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articles/cosmos-db/how-to-setup-cmk.md

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author: ThomasWeiss
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ms.service: cosmos-db
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 03/12/2020
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ms.date: 03/19/2020
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ms.author: thweiss
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> [!NOTE]
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> At this time, you must request access to use this capability. To do so, please contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
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Data stored in your Azure Cosmos account is automatically and seamlessly encrypted. Azure Cosmos DB offers two options to manage the keys used to encrypt the data at rest:
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Data stored in your Azure Cosmos account is automatically and seamlessly encrypted with keys managed by Microsoft (**service-managed keys**). Optionally, you can choose to add a second layer of encryption with keys you manage (**customer-managed keys**).
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- **Service-managed keys**: By default, Microsoft manages the keys that are used to encrypt the data in your Azure Cosmos account.
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- **Customer-managed keys (CMK)**: You can optionally choose to add a second layer of encryption with your own keys.
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![Layers of encryption around customer data](./media/how-to-setup-cmk/cmk-intro.png)
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You must store customer-managed keys in [Azure Key Vault](../key-vault/key-vault-overview.md) and provide a key for each Azure Cosmos account that is enabled with customer-managed keys. This key is used to encrypt all the data stored in that account.
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