Book description
SQL Azure represents Microsoft's cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system (formerly under the code name "Oslo"). Pro SQL Azure introduces you to this new platform, showing you how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios. You'll learn to program SQL Azure from Silverlight, ASP.NET, WinForms, and from SQL Reporting Services. You'll also understand how to manage the platform by planning for scalability, troubleshooting performance issues, and implementing strong security.
Shows how to use SQL Azure from Silverlight, ASP.NET, and more
Covers management, scalability, and troubleshooting
Addresses the all-important issue of securing your data
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
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1. Getting Started with SQL Azure
- 1.1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
- 1.2. Discovering the Microsoft Azure Platform
- 1.3. SQL Azure Primer
- 1.4. Limitations in SQL Azure
- 1.5. Conclusion
- 2. Design Considerations
- 3. Setting Up and Configuring
- 4. Security
- 5. Data Migration and Backup Strategies
- 6. Programming with SQL Azure
- 7. OData with SQL Azure
- 8. Reporting Services with SQL Azure
- 9. Windows Azure and ASP.NET
- 10. Designing for High Performance
- 11. SQL Azure Data Sync Services
- 12. Performance Tuning
- A. Houston
- B. SQL Azure Quick Reference
Product information
- Title: Pro SQL Azure
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2010
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430229612
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