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Microsoft Azure Introduction. ISYS 512. Microsoft Azure http:// msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ux/develop/dd163896.aspx.
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Microsoft Azure Introduction ISYS 512
Microsoft Azurehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ux/develop/dd163896.aspx • Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. • It provides both PaaS and IaaS services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks.
Working with Microsoft Azure • Local development environment • Visual Studio • Azure SDK for Visual Studio. Download Azure SDK for .Net from this website: • http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ • Azure Management Portal • Visual Studio Online (a paid service) • Azure components
The Components of Azurehttp://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/fundamentals-introduction-to-azure/ • 1. Compute: • Virtual machine • Website • cloud service
The Components of Azure • 2. Data Management: • Azure SQL Database • Storage Tables: Azure Tables provides a flat NoSQL way to store data. • Azure Blobs
The Components of Azure • 3. Mobile Services: • store data in the cloud • authenticate users • send push notifications
The Components of Azure • 4. Big Data: • HDInsight(Hadoop) • High-Performance Computing (Big Compute) • 5. Others
Creating an Azure Account • 1. Sign up for a Microsoft account. This is a regular Microsoft account and you can use any of your email as user name. • http://blog.onedrive.com/ • 2. Visit this page: http://www.microsoftazurepass.com/ • 3. Select the country and enter your code. • 4. Click Submit. This will open a page with a Sign In button. • 5. Click Sign In button and sign in with your Microsoft account • 6. Complete some requested info to complete the registration.
Azure Management Portal Demo • Azure Website: • http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/ • Account • Portal
Creating a New Storage Account • Click Storage, then click New • Assign a name • Choose a server location: • West USA
Creating a SQL Server Database(You need to create a SQL server username and password) • Click SQL Databases, then click New • Assign a database name • Choose a server • Click Manage to open the database: • Login to the SQL Server with user name and password • Select Design to define the tables • Click Save to save the design • Enter data: • Click New Query • Enter an SQL Insert Into statement • Click Run
Visual Studio 2013 Tools for Azure • Server Explorer • Windows Azure • Connecting to Azure: • Right Click Windows Azure, then select Connect to Windows Azure • Windows Azure: • Storage • SQL Databases • SQL Server Object Explorer • SQL Server Object Explorer • Right Click SQL Server and select Add SQL Server • Select the server • Login with user name and password
Example: Add a Foreign Key Constraint to CID Field of the Orders table • Select Orders table, then right click and select View Designer • Add the foreign key constraint to the CID field: • references dbo.customer (CID)
Demo: Creating a website with a page to show customer records with a dataGrid view. • New Project • Visual C#/ Web/ASP.Net Web Application • Select a template: • Empty • Check: Web Forms, and check Create remote resources • Project/Add New Item to add a web form. • Open SQL Server Explorer and Add Server • Add a connection using server Explorer • Drag and Drop table from the Connection to the webform • Test run • Project/Publish