SQL Azure

In previous webcasts I showed how to use SQL Azure Data Sync to provide data synchronization with SQL Server and SQL Azure database through the use of graphical user interfaces.  In this webcast I will show you how you can extend the capabilities of these solutions by writing custom sync…

David Aiken, Senior Evangelism Manager at Microsoft, chats about all the great work he and his team are doing and steers us towards a heap of rich resources to sharpen our Windows Azure Platform knowledge.Click here to download Windows Azure tools for Microsoft Visual StudioAbout DavidDavid…

Don’t miss this dynamic SQL Azure discussion between Joe Healy and Scott Klein, co-founder of Blue Syntax Consulting and a SQL MVP. They cover security, sharding and backup and restore operations in SQL Azure. Scott also reviews the benefits and misconceptions of Cloud Computing and chats about…

In this second of a 3 part webcast series, I introduce you to 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 either location are bi-directionally synchronized…

In this first of a 3 part webcast series, I 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.   Using SQL Azure Data sync’s…

Brandon LeBlanc from The Windows Blog and I talk about using the Azure service WEIShare.net to capture scores from your Windows Experience Index.

WEI Share ("We Share") is a Coding4Fun code sample that takes your Windows Experience Index score and shares it with the world (anonymously) to an Azure website with a Silverlight front end and lets you post your WEI score to Facebook for bragging rights. Why would you…

Most of the attention of cloud computing is focused on leveraging the elasticity and self-provisioning power of virtual machines in the "cloud," but what about your data?  Windows Azure has several options for hosting your data - Azure tables, Azure blobs, and SQL Azure - what…

Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in information technology today.  With all the confusion surrounding acronyms ending in ‘aas’ like Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) it can be intimidating for even seasoned IT…

In this episode of geekSpeak, Chris Rolon gives us a look under the hood of Microsoft SQL Azure to see how was constructed. Chris discusses the issues involving high availability, failure detection, automatic failover, and the distributed data fabric. Be sure to bring your questions about SQL…