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Wiki Page: How to Create a Windows Azure SQL Database

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

This article walks you through the steps for creating a Windows Azure SQL Database using the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal. Before you can create a SQL Database, you must create and activate your Windows Azure Subscription, and create a SQL Database Server. For more information, see Getting...

on14 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Azure SQL Database Content Index

Ed Price - MSFT

Windows Azure SQL Database is a cloud-based relational database that is based on SQL Server technologies. The purpose of this page is to provide a centralized listing of all technical content pertaining to SQL Database. Content on this page is organized into two groupings; by topic (scenario,) and...

on8 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: How to Create a x509 Certificate for Windows Azure SQL Database Management API

Jonathan Gao

The Windows Azure SQL Database Management API requires mutual authentication of certificates. Any valid X.509 v3 certificate can be used. You must first upload a public key certificate (.cer) file to the Windows Azure certificate store, and associate it with a subscription. Then, you attach the matching...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Inside Windows Azure SQL Database

Steef-Jan Wiggers

With Windows Azure SQL Database, you can create SQL Server databases in the cloud. Using SQL Database, you can provision and deploy your relational databases and your database solutions to the cloud, without the startup cost, administrative overhead, and physical resource management required by on-premises...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Federations: Building Scalable, Elastic, and Multi-tenant Database Solutions with Windows Azure SQL Database

Steef-Jan Wiggers

Table of Contents Introduction: What are Federations? Who are Federations for? Federation Architecture How to Create a Federation? Further Information on Federations Introduction: What are Federations? Federations simply bring in the sharding pattern into Windows Azure SQL Database...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Connect Microsoft Excel to Windows Azure SQL Database

Steef-Jan Wiggers

If you have existing applications in Microsoft Excel that need access to online data or your users are familiar with Excel, you can connect to Windows Azure SQL Database to populate Excel spreadsheets. This article will go through the step by step instructions for connection Microsoft Excel 2010 to a...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: SQL Data Sync Overview

Steef-Jan Wiggers

SQL Data Sync enables creating and scheduling regular synchronizations between Windows Azure SQL Database and either SQL Server or other SQL Databases. This article lists content, articles, videos, and community resources that help you use SQL Data Sync effectively. The topic is updated regularly as...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Azure SQL Database Guide

Steef-Jan Wiggers

This page contains resources and information that will help you learn more about the Windows Azure SQL Database. If you are already familiar with SQL Database and are looking for product documentation, news and events, or a list of additional resources, please visit the following sites: Windows...

on7 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Azure SQL Database Connection Management

Kumar Vivek

IMPORTANT The information in this article is not up-to-date, and the article will be retired soon. For latest information about throttling, worker thread governance, and resource limits in Windows Azure SQL Database, see the Resource Management in Windows Azure SQL Database topic on MSDN...

on30 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: Accessing SQL Server Databases from PHP

Fernando Lugão Veltem

The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are Microsoft-supported extensions of PHP 5 that provide data access to all editions of SQL Server, beginning with SQL Server 2005. The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server include two PHP extensions for accessing data in SQL Server: a procedural interface...

on9 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: Walkthrough of Windows Azure Sync Service Sample

Fernando Lugão Veltem

Table of Contents Overview Your Scenario Why Deploy to Windows Azure Hosted Service? How the Sample Works What the Components Do WindowsAzureSyncService and Configuration SyncServiceWorkerRole DownloadSync method UploadSync method WCFSyncServiceWebRole and RelationalProviderProxy RelationalProviderProxy...

on9 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Azure SQL Database Firewall (en-US)

Richard Mueller

To help protect your data, the Windows Azure SQL Database firewall prevents all access to your SQL Database server until you specify which computers have permission. The firewall grants access based on the originating IP address of each request. The SQL Database firewall can be managed via Windows...

on11 Jun 2013
Wiki Page: Overview of Options for Migrating Data and Schema to Windows Azure SQL Database

