title: Learning SQL & Microsoft Data Services stack - Where to start?
body: <p>I'm trying to learn the Microsoft data / service stack.  I want to build a database in SQL Azure and expose it to a c# client application.</p>
  
  <p>I've never worked with any SQL database technology. </p>
  
  <p>Looking online, everything just seems so confusing -- too many technologies, hard to tell what's new vs what's old.</p>
  
  <p>What's the latest technologies to look at, and what (books?) should I be reading?</p>