


When storage database is ready you can run your application. If database was correctly created you should see dialog like this: You can find more information about sqlinstance and other switches from DSInit documentation. If you need some other instance then run the following command:įor default instance use “.” as instance name: If you have MSSQL instance called SQLEXPRESS then it is enough to just run DSInit. Much of this is due to the convenient fact that.

For Windows Azure SDK 1.6 the location for DSInit utility is:Ĭ:\Program Files\Windows Azure Emulator\emulator\devstoreīy default DSInit expects that your database server is (local)\SQLEXPRESS but you can change it easily. When building applications to run on Windows Azure you can get a lot of development and testing done without ever leaving your developer desktop. You need to run DSInit utility to create database. Please configure the SQL Server instance for Storage Emulator using the ‘DSInit’ utility in the Windows Azure SDK.". Failed to start Storage Emulator: the SQL Server instance ‘localhost\SQLExpress’ could not be found. When running some of your Windows Azure applications when storage emulator is not configured you may get the following error: "Windows Azure Tools: Failed to initialize Windows Azure storage emulator.
