Microsoft Azure SQL Database Step by Step

Your hands-on guide to Azure SQL Database fundamentals
Expand your expertise–and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure SQL Database. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Azure, this book is the tutorial that delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.
Discover how to:

• Setup and configure Azure and SQL Database
• Explore design and security considerations
• Migrate databases and data
• Backup and sync data
• Design for scalability and high performance
• Develop web and mobile applications using Azure SQL Database
• Understand the differences between SQL Server on-premises and Azure SQL Database

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting started with Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Chapter 2 Configuration and pricing
Chapter 3 Differences between SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Chapter 4 Migrating databases
Chapter 5 Security and backup
Chapter 6 Cloud reporting
Chapter 7 Microsoft Azure SQL Data Sync
Chapter 8 Designing and tuning for scalability and high performance
Chapter 9 Monitoring and management
Chapter 10 Building cloud solutions