I have a MVC 5 project using visual studio 2013.
How can I add/create a database in azure from visual studio so that EF6 code first can just use and create the models?
I've been browsing server explorer but there is nothing there related to azure.
I think that you need to create the DB in Azure from the Azure control panel. Once it is there, EF can use the connection string for Azure to add tables/data to an existing DB.
Due to the configuration requirements of Azure DB, I haven't found any option but the control panel to do this.
You should create your DB on Azure first then fetch data from Azure SQL same as you access from normal SQL server.
Same process to follow to create models from DB.
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I'm currently trying to deploy a website with Azure which I did following these steps
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/get-started/csharp/tutorial-aspnet-core-ef-step-05?view=vs-2019#publish-to-azure-app-service
however the data from the database didn't get saved, like it did in the video. I think this may be because I have 2 data contexts; one for users and one for general app models.
I believe I have to figure out how to migrate my data from SQL Server Express provided by Entity Framework to Azure.
It seems like it should be doable from this link
but then this one makes it sound like you need a .bak file.
Just want to know if my Visual Studio data can easily transferred to Azure this way. would it be easier to publish my "data tier application" or extract and copy what I need to azure. Kind of overwhelmed at all the documentation trying to find the easiest way the small amount of data for my test website.
How to migrate my data from SQL Server Express provided by Entity Framework to Azure?
No you can not do that, import and export feature is not available with SQL Server Express. You can reference this link: Limitations of SQL Server Express.
As you posted the screen shoot, no function can help you migrate the database to Azure.
So if you really want migrate the database from local SQL Server to Azure, you'd better using the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS). There are so many ways, such as:
Migrate on-premises SQL Server or SQL Server on Azure VMs to Azure SQL Database using the Data Migration Assistant
Tutorial: Migrate SQL Server to a single database or pooled database in Azure SQL Database offline using DMS
Copy data to and from SQL Server by using Azure Data Factory
Migrating SQL Database to Azure SQL Database using SSMS Export/Import
If you are first time to migrate, we suggest to you use the Azure Data Migration Assistant as Alberto Morillo said.
Hope this helps.
Before trying to migrate the database to Azure you need to first verify the database and its objects are compatible to Azure SQL Database. If you don't do that the migration may fail.
My suggestion is to use Azure Data Migration Assistant (DMA) to perform an assessment of your database and make sure there are no blocking points that can make the migration not possible. Make adjustments based on the report generated by the DMA tool and then use any migration method (including extracting\importing a Data-tier Application) to migrate your database to Azure SQL Database. DMA can also migrate your database to Azure SQL Database and for me is the easiest way to do it.
About restoring a native backup to Azure SQL Database, that is not possible. You can export your database as bacpac and then import it to Azure SQL Database, or you can use DMA or Data Migration Service to migrate your databases to Azure SQL Database.
Adding to what is already said . You can dump all the data in txt or csv file and put that in the local drive . In Azure we have the Azure data factory (ADF) , which has a copy activity , this is very powerful and looks like will be good for your scenario . As mentioned before the data types are the key . You will have to install something called integrated Runtime ( IR ) and it should work .
I have to migrate asp.net webform & asp.net MVC websites to Microsoft Azure and most of the webform based website have been created as "website project" in visual studio. and all website use MS SQL Server 2008 R2 as database plus all website use either .net Framework 4.0/4.5.
I confused by reading article regarding migrating webform based website to Azure not working and need code changes and if we use Azure database then we cant use stored procedures etc... this has confused me alot.
So i have few question regarding this.
Can i move asp.net webform 4.0 based website directly to Azure without making any code changes assuming we are connecting to external SQL SERVER 2008.
For first step can which MS SQL Server database i need to choose on Azure so that i can easily restore database in Azure and connect to this database from my local machine using MS Management Studio..
I have heard lot about Azure store files as blob and we need to make change to code to point to new path. What is this Azure blob and why do we need to change code for pointing them blob.
What i have to do keep allowing users from uploading images & document without making any changes in the code..
