We create a windows GCE server from the google image (without SQL server).
Can we install the SQL server (with our on-prem license with software assurance) to this GCE server? or we have to create our own image and create the server from it?
If you have License Mobility as part of Software Assurance, you can assign a SQL Server license to virtual machines running on multi-tenant hosts or on sole-tenant nodes.
Verify your benefits at the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center.
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I have just started using Azure and i created a mobile app , setup a database and chose a .net backend .
I got a preconfigured backend folder which i downloaded and then published to my azure server.
However i have no idea how to verify in the azure portal if its working.
I can see my databases but not the actual tables and content .
I'm using .net backend so easytables are not supported .
Does Azure has something like phpmyadmin that lets me check the content of the database while i'm programming ?
Thanks
You can connect to the database with the usual Sql Server Management Studio tool, or directly from Visual studio using Server/Cloud explorer. If its a SQL Azure database you're connecting to, you need first to find the management blade in the portal for the database and then add your client IP address to the firewall settings for that database server for you to be able to connect from your desktop.
ps. tagged with "MySQL" but title refers to Azure sql - I'm answering in terms of Azure SQL.
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I have created a Virtual machine on Azure cloud. I want to figure out a mechanism of connecting Ssis with clients on-premises (non-cloud) SAP system. Is there any ssis utility that I can install that will breathe behind clients firewall and pass the data to Azure SQL database?
There is a tool called Microsoft Data Management Gateway for connecting from Azure to on-premise:
http://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/download/details.aspx?id=39717
We want to have scalable Reporting services. And we need to install Custom Rendering Extensions on this scalable Reporting Services. This is the main requirement for us. SQL Azure Reporting doesn't suite the requirements, because it is impossible to extend this service with custom rendering extension. We had an idea to install Reporting Services on each instance separated from SQL Azure and Azure Reporting, but Rendering Extensibility is not available in free editions of SQL Server and it costs too much to use paid edition. The database of these reporting services instances will be stored in SQL Azure and we will be able to leverage scalable Reporting Services tool with the required rendering extension. The problem is price, complexity and no benefits from SQL Azure Reporting. So, we got stuck with Microsoft clouds. And don't see any reasonable solution with Microsoft clouds.
So we considered Reporting Services on EC2 as they have special cloud license. And we are not quite sure whether it is possible to achieve what we need or not.
We've found that it's possible to install SQL Server2008R2 on EC2 so that the data of the database will be stored in EBS which is available to all the instances. So we have scalable Reporting Services in that case.
The question is lying in the Amazon Virtual Images:
We suppose that we need to install predefined configuration with Windows OS and SQL Server 2008R2 and we wonder if it (1) includes Reporting Services, (2)is it possible to install some more software on this predefined virtual machine (rendering extension), (3)is it possible to organize such scalable Reporting Services with Custom Rendering extensions and to leverage load balancing and etc.?
You don't have to use the AWS provided SQL Server 2008 R2 AMI if you don't want to.
If you bring your own licenses, you could go with a base EC2 install, and then install whatever software you want over the top of it.
ie - install the Windows AMI, and then run the SQL Server installation of your choice. The second step then is to install any additional extensions you require.
I would also recommend that once you complete the installation that you create an AMI of it so that you can repeat the installation at a later date.
I noticed an error in my event log today that states:
The SQL Server Integration Services 10.0 service failed to start due
to the following error: The service did not start due to a logon
failure.
The service is configured to use ./sqluser but I cannot find this login with the domain.
What exactly is this services used for? What login should I be using for this service and what rights/privileges does the user need for this service to function properly. I am using SQL 2008 under Windows Server 2008 r2.
What exactly is this services used for
Managing Integration Services
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services includes the Integration
Services service, a Windows service for managing Integration Services
packages. The Integration Services service is available only in SQL
Server Management Studio.
Running the Integration Services service provides the following
management capabilities:
Starting remote and locally stored packages
Stopping remote and locally running packages
Monitoring remote and locally running packages
Importing and exporting packages
Managing package storage
Customizing storage folders
Stopping running packages when the service is stopped
Viewing the Windows Event log
Connecting to multiple Integration Services servers
The Integration Services service is installed when you install the
Integration Services component of SQL Server. By default, the
Integration Services service is started and the startup type of the
service is set to automatic. The service must be running to monitor
the packages that are stored in the SSIS Package Store. The SSIS
Package Store can be either the msdb database in an instance of SQL
Server or the designated folders in the file system.
The Integration Services service is not required if you only want to
design and execute Integration Services packages. However, the service
is required to list and monitor packages using SQL Server Management
Studio.
What login should I be using for this service and what rights/privileges
Managing the Integration Services Service
By default, the Integration Services service runs in the context of
the NETWORK SERVICE account.
I have not found a simplified list of what is required for the service to run correctly but this article describes how to connect to a remote SSIS service.
I'll keep browsing MSDN articles
I'm writing a .NET app that connects to a remote hosted SQL Server. Researching hosts for when I roll this app out to multiple customers, I find that SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition is cheaper (monthly on a hosted dedicated server) than the Workgroup Edition and much cheaper than the Standard edition. Everything says Web Edition is for "website support" and "internet facing" use.
I know I must use Windows Server Standard and not Windows Server Web Edition to support database services, but what about the SQL Server version?
Simply - can a large number of users of a .NET Windows Forms program use a direct connection string to connect to SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition on the hosted server without going through a web server / browser?
Yes, it supports remote data connections.
Yes.
From my understanding of Web Edition, it is basically a mid-liner between Express and Standard. It's obviously not free, but it doesn't have the restrictions that Express does yet gives a lot of features (PBM, more than 1 CPU utilization, etc.).