introduction to windows azure

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Introduction to Windows Azure

Agenda

What is the cloud?What is Windows Azure?Windows Azure Usage ScenariosWindows Azure ComponentsHow should I get started?Conclusion

AcknowledgmentQ&A

What is the Cloud?

Book definition

IT Capacity – Less than ideal situation

IT Capacity – Ideal situation

Costs of owning IT operations

Buying or leasing spacePurchasing serversUtilitiesHiring network, server and security

administratorsOverall maintenance of hardware, software

and human resources

Electrification Phenomenon

Benefits

No need to buy, configure, and maintain: Hardware and the OS Network infrastructure Routers, switches and load-balancers Data centers, power and Internet connection Failover

Pay for useShare perishable computingImprove time to marketScale up or down as needed (tax-time, payroll

processing, etc.)

Types of Cloud

What is Windows Azure?

Operating System for the Cloud

Windows Azure Components

Windows Azure Components

Windows Azure

Windows Azure Compute

Windows Azure Storage

Fabric Controller

Content Distribution Network (CDN)

Azure Connect

SQL Azure

SQL Azure Data Sync

Windows Azure App Fabric

Windows Azure Marketplace

Windows Azure Usage Scenarios

On and Off

Growing Fast

Predictable Bursting

Unpredictable Bursting

Developing for Windows Azure

How should I get started?

How should I get started?

Azure SDK & Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=

15658 Windows Azure Platform Training Kit

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8396 Developing Applications for Windows Azure

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg433098.aspx Introducing the Windows Azure Platform, David Chappell

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158011 Windows Azure Blobs: Programming Blob Storage

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153400 Windows Azure Tables: Programming Table Storage

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153401 Windows Azure Queues: Programming Queue Storage

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153402

Conclusion

Cloud computing is the future; so

get on the cloud

bandwagon now!

Acknowledgment / References

This is where I got most of the content from David Chappell

http://www.davidchappell.com/ MSDN – Windows Azure Platform

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd163896.aspx

Windows Azure Jump Start http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-Azure-Jump-Sta

rt-01-Windows-Azure-Overview

Questions?