2. Eric Nelson Application Architect, Microsoft ISV Team http://bit.ly/ukisvfirststop @ericnel http://bit.ly/ericnelson eric.nelson@microsoft.com Windows Azure Platform Roadmap

3. Looking Back Exciting 3 years October 2008 June 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

4. Mygreatwindowsazureidea.com Helping to steer our direction…

5. Then along came PDC 2010 Announcements for Windows Azure, SQL Azure and AppFabric http://player.microsoftpdc.com/ October 2010

6. Windows Azure November 2010 Update New Windows Azure Platform Management Portal Multiple Service Administrators (co-admins) Remote Desktop Full IIS Windows Server 2008 R2 & IIS 7.5 Elevated Privileges (Admin mode) Windows Azure Connect (CTP) Windows Azure Virtual Machine Role (beta) Extra Small Instances (beta) Implemented many requested features

7. Full IIS Web Roles previously using Hosted Web Core Only supported a single HTTP or HTTPS endpoint Web Roles now supporting Full IIS 7.0/7.5 Enables new scenarios Multiple IIS web sites Multiple virtual directories Configure IIS extensions Web Deploy for rapid development Enabling new scenarios

8. Startup Tasks & Admin Mode Silent MSIs, COM Components, Registry Keys, Configuring Windows Server Roles, etc. Enables short, unattended setups on role startup <Task commandline="relative\path\ToSetupExecutable.cmd" executionContext="limited|elevated" taskType=“simple|foreground|background"/>

9. DEMO Startup Tasks Enable Classic ASP using Register COM Objects Install AP.NET MVC 3 using webpi Full IIS Multiple Web Sites in the same Web Role http://things.smarx.com

10. SQL Azure Frequent small updates to the released service E.g. five between Feb. 2010 and Oct. 2010 Enhanced compatibility between SQL Azure and SQL Server Latest is the May Update Plus a Labs environment Lots done, lots more to do

11. SQL Azure May Update SQL Azure Management REST API a web API for managing SQL Azure servers. Multiple servers per subscription multiple SQL Azure servers per subscription. JDBC Driver updated database driver for Java applications DAC Framework 1.1 easier to deploy databases and in-place upgrades on SQL Azure. Something for everyone

12. SQL Azure Labs https://www.sqlazurelabs.com SQL Azure OData Service Access to SQL Azure databases using Microsoft's Open Data Protocol (OData) SQL Azure Data Sync (code-named Huron) Sync data between SQL Server and SQL Azure SQL Azure Import/Export Import and Export data (DAC 2.0 Feature CTP) Previews of new features

13. DEMO Management API

14. AppFabric April Update gave Caching, Access Control Services V 2.0 Offers a Labs environment to try new features May CTP live June CTP announced Lots done, lots more to do (sound familiar)

15. AppFabric Labs https://portal.appfabriclabs.com/ Queues New messaging infrastructure and durable store Unlimited sequences Auto “no duplicates” Scheduled delivery Topics Publish and Subscribe using Queues Subscription filters Previews of new features - May CTP

16. What to look forward to… Beta Extra Small compute instance Windows Azure VM Role CTP Windows Azure Connect Windows Azure Traffic Manager SQL Azure OData Service (labs) SQL Azure Reporting (Limited CTP) SQL Azure Data Sync (labs) AppFabric Service Bus enhancements (labs) Jam today, Jam tomorrow Announced SQL Azure Backup and Restore SQL Azure Federations SQL Azure codename “Austin” AppFabric Developer Tools AppFabric Application Manager AppFabric Composition Model Windows Azure Platform Appliance VM Role Support for Windows Server 2003 VM Role Support for Windows Server 2008 SP2 Constructing VM role images in the cloud Improved support for Java Missing? Tell us what you want…

17. Last week at TechEd Windows Azure Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 v1.2 Released ACS 2.0 support, Windows Azure storage queues SQL Azure SQL Azure May 2011 Update new REST API, multiple servers, updated JDBC driver, DAC Framework 1.1 Codename “Austin” Announced Microsoft StreamInsight as a service on Azure AppFabric AppFabric June CTP Announced June CTP AppFabric Developer Tools, Application Manager Composition Model AppFabric Service Bus May CTP Released Improved Queues, new pub/sub etc http://bit.ly/ly1fKv

18. Summary The Windows Azure Platform is very complete today Plan and code using todays features and capabilities Explore the future features and capabilities Tell us what is missing Enjoy today, look forward to tomorrow

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