Book description
Your hands-on guide to Azure SQL Database fundamentals
Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure SQL Database. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Azure, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.
Discover how to:
Perform Azure setup and configuration
Explore design and security considerations
Use programming and reporting services
Migrate data
Backup and sync data
Work with scalability and high performance
Understand the differences between SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents at a glance
- Contents
-
Introduction
- Who should read this book
- This book might not be for you if...
- Organization of this book
- Conventions and features in this book
- System requirements
- Downloads: SQL Server Express Edition
- Downloads: Code samples on the book’s companion website
- Acknowledgments
- Errata, updates, & book support
- We want to hear from you
- Stay in touch
- Chapter 1. Getting started with Microsoft Azure SQL Database
- Chapter 2. Configuration and pricing
- Chapter 3. Differences between SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database
- Chapter 4. Migrating databases
- Chapter 5. Security and backup
- Chapter 6. Cloud reporting
- Chapter 7. Microsoft Azure SQL Data Sync
- Chapter 8. Designing and tuning for scalability and high performance
- Chapter 9. Monitoring and management
- Chapter 10. Building cloud solutions
- Index
- About the authors
- Inside Back Cover
Product information
- Title: Microsoft® Azure™ SQL Database Step by Step
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2014
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780133989380
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