diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Zim Kalinowski, <zikalino@microsoft.com>
+#
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount
+version_added: "2.8"
+short_description: Manage Azure Database Account instance.
+description:
+    - Create, update and delete instance of Azure Database Account.
+
+options:
+    resource_group:
+        description:
+            - Name of an Azure resource group.
+        required: True
+    name:
+        description:
+            - Cosmos DB database account name.
+        required: True
+    location:
+        description:
+            - The location of the resource group to which the resource belongs.
+            - Required when C(state) is I(present).
+    kind:
+        description:
+            - Indicates the type of database account. This can only be set at database account creation.
+        choices:
+            - 'global_document_db'
+            - 'mongo_db'
+            - 'parse'
+    consistency_policy:
+        description:
+            - The consistency policy for the Cosmos DB account.
+        suboptions:
+            default_consistency_level:
+                description:
+                    - The default consistency level and configuration settings of the Cosmos DB account.
+                    - Required when C(state) is I(present).
+                choices:
+                    - 'eventual'
+                    - 'session'
+                    - 'bounded_staleness'
+                    - 'strong'
+                    - 'consistent_prefix'
+            max_staleness_prefix:
+                description:
+                    - "When used with the Bounded Staleness consistency level, this value represents the number of stale requests tolerated. Accepted range
+                       for this value is 1 - 2,147,483,647. Required when I(default_consistency_policy) is set to C(bounded_staleness)."
+                type: int
+            max_interval_in_seconds:
+                description:
+                    - "When used with the Bounded Staleness consistency level, this value represents the time amount of staleness (in seconds) tolerated.
+                       Accepted range for this value is 5 - 86400. Required when I(default_consistency_policy) is set to C(bounded_staleness)."
+                type: int
+    geo_rep_locations:
+        description:
+            - An array that contains the georeplication locations enabled for the Cosmos DB account.
+            - Required when C(state) is I(present).
+        type: list
+        suboptions:
+            name:
+                description:
+                    - The name of the region.
+            failover_priority:
+                description:
+                    - "The failover priority of the region. A failover priority of 0 indicates a write region. The maximum value for a failover priority =
+                       (total number of regions - 1). Failover priority values must be unique for each of the regions in which the database account exists."
+                type: int
+    database_account_offer_type:
+        description:
+            - Database account offer type, for example I(Standard)
+            - Required when C(state) is I(present).
+    ip_range_filter:
+        description:
+            - "Cosmos DB Firewall Support: This value specifies the set of IP addresses or IP address ranges in CIDR form to be included as the allowed list
+               of client IPs for a given database account. IP addresses/ranges must be comma separated and must not contain any spaces."
+    is_virtual_network_filter_enabled:
+        description:
+            - Flag to indicate whether to enable/disable Virtual Network ACL rules.
+        type: bool
+    enable_automatic_failover:
+        description:
+            - "Enables automatic failover of the write region in the rare event that the region is unavailable due to an outage. Automatic failover will
+               result in a new write region for the account and is chosen based on the failover priorities configured for the account."
+        type: bool
+    enable_cassandra:
+        description:
+            - Enable Cassandra.
+        type: bool
+    enable_table:
+        description:
+            - Enable Table.
+        type: bool
+    enable_gremlin:
+        description:
+            - Enable Gremlin.
+        type: bool
+    virtual_network_rules:
+        description:
+            - List of Virtual Network ACL rules configured for the Cosmos DB account.
+        type: list
+        suboptions:
+            subnet:
+                description:
+                    - It can be a string containing resource if of a subnet.
+                    - It can be a dictionary containing 'resource_group', 'virtual_network_name' and 'subnet_name'
+            ignore_missing_vnet_service_endpoint:
+                description:
+                    - Create Cosmos DB account without existing virtual network service endpoint.
+                type: bool
+
+    enable_multiple_write_locations:
+        description:
+            - Enables the account to write in multiple locations
+        type: bool
+    state:
+      description:
+        - Assert the state of the Database Account.
+        - Use 'present' to create or update an Database Account and 'absent' to delete it.
+      default: present
+      choices:
+        - absent
+        - present
+
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - azure
+    - azure_tags
+
+author:
+    - "Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)"
+
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  - name: Create Cosmos DB Account - min
+    azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+      resource_group: testResourceGroup
+      name: ddb1
+      location: westus
+      geo_rep_locations:
+        - name: southcentralus
+          failover_priority: 0
+      database_account_offer_type: Standard
+
+  - name: Create Cosmos DB Account - max
+    azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+      resource_group: testResourceGroup
+      name: ddb1
+      location: westus
+      kind: mongo_db
+      geo_rep_locations:
+        - name: southcentralus
+          failover_priority: 0
+      database_account_offer_type: Standard
+      ip_range_filter: 10.10.10.10
+      enable_multiple_write_locations: yes
+      virtual_network_rules:
+        - subnet: /subscriptions/subId/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/vnet1/subnets/subnet1
+      consistency_policy:
+        default_consistency_level: bounded_staleness
+        max_staleness_prefix: 10
+        max_interval_in_seconds: 1000
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+id:
+    description:
+        - The unique resource identifier of the database account.
