Create an Azure Cosmos DB for Table account

Create shell variables for accountName, resourceGroupName, and location.

# Variable for resource group name
resourceGroupName="msdocs-cosmos"

# Variable for location
location="chinanorth"

# Variable for account name with a randomnly generated suffix
let suffix=$RANDOM*$RANDOM
accountName="msdocs-$suffix"

If you haven't already, sign in to the Azure CLI using the az login command.

Use the az group create command to create a new resource group in your subscription.

az group create \
    --name $resourceGroupName \
    --location $location

Use the az cosmosdb create command to create a new Azure Cosmos DB for Table account with default settings.

az cosmosdb create \
    --resource-group $resourceGroupName \
    --name $accountName \
    --capabilities EnableTable \
    --locations regionName=$location

Create shell variables for ACCOUNT_NAME, RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, and LOCATION.

# Variable for resource group name
$RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "msdocs-cosmos"

# Variable for location
$LOCATION = "China North"

# Variable for account name with a randomnly generated suffix
$SUFFIX = Get-Random
$ACCOUNT_NAME = "msdocs-$SUFFIX"

If you haven't already, sign in to Azure PowerShell using the Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud cmdlet.

Use the New-AzResourceGroup cmdlet to create a new resource group in your subscription.

$parameters = @{
    Name = $RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME
    Location = $LOCATION
}
New-AzResourceGroup @parameters    

Use the New-AzCosmosDBAccount cmdlet to create a new Azure Cosmos DB for Table account with default settings.

$parameters = @{
    ResourceGroupName = $RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME
    Name = $ACCOUNT_NAME
    ApiKind = "Table"
    Location = $LOCATION
}
New-AzCosmosDBAccount @parameters