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SQL SERVER – A Question on SSMS Prompt about Connect to Server

September 21, 2014

SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Today is Sunday, so letting us have some fun thing to discuss and think about. If you have not read my earlier blog post SQL SERVER – Connecting to Azure Storage with SSMS. I have discussed about how to connect to the SQL Azure storage via SSMS. Here is a follow…

SQL SERVER – Connecting to Azure Storage with SSMS

September 20, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure

SQL Server Management Studio can now connect to Azure Storage. It is very simple to connect to Azure Storage. First open the Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Now click on Connect. Upon clicking on the connect it will bring up five options as displayed in the image…

SQL SERVER – Backup to Azure Blob using SQL Server 2014 Management Studio

June 24, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure, SQL Backup and Restore

Recently, while working on a demo about backup, I realized that in management studio, now there is a new option in the backup screen called a URL. This feature is called as “backup to URL”. I checked earlier version of SSMS and found that this was not there in the…

SQL Authority News – Microsoft Whitepaper – SQL Server 2014 and Windows Azure Blob Storage Service: Better Together

April 19, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure, SQL Download, SQL White Papers

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 earlier this month and now have released very long but interesting white paper on Windows Azure Blog Storage Services. SQL Server Data Files in Windows Azure feature is available in all editions of SQL Server 2014. This feature is enabled by default and at…

SQL SERVER – Simple Trick to Backup Azure Database with SkyDrive

August 20, 2013

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure, SQL Backup and Restore

To ensure your SQL Server or Azure databases remain safe, you should backup your databases periodically. And it is important to store the backups in a reliable location. Microsoft SkyDrive currently offers 7GB free, Box offers 5GB free – both are reliable and it is simple to send your backups…

SQLAuthority News – Windows Azure Training Kit Updated October 2012

October 21, 2012

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Azure, SQL Download

Microsoft has recently released the updated to Windows Azure Training Kit. Earlier this month they have updated the kit and included quite a lot of things. Now the training kit contains 47 hands-on labs, 24 demos and 38 presentations. The best part is that the kit is now available to download…

SQLAuthority News – Download SQL Azure Labs Codename “Data Explorer” Client

April 8, 2012

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL Azure, SQL Documentation, SQL Download

Microsoft SQL Azure labs has recently released Data Explorer client. I was looking forward to visualizing tool for quite a while and I am delighted to see this tool. I will be trying out this tool in coming week and will post here my experience. I have listed few of…