What is the Partition key in Azure Cosmos DB?
In Azure Cosmos DB, the partition key is a property chosen by the user when creating a container in Cosmos DB. The user defines a partition key based on one of the key item’s properties and each item in the container has a value for this partition key. The partition key is used by Cosmos DB to group similar objects together to achieve horizontal scaling of data, which will distribute the data across multiple partitions.
What is Partition Key In Azure Cosmos DB
The Partition Key in Azure Cosmos DB is an important factor for distributing data efficiently across the database’s physical partitions. The partition key plays an important role in storing and accessing data and the partition key makes the filtering data more efficient and optimized. In this article we will discuss the partition key in Azure Cosmos DB, how it is created, and how it is used in data storage and data retrieval.