There are multiple ways to connect to and manage your SQL Azure database, including SQL Management Studio and Azure management portal itself. In this book, we will use the Visual Studio SQL Server tools, since we already have Visual Studio installed and configured.
Take a look at the following steps to learn to connect and manage your SQL Azure database:
- To connect to your new TextScoresDB from Visual Studio, click on View -> SQL Server Object Explorer. In the SQL server object explorer, click on the Add SQL Server button (server with a plus icon).
- Now navigate to Browse -> Azure. As long as you are signed in to Visual Studio with the same account that has access to your Azure subscription, you ...