+    returned: always
+    type: str
+    sample: /subscriptions/subid/resourceGroups/rg1/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/ddb1
+'''
+
+import time
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase
+from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import _snake_to_camel
+
+try:
+    from msrestazure.azure_exceptions import CloudError
+    from msrest.polling import LROPoller
+    from msrestazure.azure_operation import AzureOperationPoller
+    from azure.mgmt.cosmosdb import CosmosDB
+    from msrest.serialization import Model
+except ImportError:
+    # This is handled in azure_rm_common
+    pass
+
+
+class Actions:
+    NoAction, Create, Update, Delete = range(4)
+
+
+class AzureRMCosmosDBAccount(AzureRMModuleBase):
+    """Configuration class for an Azure RM Database Account resource"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.module_arg_spec = dict(
+            resource_group=dict(
+                type='str',
+                required=True
+            ),
+            name=dict(
+                type='str',
+                required=True
+            ),
+            location=dict(
+                type='str'
+            ),
+            kind=dict(
+                type='str',
+                choices=['global_document_db',
+                         'mongo_db',
+                         'parse']
+            ),
+            consistency_policy=dict(
+                type='dict',
+                options=dict(
+                    default_consistency_level=dict(
+                        type='str',
+                        choices=['eventual',
+                                 'session',
+                                 'bounded_staleness',
+                                 'strong',
+                                 'consistent_prefix']
+                    ),
+                    max_staleness_prefix=dict(
+                        type='int'
+                    ),
+                    max_interval_in_seconds=dict(
+                        type='int'
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            geo_rep_locations=dict(
+                type='list',
+                options=dict(
+                    name=dict(
+                        type='str',
+                        required=True
+                    ),
+                    failover_priority=dict(
+                        type='int',
+                        required=True
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            database_account_offer_type=dict(
+                type='str'
+            ),
+            ip_range_filter=dict(
+                type='str'
+            ),
+            is_virtual_network_filter_enabled=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            enable_automatic_failover=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            enable_cassandra=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            enable_table=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            enable_gremlin=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            virtual_network_rules=dict(
+                type='list',
+                options=dict(
+                    id=dict(
+                        type='str',
+                        required=True
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            enable_multiple_write_locations=dict(
+                type='bool'
+            ),
+            state=dict(
+                type='str',
+                default='present',
+                choices=['present', 'absent']
+            )
+        )
+
+        self.resource_group = None
+        self.name = None
+        self.parameters = dict()
+
+        self.results = dict(changed=False)
+        self.mgmt_client = None
+        self.state = None
+        self.to_do = Actions.NoAction
+
+        super(AzureRMCosmosDBAccount, self).__init__(derived_arg_spec=self.module_arg_spec,
+                                                     supports_check_mode=True,
+                                                     supports_tags=True)
+
+    def exec_module(self, **kwargs):
+        """Main module execution method"""
+
+        for key in list(self.module_arg_spec.keys()) + ['tags']:
+            if hasattr(self, key):
+                setattr(self, key, kwargs[key])
+            elif kwargs[key] is not None:
+                self.parameters[key] = kwargs[key]
+
+        dict_camelize(self.parameters, ['kind'], True)
+        dict_camelize(self.parameters, ['consistency_policy', 'default_consistency_level'], True)
+        dict_rename(self.parameters, ['geo_rep_locations', 'name'], 'location_name')
+        dict_rename(self.parameters, ['geo_rep_locations'], 'locations')
+        self.parameters['capabilities'] = []
+        if self.parameters.pop('enable_cassandra', False):
+            self.parameters['capabilities'].append({'name': 'EnableCassandra'})
+        if self.parameters.pop('enable_table', False):
+            self.parameters['capabilities'].append({'name': 'EnableTable'})
+        if self.parameters.pop('enable_gremlin', False):
+            self.parameters['capabilities'].append({'name': 'EnableGremlin'})
+
+        for rule in self.parameters.get('virtual_network_rules', []):
+            subnet = rule.pop('subnet')
+            if isinstance(subnet, dict):
+                virtual_network_name = subnet.get('virtual_network_name')
