I’m beginning to see questions come up over “which should I use, SQL Azure or Azure Table Services?” The answer for now seems to be, “it depends.” Azure Tables seem to have better pricing. The scalability also seems to be a push. SQL Azure will be quicker to learn for most of us, since it…
Tag: Windows Azure
Migrating Databases to Azure
When converting a database from an older version of Microsoft SQL to Azure, there will be many gotchas along the way. I’d like to help you learn from the troubles I had along the way, hopefully sparing you a bit of time that was lost during my first conversion. Getting Started I’m going to assume…
Sample Databases for SQL Azure
Ready to head into the clouds and try your hand at a version of SQL quite different from those you know today? Sign up for a SQL Azure account, then grab this sample database to start you off. It appears that Microsoft has finally explained why there is no performance clustering in their SQL product……