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1. How to get Console Apps as a cloud service
Mostafa Elzoghbi
Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft
@MostafaElzoghbi

2. Legacy application challenges
 Can’t scale without re-writing big chunks of code.
 Code Architecture changes to scale.
 Managing threading and resource contention is hard.
 Avoid resource deadlocks.
 Scheduling requires synchronization challenges.

3. Possible migration options for scalable cloud services
 Wrap your exe as Azure Web Jobs.
 Wrap your exe as Azure Worker Role.
 Wrap your exe as Azure Worker Role in Cloud Services.

4. Option 1: Wrap your exe as Azure Web Jobs
 100% code reusability.
 The exe is hosted on a web application in Azure.
 Easy to configure since all configs are managed through the web
app configs.
 Easy to scale up or down as needed.
 Scheduling is so easy pre and post deployment.

5. Demo: Moving Console App as
Azure Web Jobs

6.  Post your questions to:
 Stack Overflow Forums
 MSDN Forums
 Twitter: @MostafaElzoghbi

7. Get started
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