Aim of “Getting started with SQL Azure” series is to offer you a set of brief articles that could act as a Launchpad for your to-be wonderful journey of exploring Microsoft’s cloud based database solution i.e. SQL Azure.

In part 9, I have discussed about developing SQL Azure applications with following subtopics:

- Partially Supported and not supported TSQL statements

- SQL Server features not supported by SQL Azure

- Tools that have support to connect to SQL Azure:

- How can clients or Applications connect to SQL Azure?

URL: http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/parasdoshi/archive/2011/12/05/getting-started-with-sql-azure-part-9-developing-sql-azure-applications-lt-lt-paras-doshi.aspx

Summary:

Part 1: We defined SQL Azure and discussed advantages of SQL Azure

Part 2: We created an Azure account and created our very first SQL Azure database

Part 3: We discussed about the provisioning and the billing model of SQL Azure

part4: We discussed the SQL Azure architecture

part 5: we discussed the SQL Azure security model

part 6: We discussed how to migrate databases to SQL Azure.

Part 7: We discussed how to improve performance and backup options in SQL Azure

Part 8: we discussed about Administrative tasks with SQL Azure.