An introduction to Microsoft's cloud strategy and the Windows Azure Platform.

3. How do you manage 200+ Sites and Services…

4. …at huge scale and on a 24 x 7 basis?
More than 28 billion
queries per month
320 million
active
accounts
400 million
active
accounts
More than 1 billion
authentications per day
Processes
2–4 billion
e-mails
per day
550 million
unique visitors
monthly

7. Platform as a Service

8. Cloud Computing Landscape
SAAS
PAAS
IAAS
SERVICE PROVIDERS GLOBAL PROVIDERSCUSTOMER

9. Unprecedented
scale: 10,000’s
servers in multiple
datacenters
4th generation
data centres:
containers & energy
efficiency
Advanced
networking &
automating process
management
Associated
services:
integrated Content
Delivery Network

10. First Wave Adopters

11. BUSINESS APPSCOLLABORATION STORAGE PLATFORMMANAGEMENTPRODUCTIVITY COMMUNICATIONS

13. Seattle, WA
Sydney, AU
Ashburn, VA
San Antonio,
TX
Bay Area, CA
São Paulo, BR
Tokyo, JP
Seoul, KR

14. Usage
Compute Time
Average
Inactivity
Period
Compute
Time
Average Usage
Average Usage
Compute
Time
Compute
Time
Average Usage

15. PDC10 Announcements
• Virtual Machine Role
• Server Application Virtualization
• SQL Azure Reporting
• SQL Azure Data Sync
• AppFabric Access Control
• AppFabric Connect
• Windows Azure Marketplace
• Windows Azure Virtual Network
• Remote Desktop
• Elevated Privileges
• Full IIS Suport
• Multiple Admins
• Improved Java Support
• Other Windows Azure
Enhancements

16. Email: rduffner@microsoft.com