Apparently one must explicitly specify (whitelist) the IP addresses that will be allowed access to a SQL Azure DB. I want, though, to have N-gazillion* users that will access these tables for data specific to them.
- delusions of grandeur/megalomania
Will these need to first provide me with their IP address so that I can add it as a valid entry, or is there a programmatic way to do it, or some other workaround?
It would be advisable to have some sort of middle ware access the db and not your clients directly.
However if you want any IP to be able to connect to the db just add this entry to the firewall list:
Azure Portal -> Databases -> Servers -> Configure and add the following rule: