions<\/h4>\n<p>You can use third-party solutions Datadog and Dynatrace to monitor your Azure Cosmos DB instances.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/monitoring-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Graph data modeling tools for Gremlin API<\/h4>\n<p>Third-party tools are available to help model graph data for the Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/graph\/graph-modeling-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Rotate primary or secondary keys<\/h4>\n<p>As a security best practice, keys should be rotated and regenerated regularly. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/database-security?tabs=sql-api#key-rotation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Quickstart: Build a .NET app with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB<\/h4>\n<p>See how to quickly build a web app using Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB, Visual Studio, and .NET.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/mongodb\/create-mongodb-dotnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>FAQs: Continuous back-up and point-in-time restore<\/h4>\n<p>Get answers about using continuous back-up and point-in-time restore with the Core (SQL) API and API for MongoDB.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/continuous-backup-restore-frequently-asked-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Get started with SQL queries<\/h4>\n<p>Find tips to query your data using the Structured Query Language (SQL) as a JSON query language. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/sql\/sql-query-getting-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Find more<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>See all <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB technical documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get started free with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s new in docs? 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