CDNUG Event Review – May 22, 2013 – Windows / SQL Azure

Earlier this month, on the 22nd, another Cyprus .NET User Group event took place. The event featured two hourly topics dedicated to the Microsoft Cloud and its services. The first topic was on Windows Azure for Developers and the second on Windows Azure SQL Database, formerly SQL Azure. The event was also live streamed and … Read more…

Accessing SQL Azure Using ADO.NET

In my first post on SQL Azure (SQL Azure: A First Contact) I talked about how you can access SQL Azure using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS). In this post, the journey continues with “walking” on the cloud using ADO .NET 🙂 Here’s the recipe!   Ingredients: A valid SQL Azure account Visual Studio … Read more…

SQL Azure: A First Contact

SQL Azure… Yep, that is SQL Server on the Cloud! A few days ago I received my SQL Azure (CTP) invitation code. The first thing I naturally did right after this was to create and access a database on the Cloud! I was very curious to see how I could interact with a database hosted … Read more…