Does Azure website have always 1 instance running or multiple instance running, i am asking this as our website use InProc session state will i lose session if it is ruuning on multiple instance. or should we prefer SQL Session state in Azure enviroment.
What i should take into consideration for migration current website to Azure.
Will copy pasting all the files in Azure work. Please advise
Depending on how old the ASP.NET webforms projects are, you are going to need to bring them up to date with current security, and anti forgery tokens, etc.
Also if the project was previously a "Website" and not a "Web Application", this is also something that you will need to take into consideration!
I am currently working on upgrading a website to a web application.
This might be a useful website to look through
http://www.gregthatcher.com/Azure/Ch7_ConvertWebsiteToWebApplication.aspx
Migrating to Azure is easy ,
create a Azure account and create the web app which you want to host or create.
you can deploy using FTP or use the build and deploy feature in TFS account.
Steps
You need to create web app in your account.
create a DB in azure manually or export your DB to azure from Management studio if you have an existing DB
get the Connection string from the Publish profile from Azure.
Setup the storage account if you want to store files ,images etc.
Hy Guys,
I'm new to Asp.net and Azure. I was working on ASP.NET with the help of this documentation link, When I publish my project on Azure by creating the Web App with latest portal on Azure, but it is only my application host on the Azure. And now i need to publish the my project database to Azure. In the present portal, the database option is not present there when we create the Web App on Azure to host the database as well with the Web project. But in the old portal as the documentation link guides us the database option is also present there when we publish our Web project on Azure.
Can anyone explain me how can i deploy my Web App existing database to Azure even if my Project has been deployed on Azure?
How can I deploy my existing Web App Database to Azure on the new portal.
If you use Code First Model of Entity Framework, you could just configure the connection string for your web application when you publish your web application. Entity Framework will generate tables for you automatically.
If there are existing data in your database which you want to migrate to Azure SQL Database. You could download a tool named Migration Assistant which will help you do it. For detail steps, link below is for your reference.
SQL Server database migration to SQL Database in the cloud
In the documentation he is using the old dashboard of Azure in which database option is attached with the Web App Publish procedure.
A small difference between old dashboard and new dashboard is that the creating Azure SQL Database feature is hidden when you create your app service. You need to click Explorer additional Azure services link to open the a new window for creating Azure SQL Database.
After creating a database, you could choose the database in the Setting tab when you publish your web application.
You also could create a database directly in Azure portal. After creating a database, you could get the connection string from the overview page.
If you make changes to a database schema and are using code first EF, will EF update your database schema when you redeploy your web app?
It depends whether you have enabled and run the migration. In the publish setting window, we could click the [Execute Code First Migrations] button to update the database schema .
If this button is disabled in the setting window, we need to run Enable-Migrations command in Package Manager Console.
In Visual Studio click menu Tool -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console, input Enable-Migrations and run it.
I have a Web application in Visual Studio 2010 in 4.0 Framework.I want to deploy this app to azure cloud services.The application contains a local sql database as well as session variables.Can anyone please guide me on the steps to follow regarding the same.Do I have to create another database or the local database will do?
You can use a local database for an Azure web application.
However, as mentioned in this article, if you want to reduce the impact that latency will have on your application, you should use an Azure SQL Database.
If you need to migrate your local database to an Azure SQL Database you can look at some of Azure SQL's migration options.
Hope this helps!
I've designed a website in Visual Studio and I'm starting on the database aspect of the site now. I'm using Azure to host the site at the moment and I was wondering is it best to create the database on Azure and then connect it to asp.net or design it in Visual Studio and then connect to Azure so I can store it there?
I also run the website locally a lot when I am testing it for design purposes so would building it in Azure affect this?
Im also using visual studio ultimate 2013 but its a pre release version and I can't use the azure sdk with it. Will it work on the full version of 2013?
Azure SQL Database at its core is essentially compatible with standard SQL Server. There is a published guide on what the limitations are (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336245.aspx) that you should understand first but I'd recommend that you work locally and then push your changes to Azure SQL Database. Note that like any changes to schemas / databases in SQL Server you'll still need to manage those transitions appropriately as part of your deployment process. HTH.