1.0Bob Beaucheminhttps://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/bobbrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0vYlG1o18q"><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/bobb/sql-azure-adventures-in-connectivity/">SQL Azure: Adventures in connectivity</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/bobb/sql-azure-adventures-in-connectivity/embed/#?secret=0vYlG1o18q" width="600" height="338" title="“SQL Azure: Adventures in connectivity” — Bob Beauchemin" data-secret="0vYlG1o18q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/bobb/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> SQL Server Management Studio in 2008 R2 (and there's a standalone upgrade for SSMS) supports connecting to SQL Azure. And there were some tools on CodePlex that did too. And that's what I'd always used. But reading along in the latest docs I came across the following statement "Connecting to SQL Azure by using OLE […]