1. January 24, 2015
Addison, IL
Deploying a WordPress Site on Microsoft Azure
Presented by:
Jaime R. Velez
CEO & Founder
WebForce1 Corp.
@jaimevelez

2. Please Tweet: @CloudSatChicago @jaimevelez #Cloud #Azure #WordPress

7. Microsoft Azure Web Sites Overview

8. More to come…
Microsoft Azure Current Offerings

9. Cloud Computing

10. Cloud Computing
Microsoft Azure Web Sites

18. Windows Azure Web App Gallery

21. The WordPress Framework

22. WordPress By The Numbers

23. Easy to Find Mobile Responsive Themes

24. The Best Feature of WordPress is….
It’s Community

26. Why WordPress on Azure Web Sites

27. Web sites
Access to other Azure Services

28. Enterprise grade
High availability with SLA on
reserve instances.
A global network of data centers.
Guaranteed SLA and 24/7
support.
Load
balanced Up to date Easily scale Economical

29. Demo: Deploying WP Site on Azure

30. So Easy…. Even This Guy Can Do It.

31. Benefits of Deploying WP on Azure

32. Pay for what you use

33. Estimating Cloud Costs
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/

34. Shared vs. Reserved instances
Shared instances Reserved instances
Price FREE for 12 months Azure S,M,L instances
Number of sites Up to 10 Up to 100
Maximum scale 10 instances 10 instances (call support for more)
Storage 1GB (shared by all sites) 10GB (shared by all sites)
Storage transactions Unlimited (abstracted by storage subsystem) Unlimited (abstracted by storage subsystem)
SQL database Standard SQL database Standard SQL database
MySQL Includes one 20MB database Includes one 20MB database
Bandwidth
Ingress—Unlimited
Egress—165MB/day (5GB/month)
Ingress—limited
Egress—Azure bandwidth rates (above 5GB/month)
Custom domains Not available Supported
SSL None Supported
SLA None Yes
Support FAQ, forum Email, phone, FAQ, and forum

35. Start Simple…. Scale when you need to.

36. SharePoint Online Public Site Alternative

38. Directly from Microsoft…
Source: http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/3027254

39. Demo: Azure Single Sign-On Capabilities

41. The WordPress Community is Awesome! Get Plugged In!
#WordPress
Search WordPress Groups on Meetup.com

42. Go Ahead… Kick the tires… or push the van!
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

43. Thank You!
@jaimevelez
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