So you want to learn SQL Azure?
Recently a great series of 15 introductory videos have been completed and made available up on Microsoft Showcase, all focusing on SQL Azure. (You may recall that I blogged about SQL Azure in my “Cloudy April” series a few weeks ago.)
Here are the episodes:
- Getting Started: SQL Azure at a Glance
- Getting Started: Basic Architectural Considerations with SQL Azure
- Getting Started: Creating an Account and Your SQL Azure Database
- Getting Started: Interacting with SQL Azure
- Getting Started: SQL Azure Pricing Explained
- Administration: Securing SQL Azure
- Migration & Synchronization: Migrating from Access to SQL Azure
- Migration & Synchronization: Migration of an On-Premises DB to SQL Azure
- Migration and Synchronization: SQL Azure Data Sync
- Programming: Working with SQL Azure using .NET
- Programming: Creating LOB Applications with SQL Azure with Visual Studio LightSwitch
- Programming: Extending SQL Azure to Microsoft Applications (Windows Phone)
- Programming: Extending SQL Azure Data to Mobile and Heterogeneous Platforms (Android)
- BI: Business Intelligence with Cloud Data
- BI: Advanced Business Intelligence with Cloud Data
The videos are short, single-subject, high-quality, and easy to consume and even share. Here’s an example:
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Code samples are all also publically available on https://sqlazure.codeplex.com.