I'm using Azure SQL, and there is a page in there with metrics
From what I understood the new Azure Managment Portal consumes only public apis. What I'm trying to find out is how to access these metrics via a REST or SOAP api. I've searched through the MSDN documentation but couldn't come up with anything.
Anyone have any ideas?
I presume Microsoft did not provide Azure Database monitoring REST or SOAP API as it would not be used much.
DBAs can connect to Azure Database and gather all the necessary statistics via dynamic management views which are quite powerful.
However, I do not have any article / documentation confirming my presumptions.
try the new sys.event_log and sys.database_connection_stats DMVs instead.
see: Announcing: New System Views for Windows Azure SQL Database
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Is there a way to get the server info of my VSO account and access using SQL Server?
I've tried logging in using the URL
{account}.visualstudio.com
But I got a sever not found error
No, the back-end databases are SQL Azure instances, different from the TFS on-premise databases. I cannot see MS ever giving you access to the database - maybe the data, but not the database.
You can only use the API (old and new REST) and Power BI tools to perform queries.
If you have a specific problem you are trying to solve, post it as a new question because it may be possible without database access.
In Amazon cloud API there is the possibility to get identity data, meaning data from the running instance - on which region it is, dns ....
is there the same option in Azure? as I am creating management system in which the server is installed on a virtual machine and I need to know to which region it is related, all this using REST API
In Azure you can use Azure API Management REST API to get all sort of information for Azure:
ex:
Lists all of the resources in a subscription:
https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resources?$top={top}$skiptoken={skiptoken}&$filter={filter}&api-version={api-version}
For the complete documentation look at this page here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn776326.aspx
You can do similar things using Powershell scripts as well.
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I have a simple scenario, where I have an on-premise system that hosts a rest api. I what based on data in that rest to fill data into a Auzure SQL database using some type of synchronization job. I just unsure of the best method to do this? Can one use Azure Data Factory for this? What other services can do the job?
Under Azure app services is a background task service called Azure Web Jobs
Here are links to help you get started:
Azure App Service Overview: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-service-value-prop-what-is/
Overview from another website: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2423911
Azure Web Jobs introduction: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-create-web-jobs/
I'd like to consume information about the Recovery Services that I have setup in Azure. If I go to that section inside the Microsoft Azure Management Portal, I'll see a list of the Backup Vaults that I have created. I'm looking for an API that will let me pull up data about it, such as the one that is presented on the Dashboard:
- Name
- Status
- Location
- Storage used/left
- etc.
So far, I've only been able to find their Storage Services REST API.
Thank you
I asked the same thing on the MSDN forums. Apparently, as of this date, there is no API that can be used to pull in that information.
Source: reply from MSDN forums
2016 update: While not documented so far as I can tell, if you do some network sniffing of the various Recovery Services powershell cmdlets you will find that the management.azure.com API supports basically everything Azure Powershell supports.
Obviously be careful using anything undocumented though...
I am trying to build a web part to be hosted on SharePoint online (part of Office 365). I want to use Entity Framework to connect to a DB in SQL Azure. Is this even possible? I tried deploying one solution, but I get very unhelpful error saying "Web Part Error: Sandboxed code execution request failed.".
Anyone get this combination working?
I found out that this is not possible. The reason is due to the restricted permissions in the Sandbox and cannot use a proxy to bypass that. The only way to access SQL Azure from within SharePoint online in Office 365 is via a web service exposing operations on the entities residing in SQL Azure. I am currently investigating that approach and once I have more info, I can update this answer.
Update 7/27: Using a web service serving SQL Azure data, we can integrate SQL Azure with SharePoint. The component in SharePoint that enables this integration is called 'Business Connectivity Services'.
More can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/donovanf/archive/2012/06/25/office-365-o365-business-connectivity-services-bcs-hands-on-lab-wiring-up-o365-bcs-to-a-windows-azure-service-for-office-2010-and-sharepoint-online-solutions.aspx