Summary

The example in this chapter showed you how to use data stored in SQL Azure and surface it to SharePoint Online by making use of a Windows Azure WCF service. This scenario works well if you want to store your data in SQL Azure and you want to be able to scale as the data and demand for the data grows. You can make use of the Azure platform to scale with you. SQL Azure is not the only external system that you can connect to with Windows Azure—you can also easily connect to any other system supported by the .NET Framework.