Microsoft Azure Storage vs. Azure SQL Database

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I saw that there was a similar question asked several months back, but it really didn\'t address my situation well. Here it goes...

I\'m in the process of building from

Answer 1

Windows Azure storage is just like as any NoSQL storage. It works in high-scale scenarios for us (pumping millions of records per user). However, classical CRUD approach is a bit hard to scale or to adapt to this.

I would recommend to start looking along the CQRS style of architectures. Here are some references that might get you started:

• Open Source Lokad.CQRS project for Windows Azure (patterns and guidance included)
• Efficient architectures for Azure discussion at MSDN