1. Janakiram MSV Sr. Technology Strategist | Microsoft India Development Center

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

3. Azure Services Platform

4. 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

5. SQL Data Services The Database in the Cloud

6. 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

7. Azure Storage vs SDS Windows Azure StorageSQL Data Services

8. Getting Started www.Azure.com

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. Accessing Data From The Cloud REST POX / JSON SOAP XML

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

15. Accessing Through SOAP Add a Service Reference To https://database.windows.net/soap/v1/ Create an instance of SitkaSoapServiceClient Accessible from any language and any SOAP Toolkit

16. Demo

17. SDS Query language

18. Demo

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