Category Archives: SQL Azure

A Small Collection of SQL Azure Queries

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Glenn Berry

We have been doing some more work with SQL Azure lately, so I have put together a small collection of queries that are pretty useful if you are working with SQL Azure. As a DBA who likes to know what … Continue reading →

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A Small Selection of SQL Azure System Queries

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I had a question come up during my “Getting Started with SQL Azure” presentation at SQLSaturday #52 in Denver last Saturday that I did not know the answer to. It had to do with how you could see what your … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure Platform One Month Pass

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Glenn Berry

According to all of their public pronouncements and the flurry of recent activity, Microsoft seems extremely serious about Windows  Azure and SQL Azure. If you are interested in playing around with Windows Azure and SQL Azure for free, you can … Continue reading →

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Project Houston For SQL Azure

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool that lets you manage and develop SQL Azure databases using a web browser. You have to go to SQL Azure … Continue reading →

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More SQL Azure Samples

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I have been playing around some more with SQL Azure in order to get ready for an upcoming presentation, so I thought I would share some of the T-SQL commands in the script below. I have a partial copy of … Continue reading →

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Testing New Features in SQL Azure Service Update 1

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Glenn Berry

It seems to be SQL Azure night for me tonight…  I thought I would try out some of the new features in SQL Azure Service Update 1. First I tried ALTER DATABASE to switch between the Web Edition and Business … Continue reading →

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SQL Azure Database Service Update 1 Released on February 17

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s David Robinson has announced on the SQL Azure Team Blog that they have released Service Update 1 for SQL Azure. This update has four main changes: First, they have enabled  six Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), which will allow you … Continue reading →

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