Windows Azure programming patterns for start-ups [electronic resource] / Riccardo Becker.

ISBN:

9781849685610

9781849685603

Title:

Windows Azure programming patterns for start-ups [electronic resource] / Riccardo Becker.

Author:

Becker, Riccardo.

Personal Author:

Becker, Riccardo.

Publication Information:

Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Windows Azure Programming Patterns for Start-ups; Windows Azure Programming Patterns for Start-ups; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Instant Updates on New Packt Books; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. The Concepts of Windows Azure; Red Dog; Windows Azure announcement; A quick start on Windows Azure; How it works internally.

First stepsCreating 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 drive; Business analytics; Service Bus; Content delivery network; Caching; Virtual network; Windows Azure Connect; Windows Azure Traffic Manager; Windows Azure Active Directory; Marketplace; Summary; 2. A Startup Scenario; Introduction.

BizSparkProgram roles; Enrolling into the program; Geotopia's goals; Geotopia prototype; TFS in the cloud; Connecting to TFS Preview; Querying Tasks; Summary; 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 preview; Connecting with TFS Preview; Publishing to Windows Azure; Summary; 4. Storing Your Data; Storage; What is Windows Azure storage?; Blobs; Table storage; Queues; Inside storage; Storage architecture; Storage availability; Fault domains.

Upgrade domainsReplication; Partitioning; Storage metrics; Table storage usage; A closer look at tables; Choose the right key; Keys for scaling; Keys for transactions; Geotopia data model; Adding an entity; Querying; Continuation tokens; 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 transfer; Uploading a file; Downloading the file; Storage best practices; Use exponential backoff; Summary; 5. SQL Database; Overview; Setting up SQL databases; Guidelines.

Best practicesEncryption and security; Encryption demo; Data Sync; Supported datatypes in Data Sync; Securing Data Sync; Authentication; Setting up a Data Sync environment; Summary; 6. Key Features Explained; Service Bus; Getting started; Queues; Working with queues; A sample scenario; Preparing the project; Sending messages; Receiving messages; Cross-domain communication; Comparison; Background information; Topics and subscriptions; Preparing the project; Using filters; Windows Azure Caching; Caching capabilities; Setting it up; Caching examples; Adding items to the cache.

Local Note:

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Title Subject:

Windows Azure.

Windows Azure. (OCoLC)fst01796039

Subject Term:

Cloud computing.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2012.

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Summary

A step-by-step guide to create easy solutions to build your business using Windows Azure services with this book and ebook.

Key Features Explore the different features of Windows Azure and its unique concepts. Get to know the Windows Azure platform by code snippets and samples by a single start-up scenario throughout the whole book. A clean example scenario demonstrates the different Windows Azure features. Book Description Leverage different Windows Azure components together with your existing Microsoft .NET skills to fully take advantage of the power of Windows Azure. Use this book to start small and end big by creating and using storage, cloud services, sql databases, networking, caching and other innovative technology to realize your first top-class Windows Azure service!"Windows Azure for Start-ups" is an incremental guide that will take you from the essentials of the Windows Azure platform up to the realization of your own cloud services running on the platform. You will learn how to apply different technologies of the Windows Azure platform with the help of examples all focusing on one single fictitious start-up scenario.This book is centred around a fictitious company called Geotopia that wants to build a brand new social network by using the Windows Azure platform. It will take the reader from the theory and rationale behind Windows Azure right to building services and coding C#.The books starts by outlining the concepts of Windows Azure. It then demonstrates how to set up a development environment and how to build your application by using different storage mechanisms, applying different features from the Windows Azure platform and ending with the newest features explained from the latest release.Windows Azure for Startups will help you take full advantage of the Windows Azure platform and bring your new service online as quickly as possible. What you will learn Understand all the concepts and features of Windows Azure Prepare your Visual Studio environment for building Windows Azure services Learn to use Windows Azure storage like Blobs, Tables and Queues Integrate your services with popular identity providers like Facebook Leverage the power of Service Bus technology into your own service Implement common scenarios such as supporting existing user stores, user sign up, and supporting AJAX requests Learn the billing principles behind the different features of Windows Azure and how to keep track of the bill Understand SQL Database and bring the power of a relational database to the cloud Who this book is for

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#.