Microsoft will release SQL Azure Federations which will support sharding at the database level in 2011.

微软将在2011年发布SQL Azure Federations，它将支持数据库级别的分片。

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SQL Azure Federations will support a new connection called FILTERING used to work with federated data and provide the re-partitioning component which will support full-availability.

SQL Azure Federations将支持一种新的名为FILTERING的连接，用于处理federated data并提供了重新分区的组件，该组件将支持完整的可用性。

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