azure cosmosdb - How to reconfigure a Cosmos database to have shared container throughput

Question

I have a database with several containers which have their own configured throughput. There is a new Cosmos DB feature which allows all containers within a database to share throughput. I can create a new database which has this feature enabled, however I cannot seem to change my existing database to leverage this feature. Is there a way to enable this feature on an existing database, or do I have to create a new database and migrate all containers to it?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65651285/how-to-reconfigure-a-cosmos-database-to-have-shared-container-throughput

Answer 1

You have to create a new database. Changing the existing database is not supported:

A container with provisioned throughput cannot be converted to shared database container. Conversely a shared database container cannot be converted to have a dedicated throughput.

Set throughput on a database and a container