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Hi all,

I have been doing projects in C#.NET winforms applications for sometime now. Normally in all my winform associated projects I use SQL server for data management. But now I got an interesting requirement from one of my customer.

Instead of SQL he wants me to use google cloud to store data. It sounds very interesting to me but really I have no idea. I mean, i even don't know which type of programming language should i use for this purpose. Should i use ASP.NET or C#.NET?

I just know that ASP.NET is used for creating web based application and i never used it. But my requirement doesn't need to be an web application. Say for example, I read data from the instrument and store some data into my winform listbox. At the event of button click I want to upload the listbox data into the cloud account of my customer(sorry if i am too idiotic).

I googled regarding my requirement but couldn't get a clarification.So i request for a guidance from someone whether can i go with C#.NET or anyother language to achieve my requirement? If it cannot be done (or not advisable to do) using C#.NET please suggest me which language can I use. I am willing to learn and do it.

What I have tried:

c# - How can you host a desktop application in cloud? - Stack Overflow[^]

Cloud Control for ASP.NET[^]
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Sinisa Hajnal 17-Jan-17 8:46am    
IF its only data storage that needs to be on the cloud (as implied by your question), think about the cloud as remote database. That is all, you don't have to change anything in the application except Data Access Layer by adding new Repository type. For details, you will have to consult google API documentation.
Member 11905879 18-Jan-17 1:07am    
Yes I want cloud to act like an remote/online database. So you mean that still i can use winforms but i need to use google API, right?
[no name] 17-Jan-17 8:47am    
First of all. ASP.NET is not a programming language.
https://www.google.com/webhp?q=c%23%20store%20data%20google%20cloud

So yes, it is possible
Member 11905879 18-Jan-17 1:10am    
OK, thanks for your clarification & the link support.
Philippe Mori 17-Jan-17 15:19pm    
However it might make sense to have a server anyhow and communicate with a server instead of directly communicate with a remote database... That way, the client code depends on a web service instead of the actual database and it would typically also be more secure as there are no database access.

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