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Introduction to Microsoft Azure DocumentDB

Microsoft Azure DocumentDB is document based, schema free, NoSQL database. Microsoft Azure DocumentDB is a scalable and reliable database that maintains at least three copies of all data and stores each copy on a different physical server.
Microsoft DocumentDB database contains a set of collections. A collection is a set of JSON documents. A database in Microsoft DocumentDB can contain multiple collections. A document in a collection does not need to have the same set of fields or structure as another document in the same collection. A document can also contain nested documents.
The following schema is an example of a JSON document that Microsoft DocumentDB supports:
{
"id"":""2a8edbd7-60d3-6f98-af2d-1be5bbb3b515"
"name": "Software Solutions",
"country": "USA",
"contacts":
[
{"ceo": "Mary Yen", "email": "mary@softwaresolutions.com",
"phone": "511-675-5641"},
{"purchasing": "Chris Jacob", "email": "chrisj@softwaresolutions.com",
"email": "cjacob@softwaresolutions.com"}
],
"salesRank": 4,
"salesYTD": 3278400.33
}
In the example, name, country, contacts, CEO, phone, purchasing, email, salesRank and SalesYTD are fields.