New service update for Azure SQL database

In a recent update to the Azure SQL database service the following features were added:

• Support for linked servers-
• Distributed Queries against the database-local & Azure databases
• Support recursive triggers
• Support for DBCC Show_Statistics

Firewall configuration at database level (previously at Server level)-You get better control

Firewalls can be set up at the portal or through T-SQL-makes life easier.

If you want to look at earlier service updates you can find them in my book:

Links to linked server, distributed queries etc. here,

MySQL Linked Server | Jayaram Krishnaswamy

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Jun 16, 2009 – In this article on SSWUG.org web site, the MSDASQL OLE DB ODBC driver is compared with Microsoft Jet 4.0 as related to creating a linked ...

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