Last week in Azure SQL Database – Part 5 – Wrapup
This post contains miscellaneous information about the current/future state of Azure SQL Database (AST). You know I couldn’t write just one more blog post when
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This post contains miscellaneous information about the current/future state of Azure SQL Database (AST). You know I couldn’t write just one more blog post when
This post is about a new SQL Azure Database feature called a “Business Continuity Feature”, called “Disaster recovery/geo-replication”. This feature was announced last week as
Note: Well that was quick. I’ve updated this blog entry (same day) to reflect clarifications provided by a member of the Azure SQL Database team.
At my DAC talk at TechEd last week, the thing that seemed to cause the most interest was the PowerShell scripts to use DACPACs/BACPACs. I
I've been at TechEd North America in Orlando this week and have seen some amazing new things. Upcoming operating systems, new hardware, and a detailed
The last piece of the DAC puzzle (at least for now) is import and export. Export makes a non-transactionally consistant copy of database content that
In the last posting, I talked about the differences between DACFx 3.0 and previous versions from an API point of view. This time, I'll look
Looking at the API and at the serialized form (i.e. the DACPAC), it turns out that DACFx 3.0 is not just "DAC V-next". It's an
I can script out a database schema (and optionally data) from SQL Server databases. Any version from 2005 and beyond, as well as SQL Azure
After my last adventure, I thought it would be interesting to try the "upgrade path" with SSDT and older "Database Projects" (i.e. Visual Studio for
The next version of Data-Tier Applications is version 2.0. You can get a CTP of it today; where the CTP is located really gives away
So DAC 1.1 has been out for a while (since March 2, 2011) now. The big change is that the DAC "upgrade" process is now
About a week or so ago, I read a request for information about a SQL Server database management feature known as Data-Tier Applications, abbreviated as
Last week I did a talk at SQLConnections on SQL Azure Database and Data-Tier Applications (DAC). At the time (it was the day of Visual Studio
I thought it was curious that in a DACPAC you can specify required version and edition of SQL Server as a deployment option. But DAC (Data-Tier
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