Explanation With Cosmos DB's novel multi-region (multi-master) writes replication protocol, every region supports both writes and reads. The multi-region writes capability also enables: Unlimited elastic write and read scalability. 99.999% read and write availability all around the world. Guaranteed reads and writes served in less than 10 milliseconds at the 99th percentile. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/distribute-data-globally