Chapter 6. Programming with SQL Azure

The chapters previous to this one have laid the foundation for the rest of the book. You've seen an overview of SQL Azure, learned about cloud computing design options, and walked through setting up your Azure account. You've read about SQL Azure security, including security compliance and encryption topics; and you spent the last chapter learning about data migration (how to get your data into the cloud) and backup strategies—the types of things a DBA likes to hear.

Starting with this chapter, the rest of the book focuses on developing with Azure. This chapter looks at using various Microsoft technologies to program against SQL Azure, including ODBC, ADO.NET, LINQ, and others. This chapter also discusses development ...

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