1. Microsoft Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group
4/29/2019
Casablanca
Niklas Gustafsson
Principal Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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2. Introducing Casablanca

3. Casablanca…
… is not part of Windows Our intent is to turn this into cross-platform Azure SDK for C++
… is an incubation effort We want your thoughts and feedback on what features are important and not important May take some time before its released as supported software
… should not be used for production code If you tell us you don’t need it, we many never ship it If you tell us it needs to change, it may look very different in the future

4. Why Developers Choose C++
Close to the hardware
Performance, efficiency, control
Real-to-life experiences, faster time-to-answer
Cross-platform
Other platforms, other OSs
Maximize ROI
Compatible
Existing source and know-how
Other programming languages

5. C++ Cloud Scenarios Performance-intensive services
Signal processing (Shazam, Google Goggles, codecs)
Entertainment (rendering, game servers)
Massive-scale services (Bing, Google, etc.)
Science/engineering (CFD, big math, weather, etc.)
Re-engineering for cloud
Need to retrofit for manageability, scalability, fault tolerance, asynchrony
ISV (Database, , video/telephony, gaming, etc.)
LOB services

6. Casablanca Enables Client access to REST services using modern C++
Writing Azure-based and on-premises REST services in modern C++
Composing asynchronous libraries in C++
Using the proven actors pattern in C++

7. Architecture Async File I/O Timers Binary Serializers JSON
Parser & Writer
Azure / IIS Host
Windows 7 Host
Windows 7 / 8
IOCP
PPL
WinHTTP
HTTP
Client & Listener
TCP
Web Sockets
UDP
Apps & Libraries
Azure Storage
Windows Live
Xbox
Live
C++
Actors
Bing
Maps
Foundation
Casablanca Lib
Service Host
Possible 3rd Party

8. A look at code

9. A look at code Trivial HTTP service Hosted HTTP service
Simple Windows 8 HTTP client
BlackJack game service
Windows 8 game client

10. Summary

11. We want your feedback!

12. Microsoft Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group
4/29/2019
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.