Cosmos DB provides multi-model databases, various consistency levels, security, and infrastructure, but one of the key selling points of Cosmos DB is its turnkey global distribution system.

The Cosmos DB turnkey distribution system provides a feature the user can use to replicate their database across any Azure data center at literally the click of a button.

In this chapter, we are going to learn about turnkey distribution along with the following topics:

• Setting up an Azure subscription
• Creating an Azure database
• Adding data in MongoDB
• Distributing data using global turnkey distribution
• Failover handling

Let's begin.