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Swedish Azure User Group to host their 4th event

The Swedish Azure User group (or SWAG !) will host their forth event on the 29th of September in Stockholm. Detailed info and booking here . Alan Smith and Barry O’Reilly have invited Björn Eriksen from Microsoft to speak about Azure Storage and the implications it has on programming and architecture...

Posted to Mikael Sand - Trying to be different (Weblog) by Mikael Sand on Tue, Sep 6 2011
SQL Azure - why use it and what makes it different from SQL Server?

I've so far not seen any article on why anyone should use SQL Azure so I thought it is time someone writes about that. This article is an introduction to why you might be interested in a cloud database and a summary of the differences compared to "ordinary" SQL Server. Finally I've...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Tue, Nov 23 2010
COS222–What's new in SQL Azure

Presented by : David Robinson & Lance Delano (not listed in catalogue) Video here . Basic info about SQL Azure The best thing about SQL Azure is that in order to get database storage you do not have to provision servers in the, often expensive, data center at your local shop. It might also be that...

Posted to Mikael Sand - Trying to be different (Weblog) by Mikael Sand on Sun, Nov 14 2010
SQL Azure some more tips and tricks

This article is a follow up to my earlier article with tips on SQL Azure. Data-tier applications (DACs) There are two main options on how to deploy your database solutions to SQL Azure, unless you want to do it manually. These options are to use Data-tier applications or to use the SQL Azure Migation...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Fri, Nov 5 2010
I will speak about SQL Azure at Azure Summit in Stockholm

Want to learn about SQL Azure? I will present the differences compared to "ordinary" SQL Server and what you as a developer or database administrator need to know to successfully move to SQL Azure. I will also give a guided tour on hour to get started with SQL Azure. The event will be held...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Thu, Nov 4 2010
Script to check the cost of your SQL Azure database objects

What is the cost of storage for your SQL Azure database objects? You can easily check that our with the following script: SELECT object_name ( t1 . object_id ) 'Object' , t2 . name 'Index' , SUM ( reserved_page_count ) * 8192 'bytes' FROM sys . dm_db_partition_stats t1 LEFT JOIN...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Sun, Sep 19 2010
Why skilled developers will be even more important in the future with the cloud

There was a discussion about a year ago on Swedish blogs about why developers don't adopt new methods and technologies and whether these are bad developers or not. It was also discussed if this was because of managers who don't give the developers time to learn anything new. Of course there will...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Sun, Sep 19 2010
SQL Azure new user interface - Project Houston

"Project Houston" is the new user interface for SQL Azure. If you have tried SQL Azure you know that the user interface on the web portal is very brief. You can't do almost anything from there (except create new database and setup security). To do anything with your SQL Azure database you...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Thu, Sep 2 2010
SQL Azure - some tips & tricks

In this blog post I'd like to share some of my experience working with SQL Azure so far. First a background on what SQL Azure really is and then I will give you some of my tips and tricks. What is SQL Azure Microsoft SQL Azure Database is a cloud-based relational database service that works much...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Sun, Dec 20 2009
Nyhetskoll - my contribution to the Windows Azure Developer Challenge

I submitted today my contribution to the Swedish Windows Azure Developer Challenge . It's an application, Nyhetskoll , where you can automatically monitor the Swedish newssites for keywords (such as persons, companies or your interests). The application runs on Windows Azure and it uses SQL Azure...

Posted to Johan Åhlén (Weblog) by jahlen on Fri, Nov 13 2009

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