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New Windows Azure Security Overview White Paper Now Available
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Windows Azure must provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data, while also enabling transparent accountability. To help customers better understand the array of security controls implemented within Windows Azure from both...
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Microsoft Government Cloud Application Center Connects Customers with Windows Azure Partner Solutions
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State and local governments evaluating a move to the cloud should have a central location where they can find partners and solutions with the right cloud-based solutions to meet their business needs. To meet this need, the Public Sector team just announced...
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Windows Azure Evangelist Ryan Dunn Shares Top Tips for Running in the Cloud
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If you're looking for tips on monitoring and working with production level Windows Azure applications in the cloud, you should check out the recent video interview with Windows Azure Evangelist Ryan Dunn on Bytes by MSDN . During his conversation with...
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Using SQL Azure for Session State
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Wayne Walter Berry
Since I wrote this post in 2010, Microsoft has come out with an offically supported version of ASP.NET sessions that run on SQL Azure. The ASP.NET Universal Providers extend Session, Membership, Roles and Profile support to SQL Compact Edition and SQL...
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New Windows Azure Security Overview White Paper Now Available
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Windows Azure must provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data, while also enabling transparent accountability. To help customers better understand the array of security controls implemented within Windows Azure from both...
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Backing Up Your SQL Azure Database Using Database Copy
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Wayne Walter Berry
With the release of Service Update 4 for SQL Azure you now have the ability to make a snapshot of your running database on SQL Azure. This allows you to quickly create a backup before you implement changes to your production database, or to create a test...
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The Real Cost of Indexes
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Wayne Walter Berry
In a previous blog post I discussed creating covered indexes to increase performance and reduce I/O usage. Covered indexes are a type of non-clustered index that “covers” all the columns in your query to create better performance than a table scan of...
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Using SQL Server Migration Assistant to Move Access Tables to SQL Azure
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Wayne Walter Berry
The new version (v4.2) of SQL Server Migration Assistant that came out on August 12 th , 2010 allows you to move your Microsoft Access Tables and queries to SQL Azure. In this blog post I will walk through how to use the SQL Server Migration Assistant...
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Using the Report Viewer Control with SQL Azure
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over 3 years ago
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Wayne Walter Berry
Currently Microsoft doesn’t provide a PaaS version of SQL Server Reporting Service , where you can run your server-side (.rdl) reports in the cloud. However, if you want to run reports using Microsoft reporting technology you can use Windows Azure to...
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Creating a Bing Map Tile Server from Windows Azure
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Wayne Walter Berry
In this example application, I am going to build a Bing Maps tile server using Windows Azure that draws push pins on the tiles based on coordinates stored as spatial data in SQL Azure. Bing Maps allows you to draw over their maps with custom tiles; these...
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Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” CTP 1 (August 2010 Update)
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Wayne Walter Berry
Microsoft® Project Code-Named “Houston” is a lightweight and easy to use database management tool for SQL Azure databases. It is designed specifically for Web developers and other technology professionals seeking a straightforward solution to quickly...
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The Cost of a Row
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Wayne Walter Berry
In a previous blog post I covered how to calculate the cost of a covered index, allowing you to evaluate if the performance of the covered index was worth its monthly cost. In this blog post I am going to use Transact-SQL to calculate the average cost...
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A Server Is Not a Machine
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Wayne Walter Berry
I see this come up from time to time, so I thought I would set the record straight; a server isn’t a machine. In SQL Azure, there is a concept of a server, which appears in the SQL Azure portal looking like this: However, a server isn’t the same as a...
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Microsoft Government Cloud Application Center Connects Customers with Windows Azure Partner Solutions
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State and local governments evaluating a move to the cloud should have a central location where they can find partners and solutions with the right cloud-based solutions to meet their business needs. To meet this need, the Public Sector team just announced...
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Finding Blocking Queries in SQL Azure
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Wayne Walter Berry
Slow or long-running queries can contribute to excessive resource consumption and be the consequence of blocked queries; in other words poor performance. The concept of blocking is not different on SQL Azure then on SQL Server. Blocking is an unavoidable...
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How to Tell If You Are Out of Room
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Wayne Walter Berry
SQL Azure databases are capped in size; one reason for this is that we don’t want to send you a surprise bill if your data grows beyond your expectations. You can always increase or decrease the cap of your database (up to 50 Gigabytes); however...
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SQL Azure Service Update 4
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Wayne Walter Berry
Service Update 4 is now live with database copy, improved help system, and deployment of Microsoft Project Code-Named “Houston” to multiple data centers. Support for database copy: Database copy allows you to make a real-time complete snapshot...
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New Access Control service in Labs Delivers Radically Expanded Feature Set
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The Windows Azure AppFabric LABS August Release is live as of August 5th, 2010. This release is a major update to Access Control. It’s available in our LABS environment: http://portal.appfabriclabs.com . For more details please see Justin...
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If you're looking for tips on monitoring and working with production level Windows Azure applications in the cloud, you should check out the recent video interview with Windows Azure Evangelist Ryan Dunn on Bytes by MSDN . During his conversation with...
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Security Resources Now Available for Windows Azure
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A wide variety of resources are available to help you understand and leverage the security features available in Windows Azure . If you're looking for a way to stay on top of the content that's available, you'll want to check out "Security Resources...
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Open Letter Asks: Consider a Move to the Cloud with Microsoft and Windows Azure
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You may have seen a letter in USA Today this morning suggesting that customers evaluating a licensing agreement with VMWare talk to Microsoft to learn more about how products and services such as the Windows Azure platform can enable a complete cloud...
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