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There are several methods available to migrate data to a SQL Azure database. BCP using the .exe bulk load/export tool. SSIS Bulk API’s in ADO.NET and ODBC (see below). Third Party Tools Sync Framework BCP BCP is probably the fastest way to move the data. BCP is a command line tool introduced with SQL Server [...]

Since the SQL Azure database services are in the cloud, you do not have to worry about high availability and scalability. SQL Azure will maintain a “Monthly Availability” of 99.9% during a calendar month. For example, you or your network administrators do not have to spend time on high availability which is taken care by [...]