+                subnet_name = subnet.get('subnet_name')
+                resource_group_name = subnet.get('resource_group', self.resource_group)
+                template = "/subscriptions/{0}/resourceGroups/{1}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{2}/subnets/{3}"
+                subnet = template.format(self.subscription_id, resource_group_name, virtual_network_name, subnet_name)
+            rule['id'] = subnet
+
+        response = None
+
+        self.mgmt_client = self.get_mgmt_svc_client(CosmosDB,
+                                                    base_url=self._cloud_environment.endpoints.resource_manager)
+
+        resource_group = self.get_resource_group(self.resource_group)
+
+        if "location" not in self.parameters:
+            self.parameters["location"] = resource_group.location
+
+        old_response = self.get_databaseaccount()
+
+        if not old_response:
+            self.log("Database Account instance doesn't exist")
+            if self.state == 'absent':
+                self.log("Old instance didn't exist")
+            else:
+                self.to_do = Actions.Create
+        else:
+            self.log("Database Account instance already exists")
+            if self.state == 'absent':
+                self.to_do = Actions.Delete
+            elif self.state == 'present':
+                old_response['locations'] = old_response['failover_policies']
+                if not default_compare(self.parameters, old_response, '', self.results):
+                    self.to_do = Actions.Update
+
+        if (self.to_do == Actions.Create) or (self.to_do == Actions.Update):
+            self.log("Need to Create / Update the Database Account instance")
+
+            if self.check_mode:
+                self.results['changed'] = True
+                return self.results
+
+            response = self.create_update_databaseaccount()
+
+            self.results['changed'] = True
+            self.log("Creation / Update done")
+        elif self.to_do == Actions.Delete:
+            self.log("Database Account instance deleted")
+            self.results['changed'] = True
+
+            if self.check_mode:
+                return self.results
+
+            self.delete_databaseaccount()
+        else:
+            self.log("Database Account instance unchanged")
+            self.results['changed'] = False
+            response = old_response
+
+        if self.state == 'present':
+            self.results.update({'id': response.get('id', None)})
+        return self.results
+
+    def create_update_databaseaccount(self):
+        '''
+        Creates or updates Database Account with the specified configuration.
+
+        :return: deserialized Database Account instance state dictionary
+        '''
+        self.log("Creating / Updating the Database Account instance {0}".format(self.name))
+
+        try:
+            response = self.mgmt_client.database_accounts.create_or_update(resource_group_name=self.resource_group,
+                                                                           account_name=self.name,
+                                                                           create_update_parameters=self.parameters)
+            if isinstance(response, LROPoller) or isinstance(response, AzureOperationPoller):
+                response = self.get_poller_result(response)
+
+        except CloudError as exc:
+            self.log('Error attempting to create the Database Account instance.')
+            self.fail("Error creating the Database Account instance: {0}".format(str(exc)))
+        return response.as_dict()
+
+    def delete_databaseaccount(self):
+        '''
+        Deletes specified Database Account instance in the specified subscription and resource group.
+
+        :return: True
+        '''
+        self.log("Deleting the Database Account instance {0}".format(self.name))
+        try:
+            response = self.mgmt_client.database_accounts.delete(resource_group_name=self.resource_group,
+                                                                 account_name=self.name)
+
+            # This currently doesnt' work as there is a bug in SDK / Service
+            # if isinstance(response, LROPoller) or isinstance(response, AzureOperationPoller):
+            #     response = self.get_poller_result(response)
+        except CloudError as e:
+            self.log('Error attempting to delete the Database Account instance.')
+            self.fail("Error deleting the Database Account instance: {0}".format(str(e)))
+
+        return True
+
+    def get_databaseaccount(self):
+        '''
+        Gets the properties of the specified Database Account.
+
+        :return: deserialized Database Account instance state dictionary
+        '''
+        self.log("Checking if the Database Account instance {0} is present".format(self.name))
+        found = False
+        try:
+            response = self.mgmt_client.database_accounts.get(resource_group_name=self.resource_group,
+                                                              account_name=self.name)
+            found = True
+            self.log("Response : {0}".format(response))
+            self.log("Database Account instance : {0} found".format(response.name))
+        except CloudError as e:
+            self.log('Did not find the Database Account instance.')
