Today at PDC we are excited to announce a number of exciting new features related to SQL Azure which are designed to further build out our platform and reduce complexity in building and managing applications. Today we are announcing. SQL Azure Reporting...

With PDC10 right around the corner, we wanted to help you quickly find all the SQL Azure related information (announcements, blog posts, sessions, videos, tweets) in one place, so we have created a dedicated page, available at - http://www.microsoft.com...

In the first video , Your First SQL Azure Database, we created a new blank SQL Azure database in the cloud. In this second part, learn how to provision your database with tables and basic queries using Transact-SQL and additional tools including Visual...

This video is a brief tutorial that walks through the three steps to create a SQL Azure database and provision a simple database. Alternative direct link to Microsoft Showcase Site: Creating Your First Database .

This article discusses how to gain insight into exactly what Transact-SQL statements are being submitted to the SQL Azure, and how the SQL Azure accesses the database to return result sets. Read the Wiki Article: Gaining Performance Insight into...

Service Update 5 for SQL Azure is now live in all datacenters worldwide. This release primarily focused on delivering internal operational improvements to enable future feature additions. As part of this update, SQL Azure now provides support for the...

The session list for the sold out PDC 2010 two day conference in Redmond have been posted here . The SQL Azure sessions announced on the PDC 2010 web site are listed below. Building Offline Applications using the Sync Framework and SQL Azure Nina...

SQL Azure exposes two Dynamic Managed Views called sys.database_usage and sys.bandwidth_usage that show you the activity for your account. This wiki article shows you how to use them to understand your account usage from a billing perspective. Read...

We have blogged in the past about SQL Azure to SQL Azure synchronization using Data Sync Service for SQL Azure ( Introduction to Data Sync Service for SQL Azure ). However what if Data Sync Service doesn’t do exactly what you want? It stands...

The MVC Music Store is an outstanding tutorial application built on ASP.NET MVC 2. It's a lightweight sample store which sells albums online, demonstrating ASP.NET MVC 2's productivity features and data access via Entity Framework 4. You can find it in...

Another wiki article has been published in the wiki section of TechNet entitled: “SQL Server to SQL Azure Synchronization”. This article shows how to use the 2.1 version of the Sync Framework to write a console application to synchronize...

There have been five new articles published to the wiki section of TechNet: Current Options for Backing up Data with SQL Azure - This article covers the current backup operations for SQL Azure. Moving Access Data To The Cloud - This article...

The Sync Framework team has publish the Windows Azure Sync Service Demo, a complete sample that shows you how to extend the reach of your data to anyone that has an Internet connection. The sample uses Microsoft Sync Framework 2.1 deployed to a Windows...

In this webcast Liam Cavanagh shows you how you can extend the capabilities of these solutions by writing custom sync applications to enable bi-directional data synchronization between SQL Server and SQL Azure enabling you to add customization to...

There is a newly released white paper in the TechNet Wiki entitled: "SQL Azure: Connection Management in SQL Azure". SQL Azure provides a large-scale multi-tenant database service on shared resources. In order to provide a good experience to all SQL...

This week we will be focusing on the Sync Framework and to kick it off Liam Cavanagh has posted a webcast entitled "Extending SQL Azure data to SQL Compact using Sync Framework 2.1 ". In this video he shows you how to modify the code from the original...

When considering how your application will connect to SQL Azure, there’s a variety of technologies, patterns, and architectures to consider. Recently the ADO.NET team published a “ Summary of Data Access Guidance ” on the MSDN Data...

As we were developing this week's posts on utilizing Entity Framework with SQL Azure we had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Faisal Mohamood, Senior Program Manager of the Entity Framework team. As we've shared in earlier posts this week, one...

One of the great uses for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 that ships with .NET Framework 4.0 is to use the model first approach to design your SQL Azure database. Model first means that the first thing you design is the entity model using Visual Studio and...

This week I’ll be spending some time diving into using Entity Framework with SQL Azure. The Entity Framework provides the glue between your object oriented code and the SQL Azure relational database in a framework that is fully compatible with your skills...

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices group has published the second free online book volume about Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform . This book demonstrates how you can create a multi-tenant, Software as a...

This is the second post in a series about getting started with Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” (Houston) ( Part 1 ). In part 1 we covered the basics, logging in and navigation. In this post we will cover how to use the table designer...

Hi everyone. I’m Steve Yi, technical product manager for SQL Azure . You’ll start seeing posts from me on the SQL Azure blog so I wanted to start off by saying hi and introducing myself. I work closely with the engineering teams on listening...

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new SQL Azure web site -- bookmark this now! www.microsoft.com/sqlazure . This new site has an improved customer experience with faster discovery of relevant and richer information on SQL Azure. Highlights...

Nick Bowyer interviews David Robinson about SQL Azure at Tech.Ed New Zealand 2010.