Connecting to remote SQL Server 2008 from Windows Azure

Question

I am trying to connect to a SQL Server 2008 instance from a Windows Azure worker role (it\'s not SQL Azure, but a remotely hosted SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition), but I ge

Answer 1

Can you control your Azure instance through Remote Desktop?

If you can, log on, and try:

telnet yoursqlserverhostname 1433

If this blocks, you know that the network is not configured correctly. Usually a firewall issue, on either host or the network in between.