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Luke Chung has published a couple of white papers about Access and SQL Azure. You can read Luke’s blog post here, or link to the papers directly here:
Microsoft Azure and Cloud Computing...What it Means to Me and Information Workers
Microsoft Access and Cloud Computing with SQL Azure Databases (Linking to SQL Server Tables in the Cloud).
Here’s an excerpt from the second paper:
“Cloud computing will be a huge benefit to the information worker and Access community. Instead of worrying about the hardware and deployment issues around applications, one can focus on building the solution and using the enterprise quality cloud platforms which previously didn't exist or were prohibitively expensive and difficult to use. With Microsoft Access 2010 and SharePoint 2010, Access applications (in limited form) can be deployed over the Internet. With Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure, one can create .NET applications and/or SQL Server databases in the cloud.”
Thanks Luke!
Luke Chung, President and Founder of FMS, Inc., has written and presented a wide range of topics related to Access over the years. In addition to their many Access related products, FMS offers a wealth of great Access papers, tips, and video on their site.
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Hi Roger, Thanks for your continued great coverage on SQL Azure with Access. This is really revolutionary stuff for our community. Luke
I don't understand the requirement for a known IP addresses to use Azure. For example, my internet access is through an ISP (such as AT&T). Isn't my IP address assigned dynamically, thus I can't expect the same IP day-to-day?
Or I am just missing something here? Thanks.
Windows Azure doesn't limit users by IP address. It's only SQL Server (SQL Azure) that limits direct connections to its database to specified IP addresses. This is a feature of SQL Server that is optional but for security reasons, SQL Azure requires it.
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