[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] In an effort to make it easier for you to stay on top of the latest product releases, resources, tools and news around the Windows Azure platform, today, we’re excited to announce that the SQL Azure blog is moving into what will now be called...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] In this first of a 3 part webcast series, Liam Cavanagh will show you how SQL Azure Data Sync enables on-premises SQL Server data to be easily shared with SQL Azure allowing you to extend your on-premises data to begin creating new cloud-based applications...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] In this second of a 3 part webcast series, Liam Cavanagh introduces the Data Sync Service for SQL Azure.  This service extends on the SQL Azure Data Sync tools’ ability to provide symmetry between SQL Server and SQL Azure where data changes at...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Geographic redundancy is a fancy word for distributing your data across multiple data centers globally. One way to accomplish this is to spread your data across many SQL Azure data centers using Data Sync Service for SQL Azure to synchronize a hub...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] For certain scenarios it makes sense to distribute your data and your web site closer to the end user; reducing the network latency and providing a better user experience. You can think about it like your own data delivery network, very similar to...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] In this previous blog post , I covered the basics of Data Sync Service for SQL Azure . In this post I will talk about a scenario where partial table access is provided to a superset of users for PowerPivot reporting. There is a common enterprise scenario...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Data Sync Service for SQL Azure allows you to perform bi-directional synchronization between two or more SQL Azure databases. This blog post will discuss the basics of Data Sync Services for SQL Azure. Under the Covers SQL Azure Data Sync Service...