When designing a data application, traditionally the bottleneck lies within the database. A traditional on-premises database does not scale very well. It is difficult to split a database between a cluster of machines so usually the database ... המשך לקרוא>

How do you know if your SQL database is compatible with SQL Azure and can be migrated to the cloud? Well there is a long list of well known issues like SQL Agent and SQL CLR that are not supported, but what about those little details that no ... המשך לקרוא>

If you are using SQL Management Studio to connect to your SQL Azure database you have to install the new version of the management studio. You can find it here . The reason is that major updates were done to the SQL Azure engine and the version ... המשך לקרוא>

Originally posted at: http://blog.maordavid.com/what-happens-when-i-reach-the-allocated-level-1-gb-or-10-gb-in-sql-azure/ Many times I am asked “When I reach the allocated level (1 GB or 10 GB) in SQL Azure, what happens?” The answer: only SELECTs ... המשך לקרוא>

3 days ago, Maor David and I had the chance to co-present and speak on Microsoft’s recent announcements for the cloud. The “World Summit of Cloud Computing” as part of IGT took place in Shefaim convention center with 400 people attending. It ... המשך לקרוא>

Throughout these moments, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Architect is announcing the general availability of the Windows Azure Platform. The Windows Azure Platform will provide Infrastructure & Management Services (Windows Azure), Database ... המשך לקרוא>

Since after Windows Azure goes to release at PDC 2009 this November – all the services are going to be a paid services – following is a great news for cloud developers. In Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition, among zillions of features, there ... המשך לקרוא>