The Windows Azure Platform (MSDN Events Series)

Take Your Applications Sky High with Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform
Dave Bost
Developer Evangelist
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For developers who have a thirst for knowledge
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Session 01:Introduction to Microsoft Windows Azure

Agenda
Windows Azure in Action
Windows Azure Services Platform
Core Services
Getting Started
Roles
Developing Azure Applications

Objectives
How to get started with:
Windows Azure Platform
Windows Azure
Windows Azure Data Services
Web and Worker Roles
Development tools you need
Ability to develop Windows Azure applications

Demo
Live Windows Azure Application In The Cloud

What is Cloud Computing?
A New Style of Computing
Consumption Based Pricing
Hosting, Storage, Database, Other Services
Software as a Service (SaaS)
On-Demand Scale - Mammoth Capacity
High Availability and Reliable
Self-Service Management
Real and Here to Stay
Additive to the Enterprise, Not Replacing

What are the Windows Azure Use Cases?
On-Premise Application
and Cloud Storage
Hosting output of 3D design and archiving enterprise data
Scalable Web
Brand web site or photo sharing
service
Migration of Legacy
Applications to
Windows Azure
Move legacy applications
without re-architecting
the infrastructure
Scalable Web
Application with
Worker Role
Hosted inventory
management
integrated with
retail POS terminals
Using Windows Azure
Computational Power
Scientific computation
Large-scale data mining

Why Are We Here?Because Cloud Computing is Huge
At Microsoft:
1 billion: Windows Live ID authentications each day
3 to 4 billion: the # of emails filtered daily from >6 million mail boxes by Forefront
2 billion: the # of queries each month on Bing
450 million:Hotmail users (now 15 years old)
100 million:users that get Windows Update worldwide, (now 12 years old)
20 million:Xbox Live users (now 9 years old)
+400,000: square footage of our new datacenters
For You:
A new paradigm in computing

Platform Continuum
On-Premises
Servers
Hosted Servers
Cloud Platform
Bring your own machines, connectivity, software, etc.
Complete control
Complete responsibility
Static capabilities
Upfront capital costs for the infrastructure
Renting machines, connectivity, software
Less control
Fewer responsibilities
Lower capital costs
More flexible
Pay for fixed capacity, even if idle
Shared, multi-tenant infrastructure
Virtualized & dynamic
Scalable & available
Abstracted from the infrastructure
Higher-level services
Pay as you go

IaaS, PaaS and IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
SaaS
ApplicationsPackaged Software
PaaS
PlatformOS & Application Stack
PlatformOS & Application Stack
IaaS
InfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

Enterprise to Cloud
Corporate &Departmental Applications
Consumer to CloudPublicly Accessible
Web Sites, e-Stores & ISV SaaS Applications
Cloud Computing Examples
Cloud as a Hub Between Multiple Companies
Enterprise to Enterprise
Company A
Company B
Company

Driving Forces
ISVs & SaaS Applications
Mid-Market Enterprise
Enterprise Application Migration
Start-ups & Experimental Initiatives
Cloud Seen as a Fast Lane to Get to Market Faster
Seasonal Businesses
Under Pressure to Dramatically Reduce I.T. Costs
Cloud Seen as a Competitive Edge

Where the Cloud is Compelling

Microsoft Data Centers
Vision
Go Inside
Energy Efficient
Containers

Windows Azure
Fabric – Service Management Infrastructure
Hosting – Applications, Web Services, Workers
Storage – Blobs, Queues, Tables, Drives
Frictionless Upgrades
Compute
Storage
Management
Compute
Storage
Management
Management
Relational data
Connectivity
Access control

SQL Azure
Core Database Functionality, Subset of SQL Server
Database available in limited sizes 1GB, 10GB
Management
SQL Data Sync
Management
Relational data
Compute
Storage
Management
Management
Relational data
Connectivity
Access control

Windows Azure AppFabric
Service Bus
Access Control Service
Management
Compute
Storage
Management
Management
Relational data
Connectivity
Access control

Windows Azure Cloud Fabric
Multiple virtual instances
Easily provision of applications
Detect failures
Spin up new instances to replace the failed ones
How many instances and what role they will play
Load balances and DNS
Elasticity of the service… scaling up/down number of instances

Windows Azure
Your
Service
DNS
LB
Web Portal
(API)
LB
Fabric
Controller

Service
Service
Service
Model
Your
Service
DNS
LB
Web Portal
(API)
DNS
config
LB
Service Deployment
Fabric
Controller

