Pro SQL Azure

By: Scott Klein, Herve Roggero

Write A Review

eText | 11 January 2011

At a Glance

Format
PDF

eText

$69.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $17.50 with

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.

SQL Azure represents Microsoft???s cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system (formerly under the code name "Oslo"). Pro SQL Azure introduces you to this new platform, showing you how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios. You???ll learn to program SQL Azure from Silverlight, ASP.NET, WinForms, and from SQL Reporting Services. You???ll also understand how to manage the platform by planning for scalability, troubleshooting performance issues, and implementing strong security.

Shows how to use SQL Azure from Silverlight, ASP.NET, and more
Covers management, scalability, and troubleshooting
Addresses the all-important issue of securing your data

What you???ll learn

Create and manage SQL Azure databases
Access SQL Azure from Silverlight, WinForms, ASP.NET, Reporting Services, and more
Optimize your distributed database design for scalability and performance
Partition your databases and write multithreaded queries for parallel execution
Understand how to take advantage of Microsoft???s S+S strategy to save money and increase agility with hybrid cloud computing
Use ADO.NET and LINQ in .NET 4 with Visual Studio 2010
Pinpoint where SQL Azure makes things simpler than running on-premise databases
Understand when to apply new technologies to optimize performance when running your database in the cloud
Pinpoint where SQL Azure makes things simpler than running on-premise databases
Understand when to apply new technologies to optimize performance when running your database in the cloud

Who this book is for

Pro SQL Azure is for database administrators and developers who want to use SQL Server in the cloud, and especially for those who want to go deeper and learn important strategies and techniques for effective cloud computing.

Table of Contents