Windows Azure Tools for Developers

Azure Platform Tools – For Developers, DBAs & more
Lynn Langithttp://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGaltwitter - @llangit
March 2011

Windows Azure Platform
Compute: Virtualized compute environment
Storage: Durable, scalable, & available storage
Management: Automated, model-driven management
Database:Relational processing for structured/unstructured data – Data Marketplace
Service Bus: General purpose application bus
Access Control: Rules-driven, claims-based access control

Azure Tools
Browser-Based Portal
Azure (Silverlight) Portal
Installed Tools
Visual Studio 2010
Windows Azure SDK tools
GUIs, Wizards and Command Line Tools
SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2
Business Intelligence Developer Studio
Report Builder 3.0
Office 2010
SharePoint 2010
Excel 2010 and PowerPivot
Other Tools
CodePlex and MSDN Code Gallery Tools
3rd Party Tools

Portal Tools

Windows Azure Portal

Compute Tools

AppFabrik

Virtual Network

Virtual Network (Endpoints)

SQL Azure Portal

Portal for Database Management

SQL Azure Reporting Beta

Installed Tools
Visual Studio 2010
Tools
Editions (Express to Ultimate)
Light Switch Beta 2
Windows Azure SDK tools
SQL Server
Management Studio 2008 R2
Business Intelligence Developer Studio
Report Builder 3.0
Office 2010
SharePoint 2010
Excel 2010 and PowerPivot
CodePlex and MSDN Code Gallery Tools
3rd Party Tools

Command-Line Tools (SDK)

SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2

Query Optimizer in SSMS 2008 V2
Query Optimizer and Client Statistics can be used with SQL Azure data

Visual Studio 2010 + Azure Tools

Windows Azure SDK GUI Tools
There is also a Windows Azure AppFabrik SDK

Visual Studio Integration

VS Integration

Announcing - LightSwitch B2

Light Switch Beta 2

Data Migration Tools
Wizards
SQL Azure Migration Wizard (CodePlex) – here
Migration Assistant for Access or for MySQL – here or here
Import/Export Wizard
Generate Script Wizard
DacPac and more
Other Tools
Copy Database command
SSIS
BCP
DataSync (CTP)
OData (CTP)

Migrating By Hand in SSMS - Scripting

CodePlex Tools – SQL Migration Wizard
Generating, then modifying, the SQL DDL script
Loading in the data (bcp, SSIS, etc…)
-OR-
SQL Azure Migration Wizard
http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com

SQL Migration Wizard

SQL MW Activities

Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (R2)

SSIS Packages

MySQL Migration Tool
There is also a similar, free tool for migrations from Access to SQL Azure

Database COPY
COPY Database (same or different servers)
CREATE DATABASE destination_database_name AS COPY OF [source_server_name.]source_database_name
CREATE DATABASE Database2A AS COPY OF Server1.Database1A
Check via DMV
Progress
sys.dm_database_copies

SQL Azure Data Sync Service
Scale-out read or read/write
Geo replication of data
Edge network data distribution
Content delivery networks
SQL Azure
Sync Group
SQL Server
SQL Azure
On-Premises Applications

Data Sync

Table Order in Sync

Tracking Objects Created
Tracking Tables
On Source / on Destination
Triggers
Stored Procedures

OData Support (Labs)
Open Data Protocol
ATOM PUB
JSON
HTTP
https://www.sqlazurelabs.com

Odata Query & Results

DAC (Data-tier Application) Packages
Single unit (Package) for authoring, deploying, and managing the data-tier objects through the project lifecycle
Development Lifecycle (VS 2010) - editing DACs
Schema and DB Code Development,
Code Analyses, Deployment Policy Settings,
Schema Comparison and more…
Building DACs – the self contained database package
Management Lifecycle (SSMS 2008 R2) – managing DACs
Registering existing database as DACs
Deploying and Upgrading databases using DACs,

DACPAC in SSMS
In SSMS
Extract
Register
Monitor w/UCPs
In VS 2010
Import
Create

DACPAC – in VS

Application Integration
Non .Net – PHP, Java, etc…
Many 3rd party / CodePlex
Microsoft applications
Connectivity into Office applications
Excel, Excel PowerPivot, SharePoint, etc…
Connectivity into BI applications
SSRS, SSIS, SSAS

PHP, Java, Ruby etc..

Azure Management Tools

Windows Azure DataMarket

Microsoft Application Integration
Office 2010
Excel
Excel Power Pivot
SharePoint
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server Reporting Services
Report Builder 3.0
SQL Server Integration Services
SQL Server Analysis Services
Visual Studio 2010
Server Explorer
Entity Framework
DACPAC
Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket

Report Development
BIDS SQL Server 2008 R2
Report Builder 3.0
Visual Studio 2010

SQL Server Report Builder 3.0

SQL Server BIDS 2008 R2

SQL Azure Reporting

Report Viewer Control
Report Viewer Control – ‘out of box’ or customized

Report Viewer Control
Two UX versions – WinForms or WebForms
Two processing modes – Local or Remote (Azure)
Pass credentials
Customize UX

Windows Azure Platform

Want to Know More?
Windows Azure Platform –here
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – here
MSDN Development Center – here
Team Blogs – SQLAzure

Contact Me
Lynn Langit
Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal
Twitter: @llangit

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