+        if found is True:
+            return response.as_dict()
+
+        return False
+
+
+def default_compare(new, old, path, result):
+    if new is None:
+        return True
+    elif isinstance(new, dict):
+        if not isinstance(old, dict):
+            result['compare'] = 'changed [' + path + '] old dict is null'
+            return False
+        for k in new.keys():
+            if not default_compare(new.get(k), old.get(k, None), path + '/' + k, result):
+                return False
+        return True
+    elif isinstance(new, list):
+        if not isinstance(old, list) or len(new) != len(old):
+            result['compare'] = 'changed [' + path + '] length is different or null'
+            return False
+        elif len(old) == 0:
+            return True
+        elif isinstance(old[0], dict):
+            key = None
+            if 'id' in old[0] and 'id' in new[0]:
+                key = 'id'
+            elif 'name' in old[0] and 'name' in new[0]:
+                key = 'name'
+            else:
+                key = list(old[0])[0]
+            new = sorted(new, key=lambda x: x.get(key, ''))
+            old = sorted(old, key=lambda x: x.get(key, ''))
+        else:
+            new = sorted(new)
+            old = sorted(old)
+        for i in range(len(new)):
+            if not default_compare(new[i], old[i], path + '/*', result):
+                return False
+        return True
+    else:
+        if path == '/location' or path.endswith('location_name'):
+            new = new.replace(' ', '').lower()
+            old = new.replace(' ', '').lower()
+        if new == old:
+            return True
+        else:
+            result['compare'] = 'changed [' + path + '] ' + str(new) + ' != ' + str(old)
+            return False
+
+
+def dict_camelize(d, path, camelize_first):
+    if isinstance(d, list):
+        for i in range(len(d)):
+            dict_camelize(d[i], path, camelize_first)
+    elif isinstance(d, dict):
+        if len(path) == 1:
+            old_value = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if old_value is not None:
+                d[path[0]] = _snake_to_camel(old_value, camelize_first)
+        else:
+            sd = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if sd is not None:
+                dict_camelize(sd, path[1:], camelize_first)
+
+
+def dict_upper(d, path):
+    if isinstance(d, list):
+        for i in range(len(d)):
+            dict_upper(d[i], path)
+    elif isinstance(d, dict):
+        if len(path) == 1:
+            old_value = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if old_value is not None:
+                d[path[0]] = old_value.upper()
+        else:
+            sd = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if sd is not None:
+                dict_upper(sd, path[1:])
+
+
+def dict_rename(d, path, new_name):
+    if isinstance(d, list):
+        for i in range(len(d)):
+            dict_rename(d[i], path, new_name)
+    elif isinstance(d, dict):
+        if len(path) == 1:
+            old_value = d.pop(path[0], None)
+            if old_value is not None:
+                d[new_name] = old_value
+        else:
+            sd = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if sd is not None:
+                dict_rename(sd, path[1:], new_name)
+
+
+def dict_expand(d, path, outer_dict_name):
+    if isinstance(d, list):
+        for i in range(len(d)):
+            dict_expand(d[i], path, outer_dict_name)
+    elif isinstance(d, dict):
+        if len(path) == 1:
+            old_value = d.pop(path[0], None)
+            if old_value is not None:
+                d[outer_dict_name] = d.get(outer_dict_name, {})
+                d[outer_dict_name] = old_value
+        else:
+            sd = d.get(path[0], None)
+            if sd is not None:
+                dict_expand(sd, path[1:], outer_dict_name)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main execution"""
+    AzureRMCosmosDBAccount()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/aliases b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..095e5ec3479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cloud/azure
+destructive
+shippable/azure/group1
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95e1952f989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_azure
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3cf68d738b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+- name: Prepare random number
+  set_fact:
+    dbname: "cosmos{{ resource_group | hash('md5') | truncate(7, True, '') }}{{ 1000 | random }}"
+  run_once: yes
+
+- name: Create instance of Database Account -- check mode
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    location: eastus
+    geo_rep_locations:
+      - name: eastus
+        failover_priority: 0
+    database_account_offer_type: Standard
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the resource instance is well created
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+
+- name: Create instance of Database Account
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    location: eastus
+    geo_rep_locations:
+      - name: eastus
+        failover_priority: 0
+      - name: westus
+        failover_priority: 1
+    database_account_offer_type: Standard
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the resource instance is well created
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+
+- name: Create again instance of Database Account
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    location: eastus
+    geo_rep_locations:
+      - name: eastus
+        failover_priority: 0
+      - name: westus
+        failover_priority: 1
+    database_account_offer_type: Standard
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the state has not changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed == false
+
+- name: Create again instance of Database Account -- change something
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    location: eastus
+    geo_rep_locations:
+      - name: eastus
+        failover_priority: 0
+      - name: westus
+        failover_priority: 1
+    database_account_offer_type: Standard
+    enable_automatic_failover: yes
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the state has not changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+
+- name: Delete instance of Database Account -- check mode
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    state: absent
+  check_mode: yes
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the state has changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+
+- name: Delete instance of Database Account
+  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the state has changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+
+# currently disabled as there's a bug in SDK / Service
+#- name: Delete unexisting instance of Database Account
+#  azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount:
+#    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+#    name: "{{ dbname }}"
+#    state: absent
+#  register: output
+#- name: Assert the state has changed
+#  assert:
+#    that:
+#      - output.changed == false