As you may know we’ve announced that Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Windows Azure , will have commercial availability as of the first day of the upcoming Professional Developer’s Conference in Los Angeles on November 17th, 2009. In addition to data storage via Windows Azure, included in our offering will be SQL Azure. I’ve been following the product team’s progress with SQL Azure for quite some time now, given my long-term interest in, and professional use of, SQL Server. ...