Your
Service
Service
Service
DNS
Service
Service
Service
Service
Service
LB
Service
Web Portal
(API)
LB
Model
Service Scaling
Fabric
Controller

Your
Service
Service
DNS
Service
Service
Service
LB
Web Portal
(API)
!
LB
Model
Service Monitoring & Recovery
Fabric
Controller

Windows Azure DevFabricLocal Developer Simulation of AppFabric
Simulated “Cloud Experience” for Development
Routes cloud requests to local machine
Simulates data storage with local SQL server database
Azure SQL simulated with local SQL Server database

Developer Experience
Developer Experience
Use existing skills and tools
Leverage Existing Skills in .NET, SQL Server, WCF
Use Familiar tools – Visual Studio, SSMS
RESTful HTTP cloud services, supports PHP, Python
Cloud apps can be developed locally / offline
SDK Cloud Simulator – Dev Fabric, Dev Storage

Getting Started With Windows AzureThe Windows Azure SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/

Service Management
Automated Service ManagementProvisioning, Patching, Upgrades
Fabric
Self ManagementDeploy, Promote, Scale, Upgrade
Management Portal
Programmatic ManagementProgrammatic deployments upgrades, etc. API for doing what the portal does
Management API

Getting Started with Windows AzureThe Windows Azure Platform Portal
Provision
Deploy
Promote
Stop/Start
Scale
Upgrade
Delete

Windows Azure SDK Features
C# and VB Visual Studio project templates
Windows Azure Cloud Service solution with multiple roles.
Tools to manage and configure roles
Local Development Fabric
Local Development Storage services
Local Cloud Service debugging support
Cloud Service package and deployment builder
No SDK Required for SQL Azure

Defining the Web and Worker Roles
WEB ROLE
WORKER ROLE
Interacts with end-user
or web services
Handles incoming
HTTP/HTTPS requests
Develop with Microsoft and
non-Microsoft tools:
ASP.NET, WCF, other .NET tools
Java, PHP, etc.
Does not accept
incoming requests
Initiates their own requests
for data or tasks from
the queue
Similar to a "batch job"
or Windows service

Windows Azure Role Details
Web Roles
Define a single HTTP endpoint and a single HTTPS endpoint for external clients
Worker Roles
Define internal endpoints for HTTP, TCP
May receive work from Windows Azure Storage Queues
Web and Worker Roles
Can make outbound HTTP/S or .NET Framework class library socket connections to Internet accessible resources
Can access Windows Azure Storage services via REST APIs or the Windows Azure Storage Client Library.

Service Models & Roles
Bid Now Service
Worker X
Web A
(port 80)
Main Web
100 instances
Image Resize
2 instances
Worker Y
Auction Processing
25 instances
Web B
(port 8081)
Admin
2 instances
Worker Z
Notifications
10 instances

Windows Azure Roles in Visual Studio

Demo
Building Our First Cloud Application
With Microsoft Windows Azure

Application Concerns—Hardware
Server Instances
Plan for peak usage scenarios
Plan for redundancy to reduce down time
Make up-front capital expenditures
Servers
Networking / Load Balancers
Software Licensing
Hardware Diagnostics & Failure Recovery
Detection of failures
Repair or replacement
Backup parts on-hand

Azure Solution– Hardware
Hardware Acquisition
No up-front capital expenditures
Windows Azure provides redundancy
Windows Azure scales to meet peak usage
Hardware Diagnostics & Failure Recovery
Windows Azure detects hardware failures
Windows Azure dynamically repairs itself

Application Concern – Network Security
Network Security
Network Topology & Connectivity
Firewall Rules & Maintenance
De-Militarization Zone (DMZ)
Institutional Resistance to Change

Azure Solution – Azure Network Security
Network Security
Network Topology & Connectivity
Created on the fly from configuration
Firewall Rules & Maintenance
Provided and configurable
De-Militarization Zone (DMZ)
Provided
Institutional Resistance to Change
Moves many security concerns to the cloud

Conclusion
You are now Windows Azure savvy…
You’ve seen Windows Azure in action…
You’ve learned about the platform and its components and core services
You understand instance roles
You know the tools you will need to begin
You’re excited to use this new technology
And you can hardly wait for session 2 on data…

Resources – Windows Azure Platform
Windows Azure Developer Platformhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/
Channel 9 videoshttp://channel9.msdn.com/azure
Windows Azure Platform Training Kithttp://www.azure.com
Microsoft PDC 2009http://microsoftpdc.com/
Windows Azure SDKhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/developers/

