windows azure and the cloud: what it’s all about

WINDOWS AZURE

Maarten Balliauw@maartenballiauwRealDolmenTechnical Consultant Windows Azure

Maarten Balliauw

@maartenballiauw

Who am I?

Web & cloudWindows Azure

http://blog.maartenballiauw.be

Save time and money Enable new scenarios

Why Cloud?

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Actual Load

Allocated IT-capacities

“Waste“ of capacities

“Under-supply“ of capacities

Fixed cost of IT-capacities

Load Forecast

Barrier forinnovations

however, in a Cloud View

Actual Load

Allocated IT capacities

Reduction of initial

investments

Reduction of “over-supply“

No “under-supply“

Possible reduction of IT-

capacities in case of reduced load

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instant wins

On and off Scale fast, fail fast Burst scenarios

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Software-as-a-Serviceconsume

“SaaS”Platform-as-a-Service

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“PaaS”Infrastructure-as-a-

Servicehost

“IaaS”

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datacenters around the world

San Antonio, TXApprox 477K sq ft, 27MW, uses recycled water for cooling

Chicago, IL707,000 square feet with critical power of 60 MW, uses water side economization, containers

Dublin, IrelandApprox 570K sq ft, up to 27MW, uses outside air for cooling.

Windows Azure

demo

Getting Started with Windows Azure

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Server Rack 1 Server Rack 2

new virtual server new virtual server

Provision Virtual Servers Deploy App Code Configure Network

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Windows Azure Datacenter

Provision Virtual Servers Deploy App Code Configure Network

Windows Azure Datacenter

servicepackage

Provision Virtual Servers Deploy App Code Configure Network

Network Load Balancer

Windows Azure Datacenter

Network load-balancer configured for traffic

Provision Virtual Servers Deploy App Code Configure Network

multiple languages

demo

“Hello World”Using PHP

Infinite Scale

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Pay Only For What You Use.

Recovering from

Hardware Failures

Network Load Balancer

Windows Azure Datacenter

Smooth Updates

Network Load Balancer

Windows Azure Datacenter

Developer

Network Load Balancer

Windows Azure Datacenter

Developer

Developer

Windows Azure Datacenter

Production Staging

Network Load Balancer

demo

Staging & Production

Focus on Apps, not Infrastructure

buildingblocks

Storage

Storage Options

Blob Storage SQL Azure Database Table Storage

blob storage Highly scalable, durable, available file system

Blobs can be exposed publically over http

Can securely lock down permissions to blobs

demo

blob storage

SQL Azure Relational SQL Server Engine in the Cloud

Same Programming Model as SQL Server

Fully Managed Service

demo

SQL Azure

Messaging

Tightly Coupled

Store Front End

Drivers

Shipping Service

Tracking

Tightly Coupled

Store Front End

Shipping Service

Drivers

Tracking

Loosely Coupled

Store Front End

Drivers

Shipping Service

Tracking

Order Queue

Loosely Coupled

Store Front End

Order Queue Shipping Service

Drivers

Tracking

Loosely Coupled

Store Front End

Order Queue Shipping Service

Drivers

Tracking

Loosely Coupled

Store Front End

Order Queue

Tracking

Tracking

Shipping Service

Windows Azure

ServiceBus Queue

Internet

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ASP.NET Application

demo

Service Bus Queues

hybrid

Windows Azure

On Premises

Cloud Application

Existing Datacenter

Windows Azure

Service Bus Relay

On Premises

WCF Service

Cloud Application

buildingblocks

demo

Developer Guides

Open and Flexible

open source libraries Apache 2 License Multiple Languages Hosted on GitHub Contributions

Welcome http://github.com/windowsazure

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure

stackoverflow

Some examples

An example: MobistarThree-day campaign> 3mio unique visitorsComponents used:ComputeStorageCachingCDN(Content Delivery Network) Number of servers vs. actual load

An example: SyntraOnly uses the Access Control Service blockReduces maintenanceNo more identity integration issues

Moodle

Hosted Exchange

Other apps

An example: myShopiUses a lot of the Windows Azure componentsMobile application to share shopping listsiPhone, iPad, Android, WP7, Web, …Needs a back-end!Needs to scale!

An example: MyGetUses a lot of the Windows Azure components“Scale fast, fail fast”

Conclusion

Get started.

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What to remember?Cloud is here to stayWindows Azure isApplication servicesStorage servicesFoundation / integration services

Cloud is not all-or-nothingQuick winsOn and OffScale fast, fail fastPeak scenarios

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