#cosmodb

Overview

Hello techs, There are many Database structures we are using in our  development desires. Using CosmosDB Emulator developers are able to develop and test applications locally without having azure subscription and account in Cloud of Azure. So let’s have a look deeply and get what’s Cosmos DB Emulator and its installations.

Introduction

The Azure Cosmos Emulator provides an environment to the developer to develop applications using Azure CosmosDB service.

For using CosmosDB Emulator, Developers can work locally and test the data properly without having an Azure subscription.

Multiple APIs like SQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Gremlin (graph traversal language), and APIs, With a variety of options developers can develop applications in CosmosDB Emulator.

What is CosmosDB?

Azure DatabaseDB with NoSQL database service was designed for high performance along with world-wide distribution for availability.

For achieving application reliability and responsiveness, instances of these applications need to be deployed in datacenters that are close to their users.

Bulk of data changes of applications have a large storage which can be available to users in milliseconds.

System Requirements

Azure CosmosDB Emulator required following requirements:

Software requirements

Minimum Hardware requirements

Prerequisites

Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, or Windows 10

64-bit operating system

2GB RAM

10GB available hard disk space

Azure provides a free of charge without having a subscription to the CosmosDB Emulator. For working in CosmosDB we need .NET Core 2.1 SDK or further versions.

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Despite its reputation, I’m still a massive fan of linked servers. Microsoft developed it for a reason and it’s ongoing presence on the platform since day one says it all. No one told you to pull back a gazillion rows on an inner join with a local table. So, when I saw it’s now possible to create a linked server to Azure’s CosmosDB, a cloud based NoSQL database, wow, this could be useful and had…