Windows Azure and the cloud - What it’s all about

1. DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 1

2. www.realdolmen.com WINDOWS AZURE AND THE CLOUD WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUTDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 2

3. WHO AM I?  Maarten Balliauw  Antwerp, Belgium  www.realdolmen.com  Focus on web  ASP.NET MVC, PHP, Azure, SignalR, …  MVP Windows Azure (formerly ASP.NET)  Co-founder of AZUG  http://blog.maartenballiauw.be  @maartenballiauwDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 4

4. AGENDA  Why Cloud Computing?  Windows Azure  The datacenters  The products  Developing for the cloud  Conclusion  Q&ADECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 5

5. Why CLOUD COMPUTINGDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 6

6. INEFFICIENCIES IN TRADITIONAL IT… Allocated Load IT-capacities Forecast “Under-supply“ of capacities IT CAPACITY “Waste“ of Fixed cost of capacities IT-capacities Barrier forinnovations Actual Load TIME DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 7

7. HOWEVER, IN A CLOUD VIEW Load Allocated IT Forecast capacities No “under-supply“ IT CAPACITY Reduction of Possible “over-supply“ reduction of IT-capacities in case of Reduction reduced load of initialinvestments Actual Load TimeDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 8

8. INSTANT WINS Average Compute ComputeCompute Usage Inactivity Period Average Average Usage Usage Time Time TimeOn and off Scale fast, fail fast Burst scenarios DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 9

9. … AS A SERVICE On Premises Location Off Premises Heterogeneous Infrastructure Homogeneous CapEx (invest) Business model OpEx (cost) Choices Choices Own Ownership Lease/Rent Self Management Third Party Self Responsibilities Third Party Customized Standardization StandardizedDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 10

10. HORSELESS CARRIAGE SYNDROME  Early 20th century: “car”  Long standing paradigm: “horse and carriage”  Initial failure to comprehend the new paradigm  “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty“  High cost and shortage of capable drivers  Engineers kept designing the whip holder  First cars looked alike  However... Technology evolved  Faster time to “market” (horses get tired)  Reduction in complexity and cost  No need to care for a horseDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 11

11. The datacenters WINDOWS AZURE http://bit.ly/rJTiVWDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 12

12. North America Region Europe Region Asia Pacific Region N. Europe N. Central – US Sub-region Sub-region W. Europe E. Asia Sub-region Sub-region S. Central - US Sub-region S.E. Asia Sub-regionDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 13

25. The products WINDOWS AZUREDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 26

26. WINDOWS AZURE Compute Storage SQL Azure Service Bus Connect BI Marketplace CDN Caching ACSApplication Services Storage Services Foundation Services DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 27

27. AN EXAMPLE: MOBISTAR  Three-day campaign  > 3mio unique visitors  Components used:  Compute  Storage  Caching  CDN (Content Delivery Network) Number of servers vs. actual loadDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 28

28. AN EXAMPLE: SYNTRA  Only uses the Access Control Service block  Reduces maintenance  No more identity integration issues Moodle Hosted Exchange Other appsDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 29

29. AN EXAMPLE: MYGET  Uses a lot of the Windows Azure components  “Scale fast, fail fast”DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 30

30. QUICK SCENARIO : HOSTED APP, CLOUD STORAGE Dynamic Content Static Content Your ServersDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 31

31. QUICK SCENARIO : CLOUD APP, CLOUD SCALEDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 32

32. DEVELOPING FOR THE CLOUDDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 33

33. IT’S JUST WINDOWS!  Meaning: it runs whatever you want  Official support for  .NET  Node.JS  Java  PHPDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 34

34. WINDOWS AZURE SDK  Visual Studio add-in  Emulates storage & compute  Use SQL Express to emulate SQL Azure  http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 35

35. THE SDK & TOOLS Deploy Test ManageDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 36

36. EMULATOR Develop Locally Parity with Cloud Compute & StorageDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 37

37. GETTING THE TOOLS Install with WPI http://aka.ms/WATools DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 38

38. HELLO, WORLD!DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 39

39. TANKSTERDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 40

40. TANKSTER  Sample application by Microsoft  Online game  Uses:  Architecture for Scale  Architecture for Resiliency  Compute, storage, SQL Azure, ACS, CDN  http://www.tankster.net (play)  http://watgames.codeplex.com (code)DECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 41

41. CONCLUSIONDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 42

42. WHAT TO REMEMBER?  Cloud is here to stay  Windows Azure is  Application services  Storage services  Foundation / integration services  Cloud is not all-or-nothing  Quick wins  On and Off  Scale fast, fail fast  Peak scenarios  Start today – www.azure.comDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 43

43. AZUG.BE – AZURE USER GROUP BELGIUM  Monthly session around a Windows Azure related topic  National & international speakers  Community driven  www.azug.beDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 44

44. Q&ADECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 45

45. THANK YOU FOR JOININGDECEMBER 14, 2011 | SLIDE 46