1. The Windows Azure Story…
What’s in it…
Compute + Storage + Network
 Web Role  Windows Azure Storage  Connect
 Worker Role  SQL Azure  CDN
 VM Role • Reporting Services  Service Bus
 RDP • Data Sync  ACS
 Caching
 Traffic Manager
Customer Feedback
How it works… Lot’s of value. Fully
maintained and
• “Designed with
highly scalable and
failure in mind” resilient
• PaaS
Windows
History “We want to put more apps on
• Software + Service Azure the platform”
Cloud Services Web Sites Virtual Machines
+ Windows Azure Virtual Network
Application Components: + Windows Azure Media Services
… Simon Thurman June 2012