Author: Shannon Lowder

Shannon Lowder is the Database Engineer you’ve been looking for!
Look no further for expertise in:
Business Analysis to gather the business requirements for the database; Database Architecting to design the logical design of the database; Database Development to actually build the objects needed by the business logic; finally, Database Administration to keep the database running in top form, and making sure there is a disaster recovery plan.

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20131118 by Shannon Lowder 1 comment

Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database:Step 4 and 5

Now that you’ve completed analyzing your current database, and worked through that list of items that won’t work with Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD), it’s time to begin testing your new solution. Testing begins with setting up your test instance of WASD, and loading your test data, then you point your application to that new…

20131111 by Shannon Lowder

Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database: Step 3b

Last time I walked you through how to see if your database will work with Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) using the Migration Wizard on Codeplex. It’s an easy tool to learn to use, and it answers the question what won’t work if I migrate to SQL Azure. It will even help you perform the…

20131105 by Shannon Lowder

Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database: Step 3

As promised we’re going to dive into the details on how we would actually migrate the database from your on premise server to Windows Azure SQL Database. We’re going to go over how to do this with the SQL Database Migration Wizard. I’ll be honest, going forward we only use SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), because you get…