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Commonly it refers to a bright blue, resembling the sky on a bright, clear day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure

Datacenter Business logic Respond to hardware failures Add storage capacity Handle increase in traffic Diagnose service failures Apply OS patches Perform live upgrade for new feature Expand to new locale Service “glue” and operations …

… . Service 1 Service 2 Service N Service 3 ……

Familiar tools, languages, and frameworks with .NET and Visual Studio Provides the choice to build on-premises, cloud, or hybrid solutions Integrate with existing assets such as AD and premises applications Multiple protocol support including HTTP, REST, SOAP, AtomPub Broad investment in open, community-based access to Azure services Simple scenarios are simple – complex scenarios are possible Services hosted in Microsoft’s data centers Designed for high availability & scalability

Familiar tools, languages, and frameworks with .NET and Visual Studio

Provides the choice to build on-premises, cloud, or hybrid solutions

Integrate with existing assets such as AD and premises applications

Multiple protocol support including HTTP, REST, SOAP, AtomPub

Broad investment in open, community-based access to Azure services

Simple scenarios are simple – complex scenarios are possible

Services hosted in Microsoft’s data centers

Designed for high availability & scalability

Storage Services Public Internet Web Role Load Balancer

Storage Service Public Internet Worker Role

Public Internet Web Role Storage Service Worker Role Load Balancer

Public Internet Web Role Storage Service Worker Role Load Balancer

Public Internet Web Role Storage Service Worker Role Load Balancer

Simple Interface: REST, ADO.NET Data Services

Azure ™ Services Platform

http://www.azure.com

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The nature of software development is radically changing ...

ARE YOU READY?

Prepare yourself for a demanding future. Attend the MSDN Developer Conference.

Experience Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform

Be among the first to see Windows 7

Take your .NET skills to the next level

The Cost? Just $99

To register, check out www.MSDNDevCon.com

RSVP Code: MDCDEV

Houston 12/9/08 Orlando 12/11/08 Atlanta 12/16/08 Chicago 1/13/09 Minneapolis 1/13/09 Washington, DC 1/16/09 New York 1/20/09 Boston 1/22/09 Detroit 1/22/09 Dallas 1/26/09 San Francisco 2/19/09

ONILNE: Find our tag under #MSDNDevCon at Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Delicious and Twemes

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