DocumentDB

Explore

• Introduction to Azure DocumentDB

  Get a high-level overview of the features and benefits that DocumentDB provides to your web and mobile applications.

• Create a database account

  Create an account in the Azure Preview portal and choose your DocumentDB database settings.

• Get started with DocumentDB

  Learn how to configure a DocumentDB account, create databases, create collections, and store JSON documents.

• Query DocumentDB

  Query your DocumentDB database with SQL. The DocumentDB index automatically tracks document properties and doesn’t require the overhead of index management.

• Interact with DocumentDB resources

  Read a technical overview on how to interact with DocumentDB RESTful resources over HTTP verbs.

• Frequently asked questions

  Answers to your questions about the DocumentDB database service on Azure. Learn what capacity and request units are and understand how to scale DocumentDB to your application needs.

Plan

• DocumentDB resources

  Learn about each DocumentDB resource model and how the resources relate to each other.

• Consistency levels in DocumentDB

  Learn how you can balance database consistency and performance with DocumentDB.

• DocumentDB resource limits and quotas

  Learn about the service quota and limits for a DocumentDB account.

Develop

• DocumentDB programming: Stored procedures, triggers, and UDFs

  This guide provides developers a thorough walkthrough of how to register and execute stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions (UDFs).

• Develop an ASP.NET application with DocumentDB

  This guide provides you step-by-step instructions on how to develop an ASP.NET application using DocumentDB.

• Develop a Node.js application with DocumentDB

  This guide provides you step-by-step instructions on how to develop a Node.js application using DocumentDB.

• Develop a Python application with DocumentDB

  This guide provides you step-by-step instructions on how to develop a Python application using DocumentDB.

Manage

• Manage a DocumentDB account

  Learn how to manage your DocumentDB account using the Azure Preview portal.

• Monitor a DocumentDB account

  Learn how to monitor your DocumentDB account usage using the Azure Preview portal.

References

• .NET SDK reference

  Reference documentation for the .NET API supported by DocumentDB.

• Node.js SDK reference

  Reference documentation for the Node.js API supported by DocumentDB.

• Client-side JavaScript reference

  Reference documentation for the client-side JavaScript API supported by DocumentDB.

• Server-side JavaScript reference

  Reference documentation for the server-side JavaScript API supported by DocumentDB.

• Python SDK reference

  Reference documentation for the Python API supported by DocumentDB.

• REST API Reference

  Reference documentation for the REST API supported by DocumentDB.

• HTTP errors

  Reference documentation for HTTP errors. Use this as a companion to the DocumentDB REST API reference.

• DocumentDB SQL reference

  A reference guide to querying DocumentDB databases with SQL from simple queries to more advanced concepts and queries.