Session 02: Windows Azure Platform Data Storage

Agenda
Windows Azure Platform Data Storage Options
Getting Started with SQL Azure Data Storage
Getting Started with Windows Azure Data Storage
Blobs
Tables
Queues
Drives
Inspecting the contents of Windows Azure Data Storage

Objectives
Learn the data storage options offered by the Windows Azure Platform and become familiar with choosing and using the appropriate one for your application

Azure Platform Data Storage Options
SQL Azure
Relational data storage
Windows Azure Data Storage
Blobs
Unstructured data storage
Tables
Semi-structured or tabular data storage
Queues
Buffered delivery data storage
Drives
Durable NTFS volumes that Windows Azure applications can use. See: http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC14

SQL Azure Features
Supported
Tables, Indexes, Views
Stored Procedures
Triggers
Constraints
Table Variables
Temp Tables (#Name)
Not Supported
Physical Server Access
Catalog DDL
Common Language Runtime
Service Broker
Reporting Services
Analysis Services
Distributed Transactions and Queries

SQL Azure
Initial Services
Database – Core SQL Server database capabilities
Future Services
Data Sync – Enables the sync framework
Additional SQL Server capabilities available as a service: Business Intelligence and Reporting
New services: Reference Data and Secure Data Hub

SQL AzureDeployment
Web Portal
(API)
DB Script
SQL Azure
TDS

SQL AzureAccessing databases
Web Portal
(API)
Your App
SQL Azure
TDS
Change Connection String

Database Replicas
Single Database
Multiple Replicas
Replica 1
Single Primary
Replica 2
DB
Replica 3

SQL AzureDatabase Monitoring & Recovery
Web Portal
(API)
!
Your App
SQL Azure
TDS

SQL Azure Server Creation

SQL Azure Firewall Maintenance
Simple rules
Easy one-screen portal maintenance

SQL Azure Database Connection String
An administrative user is created with the server
User has system administrator permissions likesa”
Server=tcp:itte80vcfq.database.windows.net; Database=FabrikamAzureDB;User ID=FredSa;Password=myPassword;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;

Demo
SQL Azure Database Application

Database Migrations
Scripts
Transfer Schema
BCP
Transfer Data
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Service)
Transfer Schema and Data

Database Migrations (Cont.)
The SQL Azure Migration Wizard helps you migrate your local SQL Server 2005 / 2008 databases into SQL Azure. The wizard walks you through the selection of your SQL objects, creates SQL scripts suitable for SQL Azure, and allows you to migrate your data.”
http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/

Database Management using SQL Management Studio

Getting Started with Windows Azure Data Storage

Account Name / Key
AccountName
A unique name identifying the Azure Data Storage
AccountKey
A blob of encrypted data used for authentication

Windows Azure Data Storage - Blobs
Unstructured data storage
Partitioned by container
Unlimited containers

Demo
Windows Azure Data Storage – BlobsThe GuestBook Application
Examining the contents ofWindows Azure Data Storage

Examining Windows Azure Data Storage

Demo
Examining the contents of

Windows Azure Data Storage - Tables
Windows Azure Table provides scalable, available, and durable structured (or semi-structured) storage in the form of tables.
The tables contain entities, and the entities contain properties.
The tables are scalable to billions of entities and terabytes of data, and may be partitioned across thousands of servers.
The tables support ACID transactions over single entities and rich queries over the entire table.
Simple and familiar .NET and REST programming interfaces are provided via ADO.NET Data Services.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153401

Windows Azure Data Storage – Tables (Terms Part 1)
Table – contains a set of entities.
Entity (Row) – Entities are the basic data items stored in a table.
Property (Column) – This represents a single value in an entity.
PartitionKey– The first key property of every table. The system uses this key to automatically distribute the table’s entities over many storage nodes.

Windows Azure Data Storage – Tables (Terms Part 2)
RowKey– A second key property for the table. This is the unique ID of the entity within the partition it belongs to.
Timestamp – Every entity has a version maintained by the system.
Partition – A set of entities in a table with the same partition key value.
Sort Order – There is a single index provided for the CTP, where all entities in a table are sorted by PartitionKey and then RowKey

Key Example – Blog Posts
Partition 1
Partition 2
Getting all of dunnry’s blog posts is fast
Single partition
Getting all posts after 2008-03-27 is slow
Traverse all partitions

SQL Azure and Windows Azure Table Comparison
Windows Azure Tables
SQL Azure Tables
Semi-structured
Loosely typed
Non-Relational (Not RDMS)
Massively scalable
Fully structured
Strongly typed
Relational (RDMS)
Highly scalable

