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Connection issue with SQL Azure

September 14, 2016

Today, I got the following error message when connecting to SQL Azure from our dev environment Don’t panic follow the below trouble shooting steps. 1. Check your Microsoft Azure portal firewall settings. You should add your client ip address range…

Windows Azure–Security essentials

August 21, 2011

Kalyan Bandarupalli

Microsoft, SQL Azure, Windows Azure

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This post discusses about Security essentials which technical decision maker should know in-order to protect customers applications and data in Windows Azure platform. Instead you building the server racks and datacenters, Cloud takes your traditional data centers from you…

SQL Azure vs SQL Server

August 19, 2011

Kalyan Bandarupalli

Microsoft, SQL Azure, SQL server

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This post discusses the differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server in the context of security Supports SQL(native) and Windows authentication. Supports SQL(native) only, no windows authentication. Authorization is based on database users and roles. Authorization is based…

Creating Firewall rules using SQL Azure

August 7, 2011

Kalyan Bandarupalli

Microsoft, SQL Azure, Windows Azure

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The firewall feature in Windows Azure portal allows you to store your data securely on cloud which deny all connections by default. The new firewall feature allows you to specify list of IP addresses which can access your SQL…

Creating a database in SQL Azure

June 20, 2011

Kalyan Bandarupalli

SQL Azure, SQL server

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This post discusses about setting up a windows Azure and creating a SQL Azure database. There 3 main steps to create a main database Step1: Visit the Windows Azure website and select the suitable offer. For testing and knowing…