Guidelines and Limitations (Windows Azure SQL Database)

General Guidelines and Limitations (Windows Azure SQL Database)

Describes the general guidelines and limitations, including:

• Tools and technology support
  
  
• Visual Studio support
  
  
• Driver, library, and protocol support
  
  
• Data migration support
  
  
• SQL Server Agent/Jobs
  
  
• Transaction support
  
  
• Row Versioning-Based Isolation Levels
  
  
• SQL Server collation support
  
  
• Clustered index requirements
  
  
• Database count and size limits
  
  
• Naming requirements
  
  
• Connection constraints
  
  

Security Guidelines and Limitations (Windows Azure SQL Database)

Describes the security-related guidelines and limitations to consider when managing security in Windows Azure SQL Database. The following areas are covered:

• Firewall
  
  
• Encryption and certificate validation
  
  
• Authentication
  
  
• Logins and users
  
  
• Best practices
  
  

SQL Server Feature Limitations (Windows Azure SQL Database)

Lists some of the SQL Server features not supported by Windows Azure SQL Database.

Federation Guidelines and Limitations

Lists limitations that are specific to federations.