Janakiram MSV Sr. Technology Strategist | Microsoft India Development Center

Agenda The Azure Services Platform The SQL Services Platform SQL Data Services Managing Data On Cloud Accessing Data On Cloud

Azure Services Platform

Data services tier of the Azure Services Platform Built on SQL Server foundation Broad data platform capabilities as a service Friction-free provisioning, scaling Significant investments in scale, HA, lights-out operation and TCO Reference Data Reporting ETL Data Mining

SQL Data Services The Database in the Cloud

SQL Data Services Enabling Applications Extend to Cloud Integrate with existing solutions Data Platform solutions scale to cloud Low friction deployment and scaling Pay as you go scaling Don’t need to provision to peak demand Create secure data hubs Secure access and movement of structured data Across devices, locations, partners

Azure Storage vs SDS Windows Azure StorageSQL Data Services

Getting Started

Core Concepts Unit of geo-location and billing Tied to DNS name Collection of Containers

Concepts of ACE Containment Layer DefinitionPurposeSQL Server Analogy Authority Set of containersGroups containers for accounting, security & co- location A SQL Server instance Container Set of entitiesGroups entities for content & queries An individual database (heterogeneous) or a table (homogeneous) Entity Set of propertiesA unit of storageAn individual storage

Concepts Entity Entity properties may differ in type and instance Different Instance Types Additional Property

Authentication And Authorization Basic authentication – username and password Integrate with.NET Access Control Services for richer authentication models Basic Authentication Claims based access control Role based authorization – Future

Accessing Data From The Cloud REST POX / JSON SOAP XML

HTTP Verbs to SDS Operation HTTP VerbSDS Operation POSTCreate GETFetch, Query PUTUpdate DELETEDelete

Accessing Through SOAP Add a Service Reference To Create an instance of SitkaSoapServiceClient Accessible from any language and any SOAP Toolkit

Demo

SDS Query language

Demo

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