SQL Azure Federations

Speaker: Neil McKenzie, Windows Azure MVP

SQL Azure Federations is a new feature providing horizontal scale-out to a SQL Azure database. Using SQL Azure Federations, database solutions are able to gain the performance and data-capacity benefits of data sharding while benefiting from the managed Platform-as-a-Service environment provided by SQL Azure.

You'll learn:

The reasons for federating a SQL Azure databasehttp://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/9/7/c/event_107499292.jpeg How to implement a solution using SQL Azure Federations How to manage a federated database using the Windows Azure Portal and SSMS
Neil Mackenzie is an Azure Architect at Satory Global (http://satory.com/SitePages/Home.aspx) helping companies move onto the Windows Azure platform. Neil has been kicking the tires of Windows Azure since PDC 2008. He wrote the Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Azure-Development-Cookbook/dp/1849682224), published by Packt Publishing. Neil is a Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure.

Note: This meeting is free and includes pizza.

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