1. Introduction to Windows Azure Cloud Services
Yuval Mazor
Senior Architect, Sela Group
@yuvmaz

2. Agenda Quick recap of The Cloud and Windows Azure Demo
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Storage
Introduction to Mobile Services
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3. What is the Cloud?
‘The Cloud’ is a term used to describe a number of different technologies, offered by different vendors
Common properties:
Scalable
Available over the Internet
Pay only for what you use
Usage scenarios:
- Expected Load - Unexpected Load
- Bursting
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4. What is Windows Azure? The Microsoft public cloud offering
An approach to computing that’s about internet scale and connecting to a variety of devices and endpoints
Contains many capabilities:
- Compute - Storage
- Database - Caching
- Authentication - More…
Deployed in Microsoft datacenters across the world
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5. Linguistics Data Collection
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6. Sample Application Architecture
ASP.NET MVC 4 (Web Application)
Windows Azure:
Host it using Cloud Services
Data is stored and retrieved from Azure Storage
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7. Resources Windows Azure main page – http://www.windowsazure.com
Windows Azure Training Kit -
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9. Windows Azure is the Microsoft public Cloud
Ideal for quickly building and scaling applications
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