Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). It works by allocating virtual machines and servers to handle applications, data, runtimes, and other services. At its core, Azure relies on its "Fabric" which provides capabilities like load balancing, security patches, software updates, and high availability.

1. Azure
April 2012
Adrian Johnson
@arptastic
adrian@creative-sharepoint.com
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2. What is Azure?
iaas paas saas
you manage
applications applications applications applications
data data data data
you manage
runtime runtime runtime runtime
operator manages
middleware middleware middleware middleware
operator manages
os os os os
virtualization virtualization virtualization virtualization
operator manages
servers servers servers servers
storage storage storage storage
networking networking networking networking
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3. How does it work?
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1 1 1
worker
web role role vm role
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4. Fabric is the Core…
backup
load
balancer
security
patches
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software sla
patches 99.95%
service
1 uptime
patches
service
packs
2
instance
management
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5. Storage
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6. SQL Azure
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7. Authentication
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8. Example – Video Processing
table storage
queue storage
01A
01A
blob storage
video
processing
8 web front-end: avi wmv engine:
web role worker role

9. Other stuff…
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10. Final thought
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