How to connect asp.net Identity to SQL Azure

Question

Under normal circumstances, when the registered members are connected to defaultconnection. But my database is within Azure. How to connect to SQL Azure? I tried to change the connection string, like this

 <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="data source=[azuresercername].database.windows.net;initial catalog=[azuredatabasename];user id=[userid];password=[userpassword];" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient"/> 

It failed. So I would like to ask how to solve. Please. Thank you.

Answer 1

You need to ensure that the SQL Azure firewall is open for the IP address of your development machine and/or Azure resources. See the following article:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-configure-firewall-settings/

Also, you need to use SSL when connecting to the server. This article walks you through getting the full connection string:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-develop-dotnet-simple/