SQL Azure and 3rd party tools support?

Question

I saw in another post here that "official" SSMS support is coming for Azure. Will this supposedly include better support for using 3rd party tools to access SQL Azure?

I personally prefer more lightweight and portable tools like QueryExpress and SqlBuddy over SSMS. I just tested and these tools barely work or don't work against SQL Azure right now.

Answer 1

Surely its up to the authors of those tools to make them work with SQL Azure (the same as SSMS has been made to work with it) is it not?

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Answer 2

There are a few third party client tools available that supports SQL Azure. You can find some of them listed here: http://beyondrelational.com/wikis/sqlazure/sql-azure-tools.aspx

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Answer 3

Here is a link that you may want to persue,

http://etnaweb04.embarcadero.com/news/press_releases/DBArtisan%20for-SQL-Azure-Database-from-Microsoft.php

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mysorian