At first glance this appears to be a vast improvement but Federation in SQL Azure is still a long way away from even a preview release.
乍看起来，这似乎是很大的改善，但即便是SQL Azure中的联合的预览版也需要很久之后才能够发布。
SQL Azure Federations will support a new connection called FILTERING used to work with federated data and provide the re-partitioning component which will support full-availability.
SQL AzureFederations将支持一种新的名为FILTERING的连接，用于处理federateddata并提供了重新分区的组件，该组件将支持完整的可用性。
Microsoft will release SQL Azure Federations which will support sharding at the database level in 2011.
微软将在2011年发布SQL AzureFederations，它将支持数据库级别的分片。
SQL Azure promises to offer partitioning via what they call 「federation」.
SQL Azure承诺，它会通过所谓的「联合(federation)」提供分区功能。
SQL Azure will be rolling out new features over the next few months including MARS support, spatial data, and a 50 GB option.
SQL Azure将在接下来的几个月推出一些新特性，包括MARS支持、空间坐标数据和50gb的容量选项。
Microsoft also does not yet provide a performance guarantee for SQL Azure which is interesting.
微软暂时也还没有为SQL Azure提供大家感兴趣的性能保证。
To use SQL Azure one needs a Windows Azure platform account and can then create/manage databases with the SQL Azure Portal.
为了使用SQL Azure，我们需要一个WindowsAzure平台账户，然后可以通过SQL Azure门户创建和管理数据库。
The limit for an SQL Azure database has been raised from 10gb to 50gb, allowing customers to store mode data when needed.
对SQL Azure数据库的限制已经从10gb提高到50gb，这让客户可以在需要的时候存储模态数据。
Unlike earlier CTPs, this release is available to all SQL Azure users for trial, without a separate registration process.
和早先的CTP版本不同，这个版本可供所有SQL Azure的用户测试，而不需要单独的注册过程。
This supports changing the way the script is generated when SQL Azure is updated with new functionality.
在SQL Azure添加新功能时它还支持对脚本生成方式的改变。
Additional T-SQL support: Rather than list everything that SQL Azure supports, we instead direct you to the list of unsupported T-SQL features.
更多的T -SQL支持：这次我们没有列出SQL Azure支持的所有特性列表，相反，我们给出了不支持的T -SQL特性列表。
SQL Azure is based on the relational database model, complete with constraints, transactions, temporary tables, and stored procedures.
SQL Azure的基础是关系数据库模型、提供了对约束、事务、临时表以及存储过程的完整支持。
There is no separate cost for this service, although the normal data transfer charges for SQL Azure will apply.
对于这种服务没有单独的费用，尽管使用SQLServer的一般数据传输需要单独的费用。
The whitepaper provides a detailed view of SQL Azure architecture.
白皮书为我们提供了关于SQL Azure架构的详细说明。
「Dallas」 will soon provide data through SQL Server and SQL Azure queries.
Dallas"还即将提供通过SQLServer和SQL Azure查询进行数据访问的服务。
It is important to note that all reads and writes take place on the primary replica so this can dramatically effect performance of a SQL Azure database.
重要的是要注意到所有的读写都发生在主副本上，所以这会对SQL Azure数据库的性能造成很大的影响。
SQL Azure supports most features you would expect from modern database including the standard ODBC and ADO.NET clients APIs.
SQL Azure支持大部分在现代数据库中所具备的特性，包括标準的ODBC和ADO.NET客户端API。