1. Understanding SaaS Architecture
Gianpaolo Carraro – Fred Chong
Architecture Strategy Team
Microsoft
September 25-26, 2006 | San Francisco |

2. Why Architecture? Very Visible Business Opportunities Often Overlooked
Architectural Challenges
Business Opportunities
Architectural Challenges
Serving the “long tail”
“try before you buy”
Subscription model
Business SLAs
Multi-tenancy / Scale
Self service / Automatic provisioning
Metering / Billing
SLA Monitoring/Enforcement
(examples)

3. SaaS Ecosystem Consumption Architecture Aggregation Architecture??
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SaaS Ecosystem
Consumption Architecture
Aggregation Architecture??
Application Architecture
Delivery Architecture
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4. Application Architecture
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Application Architecture
Application Architecture
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5. The SaaS Architecture Shift Single Instance – Multi-tenant
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The SaaS Architecture Shift Single Instance – Multi-tenant
Scaleable
Configurable
Multi-tenant efficient
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6. Meta Data Driven Application Instances
Virtual application instance
Application Configuration and Designer Tools
User Interface
Workflow and Rules
Entity Model
Configurability
Meta Data Service
Multi-tenant efficiency
Application Runtime (same code image)
Tenant Profile
and
Configuration Data
Farm of deployed application runtime components
Scaleability

7. Multi-Tenant Data Continuum

8. “Basic” SaaS Maturity Model
2 Configurable (single tenant)
1 Ad-hoc / Custom
4 Configurable Multi tenant Scalable
3 Configurable Multi tenant

9. Consumption Architecture
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Consumption Architecture
Consumption Architecture
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10. Software + Services 3 key take away: “on premise” + “in the cloud”
Composition Architecture
3 key take away:
“on premise” + “in the cloud”
Integration
Composition
The application-centric view of IT.
IT as a portfolio of services
Consumption Architecture
Software + Services

11. On Premise or in the Cloud ?
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On Premise or in the Cloud ?
TECHNICAL
POLITICAL
FINANCIAL
LEGAL gp
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12. Integration

13. Composition

14. Delivery Architecture
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Delivery Architecture
Delivery Architecture
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15. Service Delivery Platform: Operational
SaaS Application
SaaS Application
SaaS Application
SaaS Application
Management Agent
Access Control
Metering
Order Management
Service Delivery Platform Runtime
Provisioning
Security Log
Management Log
Usage Tracking
Identity Management
Billing
CRM
Performance
Availability
Security
SLA Monitoring
Management Alerts
Call Center Support System

16. Service Delivery Platform: Certification and Marketing
Review and Feedback
SaaS Application
Staging and Testing Platform
SaaS Application
SaaS Application
Application Catalog and Ranking
Service Delivery Platform - Operational
Test Suites

17. Call to Action Come to the Microsoft Booth
Visit SaaS architecture Website
Read our blogs
Coming up:
Sample SaaS Application – CTP in October
Architecture Workshop
Architecture papers on service delivery and aggregation

18. SaaS is a journey, walk with us
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SaaS is a journey, walk with us
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