Monthly Archives: June 2015


Azure Search Indexers – Indexing collections

Azure Search Indexers

I previously wrote a blog post called Index data without writing code and recently received some interesting comments / questions in regards to using the Collection(Edm.String) collection datatype when having a SQL Server based data source. And I therefore decided to compile the information within a separate blog post. (Special thanks to the Azure search team for answering some of my queries!)

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SQL Server Connector – Azure API App – Part 2

SQL-Server-Connector

Within part 2 of this series (click here for part 1), I would like to cover some of the available configuration options of the Azure API SQL Server connector. The connector simply enables you to connect with a SQL Server (as well as on-premises instances) or Azure SQL Database and perform various actions. This includes; executing stored Procedures, Poll data (triggers) and the option to retrieve, create, update and delete database table entries without having to write SQL.

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SQL Server Connector – Azure API App – Part 1

SQL-Server-Connector

Within this series (well just two posts) I want to cover some of the available configuration options of the Azure API SQL Server connector. The connector simply enables you to connect with a SQL Server (as well as on-premises instances) or Azure SQL Database and perform various actions. This includes; executing stored Procedures, Poll data (triggers) and the option to retrieve, create, update and delete database table entries without having to write SQL.

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