Microsoft Windows Azure development cookbook : over 80 advanced recipes for developing scalable services with the Windows Azure platform / Neil Mackenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackenzie, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows Azure.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Mackenzie Neil: Neil Mackenzie has worked with computers for nearly 3 decades. He started his computer career doing large-scale numerical simulations for scientific research and business planning. Since then, he has primarily been involved in healthcare software and developing electronic medical record systems. He has been using Microsoft Azure since PDC 2008 and has used nearly all parts of the Microsoft Azure platform, including those parts that no longer exist. Neil is very active in the online Microsoft Azure community, contributing to the MSDN Microsoft Azure forums in particular. He is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Azure.

Summary:

Over 80 advanced recipes for developing scalable services with the Windows Azure platform

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Preface; Chapter 1: Controlling Access in the Windows Azure Platform; Introduction; Managing Windows Azure Storage Service access keys; Connecting to the Windows Azure Storage Service; Using Set Configuration Setting Publisher(); Connecting to the storage emulator; Managing access control for containers and blobs; Creating a Shared Access Signature for a container or blob; Using a container-level access policy; Authenticating against the Windows Azure Service Management REST API

Authenticating with the Windows Azure App Fabric Caching Service Chapter 2: Handling Blobs in Windows Azure; Introduction; Setting properties and metadata for a blob; Using blob directories; Creating and using a blob snapshot; Creating and using the root container for blobs; Uploading blocks to a block blob; Uploading a VHD into a page blob; Downloading a blob asynchronously; Optimizing blob uploads and downloads; Using retry policies with blob operations; Copying a blob with the Windows Azure Storage Service REST API

Leasing a blob using the Protocol classes in the Windows Azure Storage Client Library Using the Windows Azure Content-Delivery Network (CDN); Chapter 3: Going NoSQL with Windows Azure Tables; Introduction; Creating a table; Creating a data model and context for an entity; Using entity group transactions; Diagnosing problems when using the Table service; Handling concurrency with the Table service; Choosing a Partition Key and Row Key for a table; Using continuation tokens and server-side paging; Performing asynchronous queries; Performing queries in parallel

Handling the Writing Entity and Reading Entity events Chapter 4: Disconnecting with Windows Azure Queues; Introduction; Managing Windows Azure queues; Adding messages to a queue; Retrieving messages from a queue; Storing large amounts of data for a message; Implementing a backoff when polling a queue; Identifying and handling poison messages; Chapter 5: Developing Hosted Services for Windows Azure; Introduction; Choosing the service model for a hosted service; Choosing which Windows Azure storage type to use; Configuring the service model for a hosted service

Hosting multiple websites in a web role Providing a custom domain name for a hosted service; Implementing HTTPS in a web role; Sharing session state with the Windows Azure App Fabric Caching Service; Using local storage in an instance; Using startup tasks in a Windows Azure Role; Managing upgrades and changes to a hosted service; Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a hosted service; Using an Azure Drive in a hosted service; Using the Azure Drive simulation in the development environment; Using a VM Role; Using Windows Azure Connect

Consuming data from the Windows Azure Market Place Data Market

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613308368

9781283308366

1283308363

9781849682237

1849682232

OCLC:

797917518