Demo
Windows Azure Data Storage - Tables
The GuestBook Application

Windows Azure Data Storage - Queues
Buffered delivery data storage
Read at least once
Delete to remove message, otherwise is returned to queue
Partitioned by Queue Name

Azure Queues
RemoveMessage
GetMessage (Timeout)
Worker Role
PutMessage
Queue
Msg 1
Msg 2
Msg 2
Msg 1
Web Role
Worker Role
Worker Role
Msg 3
Msg 4
Msg 2

Demo
Windows Azure Data Storage - Queues
The GuestBook Application

Resources
Azure Portal
http://windows.azure.com
Tools
SQL Azure Migration Wizard
http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/
Azure Storage Explorer
http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=35189
Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC)
http://cloudfex.com/cs/blogs/cloud/archive/2009/05/17/windows-azure-management-tool-mmc.aspx
Windows Azure Forums
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/threads

ResourcesWindows Azure Data Storage
Haridas, Jai. “Windows Azure Tables and Queues Deep Dive”. Microsoft PDC. 2009. http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC09
Calder, Brad. “Windows Azure Blob Deep Dive”. Microsoft PDC. 2009. http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC14

Resources – White Papers
Windows Azure Table – Programming Table Storage
Windows Azure Blob – Programming Blob Storage
Windows Azure Queue – Programming Queue Storage

Session 03:Windows Azure ApplicationsFrom Construction through Deployment

Agenda
Build Web Application
Migrate Web Application to Windows Azure
Deploy to the Cloud
Migrate Database to SQL Server
Migrate SQL Database to SQL Azure
Deploy SQL Azure Database
Migrate Web Application to the Cloud

Objective
Understand the process of building and deploying web applications and databases to Windows Azure and SQL Azure.

Part 1 - Developing and Running Application From the Local DevFabric
Development Workstation
The Cloud
DevFabric
Web App

Demo
Part 1 - Developing and Running Application From the Local DevFabric

Part 2 - Deploy A Web ApplicationFrom DevFabric to Windows Azure Staging
Cloud Fabric
Production
DevFabric
Web App
Web App
Staging

Demo
Part 2 – Deploy A Web ApplicationFrom DevFabric to Windows Azure Staging Area

Part 3 - Deploy A Web ApplicationFrom Windows Azure Staging to Production
Cloud Fabric
Production
Staging
Web App
Web App

Demo
Part 3 – Deploy Our Windows Azure Application From The Windows Azure Staging Area into Production

Part 4 - Developing and Running ApplicationWith SQL Server From the Local DevFabric
The Cloud
DevFabric
Web App
SQL Database

Demo
Part 4 – Developing and Running Application With SQL Server From the Local DevFabric

Cloud Fabric
Production
DevFabric
Web App
Staging
SQL Database
SQL Database
SQL Azure

Demo

Part 5 - Developing and Running ApplicationWith Windows Azure and SQL Azure
Cloud Fabric
Production
Web App
DevFabric
Web App
Web App
Staging
SQL Database
Web App
SQL Database
SQL Azure

Demo
Part 5 - Developing and Running Application With Windows Azure and SQL Azure

Step 6 – Deploying ApplicationsWith Windows Azure and SQL Azure
Cloud Fabric
Production
Web App
DevFabric
Web App
Web App
Staging
SQL Databases
Web App
SQL Database
SQL Azure

Demo
Step 6 – Deploying ApplicationsWith Windows Azure and SQL Azure

Part 7 - Deploying Updates To Applications
Cloud Fabric
Production
Web App
DevFabric
Web App
Web App
Staging
Web App
SQL Database
SQL Azure
SQL Database

Demo
Part 7 - Deploying Updates To Applications

Part 8 - Revising Application Configuration
Cloud Fabric
Production
Config
Web App
DevFabric
Web App
Web App
Staging
Web App
SQL Database
SQL Azure
SQL Database

Demo
Part 8 - Revising Application Configuration

Part 9 - Creating SQL Azure Database Users
SQL Azure
SQL Server 2008 R2 Mgmt Studio
SQL Database
SQL Database

Demo
Part 9 - Creating SQL Azure Database Users

Resources - Deployments
Kerner, Mathew. “Windows Azure Diagnostics, Logging and Monitoring in the Cloud.” Microsoft PDC. 2009. http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC15

More Information On Stuff We Wanted To Talk About But Didn’t Have Time For…
AppFabric
Smith, Justin. “REST Services Security Using the Access Control Service”. Microsoft PDC. 2009 http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC19

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