title: Working with Azure local Development Storage via SSMS (sql server management studio)
body: <p>I am trying to write code to access my azure local development storage. I started off by creating a new storage for myself: </p>
  
  <pre><code>dsInit /forceCreate
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can now see the DevelopmentStorageDb20090919 in SSMS with some precreated tables such as dbo.TableContainer, dbo.TableRow etc.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Now, can I simply add tables to this database via SSMS (ex. Employee table) and start accessing them via code ? Is this the right way to do stuff ? </li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    var svc = CloudStorageAccount.DevelopmentStorageAccount
  .CreateCloudTableClient().GetDataServiceContext();
  
                  //"Employees" is the name of the table                
                  svc.AddObject("Employees", new Employees("John Doe"));    
                  svc.SaveChangesWithRetries();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>2 . And additionally, once I am all done, how do I port the table and the data into the actual cloud account ? By running scripts there ?</p>