title: Emulate/Simulate SQL Azure Locally?
body: <p>Slightly OT from regular MS development stuff.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to write my next .NET 4.0 app using MSSQL 2008 as the DB, but configure the store and access methodologies in such a way as to be "Azure ready", so when the new fiscal year starts in the summer we can conceivably do something low impact like just change a connection string (I know there would be more to it than that) and we can just use SQL Azure.</p>
  
  <p>I did see the stuff at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlazure/videos.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlazure/videos.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>Have any gurus seen advice/pointers on how to do that?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>