SQL Azure Administration Tool

Are there any web-based admin tools to develop my Azure SQL database with? I have downloaded the SQL 2012 Express Management Tools, but cannot connect to my Azure SQL Database server with them because port 1433 is blocked.
This seems to be a common problem, but so far I have found no way to connect to my database. My 30 day trial ends in 29 days and I'm hoping to get this resolved before day #30. :-)
The SQL Azure Labs I downloaded from the Azure website talk about a tool in the Azure Portal, but I cannot find anything there. Everything just points to downloading the SQL 2012 Management Tools.
Thanks,
Brian

You can use the database management tools in the Portal to create tables and run T-SQL. Granted, it is not as convenient as SSMS but it will do the job very nicely.
Patrick Wood,
Founder, Gaining Access Technologies http://gainingaccess.net/

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Hi everyone
I have a schema1 and table1, table2, table3.
I have connect in odbc using the schema username and password and it was successful.
I can view the data using toad and sql oracle developer with schema username and password.
I also import the tables in Oracle BI administration tool with my schema username and password.
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Please help,
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Edited by: hanson on Sep 16, 2009 7:15 AM

Hi,
I'm confused about the last bit, you did a database import to get the tables into the RPD, which worked, but now they are not showing in the phsyical layer of the rpd? They should be there under a database with the name of the ODBC/OCI that you used when you imported them.
If they are not there then this would make me think that the import of the tables has not worked, try importing just one and see what happens.
Regards,
Matt

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