azure-sql-database

I noticed that Azure Reporting is being discontinued. The alternative is to set up SSRS on a VM. In the Azure world, can SSRS be installed and configured on a server that is not running SQL server and connect it's two required database to Azure Databases? Or do the databases SSRS needs have to be full SQL Server databases? The VMs in the Azure gallery contain a full installation of SQL Server - meaning all services like SQL Server, Analysis Services, Integration Services, etc. The SQL Server license cost is included in the hourly rate your pay for the server. Obviously, you can choose to

I am trying to connect to a SQL Database hosted in Windows Azure through MySQLdb with Python. I keep getting an error mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2001, 'Bad connection string.') This information works when connecting through .NET (vb, C#) but I am definitely not having any luck here. For below I used my server's name from azure then .database.windows.net Is this the correct way to go about this? Here is my code: #!/usr/bin/python import MySQLdb conn = MySQLdb.connect(host="<servername>.database.windows.net", user="myUsername", passwd="myPassword", db="db_name") cursor = conn.cursor() I

How can I remotely update my azure SQL firewall with my local PCs IP address for administration either via powershell or C#. I have had a look over the documentation but I can only find out how to do it from the actual server itself, not remotely. I can get visual studio to pop up and ask me if I want to add my IP address to the firewall randomly, but most the time it simply fails and does not ask me so I am looking for a solution other than manually logging into the azure portal whenever my IP address changes. Looking for either an example or a link to documentation that shows which libraries

I'm trying to enable Full-Text search on my Azure SQL Database. I upgraded my DB to V12 Standard instance. The upgrade has got completed successfully. I say that because the Status says "Online" on the portal. However, when I execute this command below, CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG ftCatalog AS DEFAULT; it throws an error saying, Msg 9972, Level 16, State 100, Line 2 Database is not fully started up or it is not in an ONLINE state. Try the full-text DDL command again after database is started up and becomes ONLINE. I am following this blog post What could be wrong? Executing the below two

I am trying to connect to my Azure SQL Database that has a Azure Active Directory Database Contained User from my .NET Application (Sitecore). I have the adalsql.dll installed on the VM hosting the .NET Application. However, when I attempt to connect, I receive the following error: Failed to authenticate the user test@mytest.onmicrosoft.com in Active Directory (Authentication=ActiveDirectoryPassword). Error code 0xCAA20064; state 10 AADSTS50055: Force Change Password. Here is my connectionString: <add name="mydb" connectionString="Data Source=test.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=TEST

We run a web service that gets 6k+ requests per minute during peak hours and about 3k requests per minute during off hours. Lots of data feeds compiled from 3rd party web services and custom generated images. Our service and code is mature, we've been running this for years. A lot of work by good developers has gone into our service's code base. We're migrating to Azure, and we're seeing some serious problems. For one, we are seeing our Premium P1 SQL Azure database routinely become unavailable for 1-2 full entire minutes. I'm sorry, but this seems absurd. How are we supposed to run a web