This document provides an overview of a presentation on Windows Azure by Brian Lewis of Microsoft. The presentation covers the definition of cloud computing, an introduction to Windows Azure including its key components, how to get started with Windows Azure, and the future roadmap. It also addresses questions about cloud computing, what Windows Azure is, potential cost savings, and what Windows Azure may look like in a year.

1. The Next Wave: Presented by Brian Lewis IT Pro Evangelist - Microsoft Corporation Blog: http://ThougthsOnIT.com

2. Required Setup Prior to delivery, you’ll need: A Windows Azure account Read the e-mail message found in the Demo Setup folder for instructions. The “MyTODO” application loaded See the Demo Setup document For the event, you’ll need: Internet Access* *I have provided a separate FY10Q3 Session 1 Azure DEMOS.pptxdeck, in case there are any connectivity issues.

3. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? …and is Microsoft serious about it? What is Windows Azure? How much money will it save me? What will the Windows Azure Platform look like a year from now?

4. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future

5. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future

7. Complete control and responsibility

9. Complete control and responsibility

11. Less control, but fewer responsibilities

13. Complete control and responsibility

15. Less control, but fewer responsibilities

18. 3 to 4 billion: the # of emails filtered daily from >6 million mail boxes by Forefront

19. 2 billion: the # of queries each month on Bing

20. 450 million:Hotmail users (now 15 years old)

21. 100 million:users that get Windows Update worldwide, (now 12 years old)

22. 20 million:Xbox Live users (now 9 years old)

23. +400,000: square footage of our new datacentersFor You: A new paradigm in computing

24. SECURITY

25. Scalability

26. Regulations and other legal issues

27. Using the Cloud for Scale Lost Business Datacenter peak load Idle time Usage Jan Apr Jul Oct

29. DATA CENTER VIDEO

31. Maintenance OS 1 Guest Partition Host Partition Guest Partition Guest Partition Service 1 Bits Service 2 Bits Service 3 Bits 6 Web VHD Worker VHD Worker VHD 5 Host Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD 4 Enterprise base VHD Server Core VHD Server Core base VHD 2 7 3 Hypervisor Physical Server Hardware CPU, memory, disk, and network

32. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future

33. Windows Azure Platform Compute:Virtualized environment based on Windows Server Storage: Durable, scalable, & available storage Management: Automated, model-driven service management Database:Relational processing for structured/unstructured data Service Bus: General purpose application bus Access Control: Rules-driven, claims-based access control

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

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

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

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

40. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future

41. Windows Azure: Getting Started Introductory Special A base level of compute hours, storage, data transfers, a SQL Azure database, AppFabric Service Bus connections and Access Control transactions at no charge. Benefits to Partners and MSDN Subscribers

42. Windows Azure: Getting Started Development Accelerator Core Compute hours, storage, data transfers, AppFabric Service Bus connections and Access Control transactions at a deeply discounted monthly price. Development Accelerator Extended Same as Core, plus SQL Azure Database Consumption Pay-As-You-Go

43. Windows Azure Pricing Meters Elastic, scalable, secure, & highly available automated service platform Storage Per GB stored & transactions Blob & table $0.15 / GB Storage Access = $0.01 / 10K Transactions Compute Per Service Hour Starting at $0.12/service hour + Variable instance sizes Bandwidth Per GB transfer in or out of a datacenter US/EU Bandwidth = $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB Asia Pacific = $0.30 in / $0.45 out / GB

44. Windows Azure Instance Sizes Variable instance sizes to handle complex workloads of any size Small Medium Large X Large $0.96 per service hour $0.24 per service hour $0.48 per service hour $0.12 per service hour Unit of Compute Defined Equivalent compute capacity of a 1.6Ghz processor (on 64bit platform) Small Medium Large X Large 1.6 GHz (moderate IO) 1.75 GB Memory 250 GB Instance Storage 4 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 7 GB Memory 1000 GB Instance Storage 8 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 14 GB Memory 2000 GB Instance Storage 2 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 3.50 GB Memory 500 GB Instance Storage

45. SQL Azure Pricing Highly available, scalable, and self managed distributed relational database service Web Edition Per DB per Month Up to 1GB DB $9.99 + BW charges Business EditionPer DB per Month Up to 10GB DB$99.99 + BW charges Data Transfers: Windows Azure and SQL Azure data transfers within a sub-region are not subject to BW charges

46. Windows Azure Platform AppFabric Access Control & Service Bus Pricing Scalable, automated, highly available services for secure connectivity Service BusPer connection/month $3.99 connection/month (multi connection packs avail) Access ControlPer AC transactions/month $1.99/100K AC transactions(pay per use basis) 1 Prices are shown are in USD; international prices are available 2 Service Bus billing to begin April 2010

48. Microsoft’s world-class service and support

54. Internet facing roles will have external connectivity> 99.95% > 99.99% > 99.99% > 99.99% > 99.99%

56. TCO of product development on Windows Azure Platform vs. traditional delivery channels

57. Independent third party validation

58. TCO comparison of Windows Azure platform vs. on-premises and hosting environments

59. Conversion to and estimation of on-premises solution to Windows Azure Platform services

60. Windows Azure Platform cost & price estimator”TCO tool available today: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/tco/

62. Windows Azure: The Road Ahead Available Now Beta 1 2010 Ship in 2010 v4 “Cloud” Beta in 2010

63. Windows Azure: The Road Ahead Pre-Configured VMs Option Deployment of pre-configured VM images Maintain benefits of the Windows Azure service model Storage User-selectable geo-locations for replicas Secondary indices on tables Blobs, Tables, Queues… and now DRIVES Service management Remote terminal server access to VMs

64. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? …and is Microsoft serious about it? What is Windows Azure? How much money will it save me? What will Windows Azure look like a year from now?

65. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? It’s the ability to host part or all of our application or infrastructure in “the cloud”, for the sake of dynamic scalability, lower TCO, automatic resiliency, operational vs. capital expense, etc. …and is Microsoft serious about it? We’re betting a big portion of our business on it! So… YES! What is Windows Azure? Windows Azure is Microsoft’s implementation of a solid cloud computing foundation. How much money will it save me? Consider OpEx vs. CapEx. ..and use the TCO Calculator! What will Windows Azure look like a year from now? Even more options for application, data, and virtualization deployment, plus integrated tools to monitor and dynamically scale your applications.

67. No on-going expense for maintenance, depreciation, staff, etc.

68. Rapid scaling to handle peak loads and high demand

69. Reduce complexity with automated service management

71. Call to Action Create Azure Account http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9701620