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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

Accessing SQL Azure from Report Builder 3.0


Report Builder 3.0 is a standalone report authoring and deploying tool that is totally integrated with SQL Server 2008 R2. It can be downloaded from the link given here although it can also be installed when you install SQL Server 2008 R2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D3173A87-7C0D-40CC-A408-3D1A43AE4E33&displaylang=en.

For the purpose of the following example, it is assumed that Report Builder 3.0 is installed on the computer. It is also assumed that the Report Server has been configured. By following these steps we can develop a report using data on the SQL Azure server.

We start with Report Builder 3.0 and use it to connect to SQL Azure data source and obtain a dataset from one of its tables. After obtaining the data, we will create a report based on the data and then deploy to the Report Server.

  1. 1. Start Report Builder 3.0 from its shortcut.

    The first time it takes some time to connect to the Report Server. Make...

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