Windows Azure programming patterns for start-ups / Riccardo Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Riccardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows Azure.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [Eng.] : Packt Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Becker Riccardo: Riccardo Becker works full time as a principal IT architect for CGI in the Netherlands. He holds several certifications and his background in computing goes way back to 1998, when he started working with good old Visual Basic 5. 0 (or was it 6. 0? ). Ever since, he has fulfilled several roles, such as a developer, lead developer, architect, project leader, practice manager. Recently, he decided to accept the role of a principal IT architect where he focuses on innovation, cutting-edge technology, and specifically on Microsoft Azure, the Internet of Things, and cloud computing in general. In 2007, he joined the Microsoft LEAP program where he got a peek at the move Microsoft was about to make on their road to the cloud. Pat Helland gave him that insight, and since the first release of Microsoft Azure on PDC 2008, he started to focus on it, keeping track of the progress and the maturity of the platform. In the past few years, he has also done a lot of work on incubation with his employer, raising awareness of cloud computing in general and Microsoft Azure in particular.

Summary:

This book follows a step-by-step approach with clear transparent instructions, screenshots and code samples. This book is intended for Microsoft .NET developers who want to leverage the power of cloud and build a brand new service from scratch; it assumes a basic understanding of the .NET framework and C#.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Concepts of Windows Azure; Red Dog; Windows Azure announcement; A quick start on Windows Azure; How it works internally; First steps; Creating and deploying a website on Windows Azure; First deployment; Upgrade domains; Fault domains; Fabric Controller; Internals of a node; Deployment steps; Core components of Windows Azure; Compute; Web roles; Worker roles; Virtual machine roles; Database; SQL Database; Data Sync; Storage; Binary Large Object; Table Storage; Queue

Windows Azure driveBusiness analytics; Service Bus; Content delivery network; Caching; Virtual network; Windows Azure Connect; Windows Azure Traffic Manager; Windows Azure Active Directory; Marketplace; Summary; Chapter 2: A Startup Scenario; Introduction; BizSpark; Program roles; Enrolling into the program; Geotopia's goals; Geotopia prototype; TFS in the cloud; Connecting to TFS Preview; Summary; Chapter 3: Create Your Solution; Solution structure; Organizing a solution in VS 2010; Compute and storage emulators; Bing Maps; Adding Silverlight to cloud; Embedding Bing Maps

Setting up TFS previewConnecting with TFS Preview; Publishing to Windows Azure; Summary; Chapter 4: Storing Your Data; Storage; What is Windows Azure storage?; Blobs; Table storage; Queues; Inside storage; Storage architecture; Storage availability; Replication; Partitioning; Storage metrics; Table storage usage; A closer look at tables; Choose the right key; Geotopia data model; Adding an entity; Querying; Best practices; Table storage summary; Queue usage; A closer look at the queue; Creating a queue; Inserting a message; Retrieving a message; Queue operations; Idempotency; Using blobs

File transferUploading a file; Downloading the file; Storage best practices; Use exponential backoff; Summary; Chapter 5: SQL Database; Overview; Setting up SQL databases; Guidelines; Best practices; Encryption and security; Encryption demo; Data Sync; Supported datatypes in Data Sync; Securing Data Sync; Authentication; Setting up a Data Sync environment; Summary; Chapter 6: Key Features Explained; Service Bus; Getting started; Queues; Working with queues; A sample scenario; Comparison; Topics and subscriptions; Preparing the project; Using filters; Windows Azure Caching

Caching capabilitiesSetting it up; Caching examples; Adding items to the cache; Session state and output caching; Windows Azure Connect; Setting it up; Enabling a web role with Connect; Managing Connect; Testing connectivity; Other Connect capabilities; Access Control Service; Getting started; Adding an identity provider; Adding a relying party; Application integration; Integrating with Facebook; Traffic Manager; Setting it up; Round robin; Performance; Failover; Testing the policies; Failover scenario; Summary; Chapter 7: The Billing Aspects of Windows Azure; Basic billing details; Compute

Windows Azure SQL databases

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781283739078

1283739070

9781849685610

1849685614

OCLC:

818818956