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?
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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.
