--- title: SQL Azure Manager | daily.dev description: A community-built tool called SQL Azure Manager lets developers connect to and perform basic tasks on Microsoft's newly announced SQL Azure cloud database... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sql-azure-manager-nzkklfede twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SQL Azure Manager | daily.dev og:description: A community-built tool called SQL Azure Manager lets developers connect to and perform basic tasks on Microsoft's newly announced SQL Azure cloud database... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sql-azure-manager-nzkklfede og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NzKKLfedE.png og:image:alt: SQL Azure Manager og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SQL Azure Manager **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A community-built tool called SQL Azure Manager lets developers connect to and perform basic tasks on Microsoft's newly announced SQL Azure cloud database service, which is in CTP form alongside SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server StreamInsight. Connecting via SQL Server Management Studio is awkward, so a colleague built this ClickOnce tool as a workaround; it's an early, unstable first release that is planned to go open-source once a suitable UI designer is found. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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