Offline copy of SQL Database in Visual Studio Community Edition?

I'm using an Azure Mobile Service and SQL database, and I'm interacting with it via Visual Studio Community Edition (12.0.31101.00 Update 4).
I'm often offline, but want to work on and test the SQL code. Is there a way to sync a local copy of the database to my pc so I can work with that to test my code? I'm not necessarily looking to make changes to the database offline and syncing
that back to the server, although that would be nice too.
Thanks!

Hello Scott,
You could use SQL Data Sync to synchronize your local copy of the database with the Azure SQL database. The details are documented at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh456371.aspx.
PS - the SQL Data Sync feature is still in preview and the support is only through forums.
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