A Tour Around the Windows Azure Platform Wade Wegner Windows Azure Technical Evangelist

Objectives Brief review of core services and concepts Recent enhancements over the last 6 months Demos of new services & features 2

Windows Azure Platform Provide the best and most comprehensive Platform as a Service offering for building, deploying, and running cloud applications Open and Flexible Leverage Existing Investments Next Generation Applications

Windows Azure Platform Core Services Compute Scalable environment for running code Enables.NET, C++, PHP, Ruby, Python, … Automated service management Storage Scalable and highly available cloud storage Blobs, Tables, Queues, Drives REST APIs Database SQL Relational Database Familiar programming model & tools

DEMO Windows Azure Platform Core Services

Windows Azure Platform October 2008June 2010November 2009 February 2010 Updated Windows Azure CTP Announced VM Role, Project Sydney, and Windows Azure Platform pricing and SLAs Enabled Full Trust & PHP, Java, etc. applications Project “Dallas” CTP Windows Azure Update.NET Framework 4 OS Versioning CDN SQL Azure Update 50GB databases Spatial data support DAC support Windows Azure Platform generally available Announced the Windows Azure Platform First CTP of the Windows Azure Platform Announced SQL Azure Relational DB March 2009

Windows Azure November 2010 Update New Windows Azure Platform Management Portal Multiple Service Administrators (co-admins) Remote Desktop Full IIS Windows Server 2008 R2 Full IIS 7.0/7.5 Elevated Privileges Windows Azure Connect (CTP) Windows Azure Virtual Machine Role (beta) Extra Small Instances (beta)

Full IIS Web Roles previously using Hosted Web Core Only supported a single HTTP or HTTP endpoint Web roles now support Full IIS 7.05/7.5 Enables new scenarios Multiple IIS web sites Multiple virtual directories Configure IIS extensions Web Deploy for rapid development

Startup Tasks & Admin Mode Enables short, unattended setups on role startup Silent MSIs, COM Components, Registry Keys, Configuring Windows Server, etc.

DEMO Using Startup Tasks

Windows Azure Content Delivery Network Seattle, WA Dublin, IEDublin, IE London, GBLondon, GB Newark, NJNewark, NJ Amsterdam, NLAmsterdam, NL Sydney, AU Hong Kong, HKHong Kong, HK Miami, FLMiami, FL Chicago, IL San Antonio, TX Bay Area, CA Los Angeles, CALos Angeles, CA Paris, FRParis, FR Zurich, CHZurich, CH Vienna, ATVienna, AT São Paulo, BR Singapore, SGSingapore, SG Over 2 terabits per second of capacity is available at 99.95% availability from our 24 global locations. CDN service scales automatically without user intervention Taipei, TWNTaipei, TWN Seoul, KR North America RegionEurope RegionAsia Pacific Region Stockholm, SEStockholm, SE Ashburn, VA Tokyo, JP $0.15 GB Ingress$0.15 GB Ingress $0.01 per 10,000 transactions $0.01 per 10,000 transactions $0.15 GB Ingress$0.15 GB Ingress $0.01 per 10,000 transactions$0.01 per 10,000 transactions $0.20 GB Ingress$0.20 GB Ingress $0.01 per 10,000 transactions$0.01 per 10,000 transactions Priced per GB transferred/month (prices shown in USD)Priced per GB transferred/month (prices shown in USD) Moscow, RU Doha, QT

Windows Azure CDN Enabled from the Windows Azure Platform portal Integrated with Storage Recent Enhancements: Delivery from Windows Azure Compute instances Https support CTP of Smooth Streaming (coming soon)

DEMO Content Delivery Network

Access Control Service 2.0 Provide authn support using multiple identity providers Easily integrate Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, & AD Support for WS-Federation, WS-Trust, OpenID 2.0, Oauth 2.0 Familiar & Consistent.NET Programming Model Use the existing Windows Identity Foundation SDK & Runtime REST-based Service Management API Integrate into your existing applications and control panels Now Available No charge during promotion period ending January 1, 2012 Low cost after the promotion: $1.99 per 100,000 transactions

DEMO Access Control Service 2.0

Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Distributed in-memory cache for Windows Azure apps Integrate directly with the cache using a.NET client library Session state provider for Windows Azure applications Caching provided as a building block service Configure an AppFabric Namespace Choose your cache size Write code against the service Family & Consistent.NET APIs Same APIs as Windows Server AppFabric Available in production by end of April Start using the CTP today at

DEMO Windows Azure AppFabric Caching

Cloud Data Services SQL Azure Reporting SQL Server Reporting provided as a service Reports authored using existing tools (BIDS) and deployed to SQL Azure Reporting SQL Azure Data Sync Data synchronization provided as a service Sync to/from SQL Azure databases Sync between SQL Server and SQL Azure Windows Azure DataMarket Information marketplace for ISVs and IWs that provides trusted public domain & premium commercial data Now commercially available

Performance Matters

Windows Azure Traffic Manager Load balancing across multiple Hosted Services Now available in CTP Three scenarios enabled: Performance Directs the user to the best / closest deployment Performance Directs the user to the best / closest deployment Fault Tolerance Redirects Traffice to another deployment based on availability Fault Tolerance Redirects Traffice to another deployment based on availability Round Robin Traffic routed to deployments based on fixed ratio Round Robin Traffic routed to deployments based on fixed ratio

Managed Through the Portal

Windows Azure Platform Access Introductory Trail Available through September 30 th 2011 Includes: Compute: 750 extra small hours + 25 small Storage: 20GB + 50K transactions Data Transfer: 20GB in & 20GB out Database: 1GB Web Edition (90 days) Sign-up: Windows Azure Pass Free 30-day access to the platform Includes Compute: 3 Small Instances Storage: 3GB + 250K transactions Data Transfer: 3 GB in & 3GB out Database: 2 x 1GB Web Edition Sign-up: Enter code: CloudCover

New & Updated MSDN Benefits UltimatePremiumProfessional Compute1500 hrs of small instances 1500 hrs of x-small instances 750 hrs of x-small instances Storage30GB25GB20GB Transactions2M1M250K Bandwidth35GB/35GB30GB/30GB25GB/25GB Database5GB Web Edition1GB Web Edition

Resources Windows Azure Platform Training Kit April 2011 Update Windows Azure Accelerator for Umbraco Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 BidNow Sample

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