Carsten Siemens

This article provides information on the different methods of migrating data (including schema information,) to SQL Database. This article is primarily concerned with migrating information from SQL Server to SQL Database. For migrating Microsoft Access, MySQL, and other databases that are not SQL Server...

on28 May 2013
Wiki Page: SQL Data Sync - Data Security

Carsten Siemens

Your data is important to you and the success of your business. Unfortunately, your data may also be important to someone else. You want to make sure that it is secure from unauthorized access. Therefore, it is prudent and reasonable for you to ask, “How does SQL Data Sync help me keep my data secure...

on28 May 2013
Wiki Page: SQL Data Sync FAQ

Carsten Siemens

This article covers the most frequently asked questions regarding SQL Data Sync. If you have a question that is not covered here please ask it in the forum and we will add the most frequently asked questions to this topic. Important! This wiki topic may be obsolete. This wiki...

on28 May 2013
Wiki Page: Security Guidelines for Windows Azure SQL Database

Carsten Siemens

Table of Contents Overview Client-side Firewall Server-side Firewall SQL Authentication Other Guidelines Community Resources Other Languages Overview Windows Azure SQL Database is a cloud database service from Microsoft. SQL Database provides web-facing database functionality as a utility...

on28 May 2013
Wiki Page: Develop and Deploy with Windows Azure SQL Database

Carsten Siemens

This article provides guidelines on how to deploy an existing on-premise SQL Server database into Windows Azure SQL Database and guidelines around best practices during data migration. Note If you wish to contribute to this page, use the Edit tab at the top (sign-in required...

on28 May 2013
Wiki Page: How to Use Lucene.NET with Windows Azure SQL Database

Calvin Clark _MSFT_

Table of Contents Summary Lucene.NET The Azure Library for Lucene.NET Using the Library Using Lucene.NET to index SQL Database Searching the Lucene.NET catalog References Summary Lucene.NET is a .NET implementation of the Lucene full-text search engine. This article describes how you can use...

on22 May 2013
Wiki Page: Overview of Windows Azure SQL Database

John Wood (Allyis Inc.)

Windows Azure SQL Database is a cloud database service from Microsoft. SQL Database provides web-facing database functionality as a utility service where you pay only for what you use. Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Database can provide many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost...

on21 May 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting Windows Azure SQL Reporting

Carsten Siemens

Table of Contents Troubleshooting Tips Report Server Access To verify that you have credentials sufficient to access the report server, in a browser, use the https protocol and the Web Service URL from your SQL Reporting subscription. For example, if your Web Service URL is abcdefgh.database.windows...

on14 May 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Azure SQL Database Data Migration Using SQL Server Import and Export Wizard

Richard Mueller

This article show you how to connect to Windows Azure SQL Database using SQL Server Import and Export Wizard. Once you understand how to connect to SQL Database, you can migrate data between SQL Database and other data sources/destinations. Note If you wish to contribute to...

on8 May 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshoot and Optimize Queries with Windows Azure SQL Database

Richard Mueller

Windows Azure SQL Database is a cloud based relational database service from Microsoft. SQL Database provides web-facing database functionality as a utility service. Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Database can provide many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability...

on7 May 2013
Wiki Page: How to Manage Windows Azure SQL Database Servers Using Windows PowerShell

Richard Mueller

Click here to change the language ( ja-JP ). This article provides information on using PowerShell to perform database management operations against Windows Azure SQL Database through the Management REST APIs . Note If you wish to contribute to this page, use the Edit...

on26 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: How to Use Data-Tier Application Import and Export with Windows Azure SQL Database (en-US)

Richard Mueller

This article describes the import and export features in the Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” Data-tier Application Framework 2012 RC0 to import and export data with SQL Database. The import and export features provide the ability to retrieve and restore an entire database, including schema and data,...

on25 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: Connect to Windows Azure SQL Database from Ruby Applications

Larry Franks

Click here to change the language ( ja-JP ). This article discusses the methods of connecting to Windows Azure SQL Database from the Ruby language. While this article discusses several gems that can be used to connect to SQL Database, it is by no means a comprehensive listing of all gems that provide...

on12 Mar 2013