Sql Azure

Sql Azure - Presentation Transcript

Essence of SQL Azure
Harish Ranganathan
Application Platform Evangelist| Microsoft India
http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh

SQL Azure : Past to Present
Code Names :
SQL Server Data services (Mix 08)
SQL Data Services (Mix 09)
SQL Azure (July 09 – Release name)
Entity Store to Relational Database Management System
ACE model  RDBMS
SQL Azure can access from
SQL Client ( handlers for oledb,odbc, php, ruby)
ADO.net Data Services
Windows Azure web / worker role (http / REST)
All use TDS protocol at the lowest level

SQL Azure Portal
DEMO

Service Provisioning Model
Each account has
a billing relationship with Microsoft
owns one or more virtual servers
Each server has
one or more databases including virtual master
each database limited in size
one or more logins
Each database has
one or more SQL users
Account
Server
Database
Server=server1.data.database.windows.net
Database=testDB
Login=nigele[@server1] (maps to testuser)

What I do on SQL Server On premise ?
Data
Data
TDS
TDS
RDBMS
RDBMS
Client
Client
DB Server
DB Server
What I would like to do on cloud ?

The Evolution of SQL Azure
Evolves
BrowserApplication
Application
Application
BrowserApplication
Application
ODBC, OLEDB, ADO.Net PHP, Ruby, …
REST Client
SQL Client*
REST Client
Cloud
Cloud
Windows Azure
REST (Astoria)
Web App
ADO.Net + EF
REST Client
HTTP+REST
HTTP+REST
HTTP
TDS
HTTP
Windows Azure
Web App
SQL Client*
Data Center
Data Center
TDS + TSQL Model
REST/SOAP + ACE Model
SQL Azure
SDS – Past
* Client access enabled using TDS for ODBC, ADO.Net, OLEDB, PHP-SQL, Ruby, …

Management Studio Access
Limited support until SQL Server 2008 R2
Login Screen Work around
SQL Server 2008 R2 better support for Azure
CTP Available today

SQL Azure Management Studio
DEMO

SQL Azure Migration Wizard
CodePlex Project
Migrating on-premise database to cloud
Migration of schema
Makes database SQL Azure Ready 
Download, Try and contribute

SQL Azure Migration Wizard
DEMO

Minimal changes to Devs
Minimal or zero code change
Very similar to on premise access
Change to connection string
Works as expected 
More support coming up

On-premise data access to cloud
DEMO

Moving Web App to Cloud
Web Role Project
Provision Existing Application
Development Fabric Simulator
Deploying to Cloud made simple
End to End Cloud Solution

Moving Web App to Cloud
DEMO

Azure Services Platform Roadmap
Pricing and SLA confirmation
SDS Public CTP
Updated CTPs
Enable Full trust & Fast CGI
Geo-location support
.NET Services Open CTP
Live Framework Open CTP
SDS Invitation-only CTP
First CTP
Developer CTP for Services SDKs, and Tools
Commercial
Availability
Windows Azure
.NET Services
SQL Services
Nov 2009
Nov 2008
May 2009
July 2009

References
SQL Azure Portal
https://sql.azure.com
SQL Azure Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ssds

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