SQL Azure

Agenda
Announcements
SQL Azure: First Look
Demo
Announcements
LA Cloud Camp Wed 9/30
http://www.cloudcamp.com/losangeles/
Moving to an every-other-month meeting
schedule (no October meeting)
Topic for November: Rich Internet
Applications (RIAs)
SQL Azure - Overview
Database in the Cloud
Very similar to SQL Server
Database functionality only at present
(no SSRS, SSAS, SSB)
First preview CTP came out in late August
First time most of us are seeing it is tonight
Free to use between now and release
Release is November 2009 PDC
SQL Azure - Database Only
SQL Azure does not support all of the features
and data types found in SQL Server. Analysis
Services, Replication, Reporting Services, and
Service Broker are not currently provided as
services on the Azure Services Platform.
SQL Azure How to Sign Up
Just visit Azure.com and follow the sign-up link
Your invitation token
will come in the mail
SQL Azure Manage from Azure.com
SQL Azure Manage from Azure.com
SQL Azure Server Administration
Server Name
Admin
Data Center
Databases
Show
Connection
String
Admin
Password
Reset
Create New
Database
Connection Strings
Its intended that the main difference
between SQL Server and SQL Azure is the
connection string
Connection String Format:
Server=tcp:server.ctp.database.windows.net
Database=database
User ID=user
Password=password
TrustedConnection=False
Create Database
DEMO: SQL AZURE PORTAL
Can I use SQL Server Mgmt Studio?
Yes, but its a little rocky right now. You need to follow
these steps precisely to get it working:
1. Cancel out of the first Connect dialog that pops up.
2. click on the New Query button from the toolbar
3. enter
Server name: full servername
Login: just the username (no @...) and password
4. Under Options, Connect to Database, enter db name
5. Click Connect, ignore the ANSI NULLS error that is
displayed.
Step 1: Cancel Connect Dialog
Cancel
Dialog
Steps 2-3: Click New Query, Enter Info
Click New
Query
Server Name
Admin user
id and
password
Step 4: Enter Database Name
Enter
Database
Name
Step 5: Click Connect, Ignore Error
SQL Server Mgmt Studio Gotchas
No Object Browser
use select * from sys.objects instead
Connections time out after 5 minutes
This is to protect cloud users from adversely
affecting each other
Create DB Locally
Script Table Creation
Create Table in SQL Azure
Create Table, Insert, Select in SQL Azure
DEMO:
USING SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT
STUDIO WITH SQL AZURE
SQL Azure Key Benefits
Manageability
Scale and functionality of an enterprise data center w/o the admin overhead
Self-managing capability allows organizations to provision data services without adding to their support burden
Reduce the initial costs of data services by provisioning only what you need. Provision your data storage in minutes.
High Availability
Built on Windows Server and SQL Server technologies, flexible enough to cope with any variations in usage and load.
Replicates redundant copies of your data to multiple physical servers to maintain availability and business continuity.
In the case of a hardware failure, SQL Azure provides automatic failover to optimize availability for your application.
Scalability
Scale your solution with ease. After partitioning your data, the service scales as your data grows.
You only pay for the storage that you use. Scale down the service when you do not need it.
Familiar Development Model and Relational Data Model
Use the same tools and libraries to build solutions that you do for SQL Server.
Data is stored in SQL Azure just like it is stored in SQL Server, by using Transact-SQL.
Familiar database objects - multiple databases with tables, views, stored procedures, indices
No Physical Considerations
SQL Azure servers and databases are virtual objects that do not correspond to physical servers and databases. By
insulating you from the physical implementation, SQL Azure enables you to spend time on your database design.
Administration
Logical Administration
DBA manages schema creation, statistics
management, index tuning, query optimization,
and security administration (logins, users, roles)
Physical Administration
SQL Azure service automatically replicates all data
to provide high availably
SQL Azure service manages load balancing and, in
case of a server failure, transparent fail-over.
Backup
No backup and restore commands
You can still use SQL Server Integration
Services and the SQLCMD utility to bulk copy
data.
Provisioning Model
Each Azure account can have multiple SQL Azure servers
Each SQL Azure server can be associated with one or
more databases.
A SQL Azure server is a logical group of databases and
acts as a central administrative point for multiple
databases.
Each SQL Azure server includes logins similar to those in
instances of SQL Server on your premises.
Each SQL Azure server has a fully qualified unique
domain name, which is produced during the SQL Azure
provisioning process.
servername.ctp.database.windows.net
Create a Database
Interactively using the SQL Azure portal, or
Programmatically with a CREATE DATABASE
statement.
Managing Users and Logins
Server-level login administration
Server-level administration for logins and databases in SQL Azure differs from an
on-premise instance of SQL Server.
During provisioning, SQL Azure creates a server-level principal login equivalent to
the sa login in SQL Server
Additional SQL Azure databases and logins can then be created via T-SQL
SQL Azure provides the same security principals as SQL Server, such as:
SQL Server logins: Authenticate access to SQL Azure at the server level.
Database users: Grant access to SQL Azure at the database level.
Database roles: Group users + grant access to SQL Azure at the database level.
Database-level login administration
Database-level administration for users and roles in SQL Azure is the same as for an
on-premise instance of SQL Server.
T-SQL Support
Supported Fully or Partially
Constants
Constraints
Cursors
Index management and rebuilding indexes
Local temporary tables
Reserved keywords
Stored procedures
Statistics management
Transactions
Triggers
Tables, joins, and table variables
Transact-SQL language elements such as
Create/drop databases
Create/alter/drop tables
Create/alter/drop users and logins
User-defined functions
Views
Not Available
Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Database file placement
Database mirroring
Distributed queries
Distributed transactions
Filegroup management
Global temporary tables
Spatial data and indexes
SQL Server configuration options
SQL Server Service Broker
System tables
Trace Flags
Programming Model
Use one of two programming models when using
SQL Azure, depending on the size of your
database application.
For smaller data sets, use a single database,
similar to how you use an on-premise instance of
SQL Server.
For larger data sets, we recommend that you
partition your data across multiple databases and
write parallel "fan-out" queries to fetch the data.
Doing this optimizes the performance and
availability of SQL Azure.
Migration Tips
Try the SQL Azure Migration Wizard
http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/
Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 first
Analyze errors into 2 categories:
Different but equivalent in the cloud - minor
Example: creating logins cant be done in a batch
No equivalent in the cloud major
Example: no support for user-defined types
DEMO:
MIGRATING A SQL SERVER
DATABASE AND ASP.NET WEB
APPLICATION TO USE SQL AZURE
SQL Azure Resources
Documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ee336279.aspx
Sign up for SQL Azure
http://www.Azure.com
SQL Azure Developer Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/sqlserver/dataservices/default.aspx
Azure User Group
http://www.AzureUserGroup.com