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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

Chapter 3. Working with SQL Azure Databases from Visual Studio 2008

SQL Azure Services fall under the umbrella of the Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure Platform is one of the four online services that include The Windows Azure storage and compute, and Azure AppFabric offered by Microsoft. The other services are Bing, Live, and Microsoft Advertising.

In this chapter, we will be looking at how SQL Azure data may be accessed from the client premises by applications using well-known Microsoft technologies for data access. The emphasis will be more on administering the SQL Azure databases using the client and server APIs. We will also discuss the best practices of accessing data from the client. For the practical elements of this chapter, we will be mostly using Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and with some comments on using Visual Studio 2010. The following topics will be covered:

  • SQL Azure architecture

  • Microsoft data access technologies

  • Easy way to connect to SQL Azure with Microsoft data access technologies...

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