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Azure storage possibilities Azure offers several storage possibilities Microsoft SQL Server database MySQL database Azure Document DB: NoSQL database Storage BLOB: Binary Large OBjects Tables Queues: Intended for communication between services Files Azure databases2

Azure: Using SQL Server database In Azure portal make an SQL Server database Be patient … When created …. Press the ”Open in Visual Studio” button SQL Server uses TCP port At home: Open this port in your firewall At school: Use the network EGV5-DMU Create tables etc in Visual Studio and Press the ”Update” button to deploy your table to Azure Be patient … Azure databases3

Create database Cloud Explorer (Top-Left corner) SQL Databases Your database General database advices Id primary key identity Identity: The database will generate the values String-like type Nvarchar(max_length) N means Unicode Var means varying length If you need timestamps Datetime default getDate() Azure databases4

Work from Visual Studio Port 1443 must be open for access At school use the local LAN named EGV5-DMU Write some T-SQL Press the “Update” button to update the database structure Top-left corner of the SQL design pane Generates a script (with the changes) and executes the changes Take a little while Azure databases5

Connection string To connect to the cloud database from an application, you need a connection string. The connection string for your cloud database can be found i Azure portal The connection string include your database name + password The connection string can be saved in your C# code file Or in the App.config file (console app) Or in Web.config (WCF provider) Azure databases6

Web service as front-end to databases Using the database causes port problems Port 1443 must be open Usually not open in firewalls Solution: Put a web service between the application and the database The web service runs on port 80 Usually open in firewalls Azure databases7

Storage as back-end to web services Web services are stateless Storage can be used as a back-end to web services Azure databases8