Windows Azure SDK 1.7 and New Features Udaiappa Ramachandran NHDN-Cloud Computing UG Lead Email: udaiappa@gmail.com Blog: http://cloudycode.wordpress.com
Agenda New SDK 1.7 Portal Enhancement Storage Enhancement Server Explorer Cloud Services Web Sites Virtual machines SQL Database Cache
New SDK 1.7 Delivered thru Nuget Open Source Service Client API Already a release of storage client 1.7.1
New Portal http://windows.azure.com – Old Portal
Storage Feature Local Storage Geo-replicated Storage
Server Explorer Right from Visual Studio 2010 or 2012 Service Bus explorer Storage Explorer
Cloud Services Build infinitely scalable apps and services support rich multi-tier architectures automated application management focus on the app not the infrastructure
Web Sites Shared mode/ reserved mode Build with ASP.NET, Node.js or PHP Deploy in seconds with FTP, GIt or TFS Start for free, Scale up as your traffic grows 10 free websites
Virtual Machines windows Server and Linux Flexible Workload Support Virtual Private Networking (Hardware/Software based) Virtual machine portability --Hyper V (WA<-->Data Center), no lock in VM with persistent drive
Focus on the Application
SQL Database Relational SQL Server Engine in the Cloud Clustered for high availability Fully managed Service SQL Reporting support
Cache Low latency, in-memory distributed cache Dynamically grow and shrink cache size High avaialblity support Memcached protocol support
Announcement
Resource Windows Azure http://www.windowsazure.com
Q & A