Demo Script
Connecting to SQL Azure
Version:
1.0.3
Last updated:
2/9/2016
CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Key Messages ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Key Technologies ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Time Estimates ......................................................................................................................................... 4
SETUP AND CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 4
DEMO FLOW ................................................................................................................................................ 4
OPENING STATEMENT............................................................................................................................... 5
STEP-BY-STEP WALKTHROUGH .............................................................................................................. 6
Connect to the Master Database .............................................................................................................. 6
Create a New Database ............................................................................................................................ 8
Connect to the New Database .................................................................................................................. 9
SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Overview
This document provides setup documentation, step-by-step instructions, and a written script for showing a demo of SQL Azure. This document
can also serve as a tutorial or walkthrough of the technology. In this demo, you will look at connecting to SQL Azure using SQL Server
Management Studio. You will see how to create new databases and connect to those databases. For additional demos of Windows Azure, please
visit http://www.azure.com.
Note: In order to run through this demo, you must have a SQL Azure developer account. To create the account, you will first need to
sign-up for the invitation code at http://www.azure.com.
Key Messages
In this demo you will see two key things:
1. SQL Azure is able to use the existing toolset used with SQL Server
2. With SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio is easily move from SQL Server to SQL Azure.
Key Technologies
This demo uses the following technologies:
1. SQL Azure
2. SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio
Time Estimates

Estimated time for setting up and configuring the demo: 1 min

Estimated time to complete the demo: 3 min
Setup and Configuration
This demo does not have any advanced configuration requirements. Make sure you have checked all the dependencies for this demo and have
an account for SQL Azure. For more information on how to purchase an account, visit the SQL Azure Portal at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/sqlazure/.
Note: Make sure you added the necessary Firewall Rules to allow you access to the SQL Azure Server using Management Studio.
Demo Flow
The step-by-step guide in this document follows the following demo flow/outline:
Figure 1
Diagram
Opening Statement
In this demo, you will see how to connect to SQL Azure from SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio.
1. First you will connect to the Master Database using your Server Administrator account
2. Second you will create a new database in SQL Azure
3. Finally, you will reconnect to SQL Azure in the conext of your newly created database.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
This demo is composed of the following segments:
1. Connect to the Master Database
2. Create a new Database
3. Connect to the new Database
Note: All of the queries for this demo are stored in the Assets/queries subfolder.
Connect to the Master Database
In this first segment, we will connect to the master database using our server administrator credentials.
Action
Script
1. Open SQL Server Management
Studio (SSMS) Start > All Programs >
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 > SQL
Server Management Studio

We’re going to be using SQL Server
Management studio to work with SQL
Azure today.
Screenshot
2. Complete the dialog as follows
3. Server name is the name of your
server that is found in the SQL Azure
portal. (See the Demo - Preparing
your SQL Azure Account)
4. SQL Server Authentication
5. Username: Your Server administrator
username
6. Password: Your server administrator
password.
7. Click Connect.

SQL Azure assigns our Server Name
to us. It’s always listed in the SQL
Azure portal.

We need to choose SQL Server
authentication. SQL Azure does not
support Windows Authentication.

We’re going to connect to the server
using the Server admin credentials
we created when we redeemed our
SQL Azure token.
8. Click New Query
9. Execute the query
SELECT @@version

We’ve not got a query window open.
Let’s execute a very simple query
against SQL Azure.

We’ll just query the version of SQL
Server

Note that it returns an indication that
SQL Azure is derived from Microsoft
SQL Server 2008.

We’re running in the context of the
Master database on the server at the
moment.

Let’s run a query against the
sys.databases view. This will allow us
to enumerate all of the databases we
have created on our server.

You’ll see we have the Master
database listed.
10. Execute the query
SELECT * FROM sys.databases

You’ll see that I do not have any other
databases created already.
Create a New Database
In this segment, we will create a new database in SQL Azure.
Action
Script
11. Execute the query
CREATE DATABASE HoLTestDB

Creating our own database is very
simple.

Because SQL Azure takes care of all
of our physical storage options we
do not need to specify things like
filegroups as we might with SQL
Server.

In SQL Azure we can simple execute
the query CREATE DATABASE and
provide our database name and we’ll
immediately have a new database

Let’s execute the query against
sys.databases again.

Note we’ve now got the new
database we just created listed in
sys.databases.
12. Execute the query
SELECT * FROM sys.databases
Screenshot
Connect to the New Database
In this segment, we will connect to our newly created HoLTestDB database.
Action
Script
13. Click Change Connection

In order to change context to our
new database we’ll need to
disconnect and reconnect.

Let’s close this query window and
reconnect.

In SQL Azure our databases do not
necessarily live on the same physical
server. While in SQL Server we can
use the USE statement to change
database context in SQL Azure we
need to do a full reconnect to ensure
the client is reattached to the correct
physical server node in the SQL
Azure cluster.

We’ll use our Server admin
credentials again.

Because we want to attach to a
specific named database rather than
the default database for our admin
account we need to click the options
button.
14. Close the existing query tab
15. Complete the connection details as
above.
16. Press the Options button
Screenshot
17. Type HoLTestDB into the Connect to
database combo box.
18. Click Connect
19. Execute the query
SELECT DB_NAME()

We need to type the name of the
database we want to connect to
here.

And then we can connect to our
database.

Let’s call the DB_NAME() function.

Note that the function result shows
that we are on the HoLTestDB
database.
Summary
In this demo, you saw how simple it is to connect to SQL Azure using existing tools such as SQL Server Management Studio. You examined the
Master database in SQL Azure and looked at the sys.databases view that allows you to query all the databases created in a given SQL Azure
server. Finally, you created and connected to a new database within SQL Azure.