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Microsoft SQL Azure Enterprise Application Development

You're reading from   Microsoft SQL Azure Enterprise Application Development Moving business applications and data to the cloud can be a smooth operation when you use this practical guide. Learn to make the most of SQL Azure and acquire the knowledge to build enterprise-ready applications.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849680806
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jayaram Krishnaswamy Jayaram Krishnaswamy
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Microsoft SQL Azure: Enterprise Application Development
Credits
About the Author
1. Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
2. Preface
1. Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure Services Platform FREE CHAPTER 2. SQL Azure Services 3. Working with SQL Azure Databases from Visual Studio 2008 4. SQL Azure Tools 5. Populating SQL Azure Databases 6. SSIS and SSRS Applications Using SQL Azure 7. Working with Windows Azure Hosting 8. Database Applications on Windows Azure Platform Accessing SQL Server Databases 9. Synchronizing SQL Azure 10. Recent Developments

OData Service for SQL Azure


Accessing data on any source (relational, XML, file system), from anywhere using a variety of languages (ASP.NET, PHP, Java) via a platform of any size (mobile to enterprise), has become a necessity in modern business operations. The Open Data Protocol, (OData) an emerging standard for querying data (and updating) over the Web, will assume a central role.

In relation to this, Microsoft has made available OData service on its SQL Azure Labs (a developer preview) portal for accessing data on SQL Azure over the Web. This service is REST-based. In this section, data on a SQL Azure database will be accessed using this service. You need to have a SQL Azure account to work with this section.

  • Browse to the portal using this URL: https://www.sqlazurelabs.com/.

  • The portal will open as shown in the following image:

  • Click SQL Azure OData Service.

  • You may need to sign-in to your Windows Live ID account.

  • Once you do that the portal opens as shown in the next screenshot:

  • The Server...

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