Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Creating a SQL Azure Database

Microsoft Azure can host infinite types of applications, not just data-centric ones. When building data-centric applications with Visual Basic, you have different options for working with a database. You can model an existing database, or you can create a database and data model from scratch. Visual Studio 2015 supports both scenarios when working with Azure, and you can take advantage of existing techniques learned in previous chapters. As you will see later in this chapter, Visual Studio 2015 provides automated database deployment for you. Creating empty databases and data models is left to you as an exercise; this chapter explains how to create a database server in the cloud and how to migrate an existing SQL ...