>>>What are peoples thought on virtual machines in Azure etc ?
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>>>I've used more of these now on various contracts . You can dynamically boost processing power and storage as needed and then dial it down for when you aren't needing it.
>>>The home or office end just needs a decent internet link and a decent screen on what could be a fairly basic machine.
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>>Cloud stuff great if you have
>>long running analytic stuff (easy to save oodles of data, partition task, add more machines to same problem,
>>or are just writing (be it office doc, xls(x) code), where convenience of "any device" synch with anybody is great.
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>>But whenever I need to invoke debugger, I want stuff to be running local.
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>Why?
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>I was writing ssis packages some c# elements SQL code creating databases in sql on azure servers. Didn't find anything undoable on the virtual machines. also I can connect to them anywhere with any machine. in their office I use one of their machines . at home I use mine. Saves me cycling to and fro with kit in a bag.

Could you connect with a Chromebook?