Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Enabling OData on an Azure Database
When you first look at OData and its interoperation with SQL Azure, you may think you're in for a
lengthy process and a ton of reading. Wrong. Enabling OData is simple and takes no time at all. This
section spends a couple of pages walking you through the process of enabling OData on your SQL Azure
database.
Up until now, you've done most of your work through the SQL Azure Portal at
http://sql.azure.com
. But as you read about enabling OData and other topics such as SQL Azure Sync
Services in Chapter 11, you use Microsoft SQL Azure Labs at
http://sqlazurelabs.com
. SQL Azure Labs,
as the front page says, is a place where you can access early previews of Azure products and
enhancements to SQL Azure. So, this is where you begin your venture into several topics such as OData
and Azure Sync Services.
Getting Started at SQL Azure Labs
Browse to SQL Azure Labs. Then, follow these steps:
1.
On the home page, you see a list at left of things Microsoft is working on. Click
the SQL Azure OData Services tab, which first asks you to log in using a
Windows Live account.
2.
When you've logged in, you're presented with the window shown in Figure 7-4:
a summary of OData and, more important the first step of configuring your
SQL Azure OData Service. The Create a New Server link on the right takes you
to the SQL Azure home page where you can sign up for an Azure account, and
so on. Because you've already done that, you skip that link. In the Connection
Information section, enter your complete server name plus your username
and password, and then click Connect.
Figure 7-4.
Configure OData Service Connection Information section
