Windows & SQL Azure Overview

1. Windows & SQL Azure Overview Karthikeyan Anbarasan Microsoft MVP www.f5debug.Net

2. Karthikeyan Anbarasan Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET/IIS Founder of www.F5debug.Net Author, Blogger, Speaker Author of the SQL Server Integration Services Step by Step Tutorials free eBook MCP, MCAD, MCSD, MCTS. Mindcracker and Dotnetfunda MVP. About Me

3. What we Cover? • Cloud Fundamentals • Windows Azure • Windows Azure Architecture • Windows Azure Components • Windows Azure Demo • SQL Azure • SQL Azure Portal • SQL Azure Demo • Q & A

4. What is a “Cloud”? • Cloud: on-demand, scalable, multi-tenant, self-service compute and storage resources Demand Demand Time Overprovisioned Time Under provisioned Server Provisioning Cloud Provisioning

5. Cloud Fundamentals • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): basic compute and storage resources • On-demand servers • Amazon EC2, VMWarevCloud • Platform as a Service (PaaS): cloud application infrastructure • On-demand application-hosting environment • E.g. Google AppEngine, Salesforce.com, Windows Azure • Software as a Service (SaaS): cloud applications • On-demand applications • E.g. Office 365, GMail, Microsoft Office Web Companions

6. Cloud Benefits Windows Azure

7. Windows Azure • The Windows Azure Platform is an Internet-scale cloud computing and services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers. • Windows Azure Platform includes the foundation layer of Windows Azure as well as a set of developer services which can be used individually or together. • Provides the best and most comprehensive platform as a service offering for building, deploying and running cloud applications. Open and Flexible Ready for Next Generation Applications Leverage Existing Investments

8. Look inside Azure Architecture

9. Azure Components

10. Windows Azure Roles • Web Role Instance • It accepts incoming HTTP and HTTPS Requests • It runs on the VM that includes IIS 7.0 • It can be implemented using ASP.NET, WCF Silverlight UI Input Http/Https Request Web Roles Instance ASP.Net UI WCF Service

11. Windows Azure Roles • Worker Role Instance • It does not have IIS Configured. • It is not hosted on IIS. • It functions like a background job • It cannot gets input from outside world directly • It takes batch job and runs indefinately Input from Webrole / Queue Output to Blob, Tables and Queues Worker Roles Instance

12. Desktop <==> Azure Concepts Windows Azure • Service Package • Service Configuration • Service Definition • Service Role • Web Role • Worker Role • Internet Data Stores Desktop • EXE • Application Configuration • Manifest • DLL • Windows Forms Library • Windows Service • Local Data Stores

13. Windows Azure Demo Building the Application

14. SQL Azure

15. SQL Azure • SQL Azure Database is a cloud database service from Microsoft. • SQL Azure provides web-facing database functionality as a utility service. • SQL Azure is a key component of the Microsoft data platform offering flexibility and scalability; reliability and security; and developer agility. • Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Azure can provide many benefits, including • rapid provisioning • cost-effective scalability • high availability • reduced management overhead.

16. SQL Data Storage Services (SDS) SDS is built on three key pillars • Storage for all data types from birth to archival • Rich data processing services • Operational excellence • Scale free • High Availability • Geo Replication • On-Demand Service • Easy to use

17. SQL Azure Management Portal Demo on how to use the SQL Azure Management Portal

18. Resources & Contact Details • You can contact me for any help @ Karthikeyan@f5debug.net • For Azure quick starts look at www.windowsazure.com

19. Thanks!!!