The document discusses cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. It provides an overview of Azure including its data centers, virtual machines, storage options like blobs and tables, services like App Fabric, and the Fabric Controller which manages virtual instances and load balancing. It also discusses the different roles in Azure like Web Roles and Worker Roles and platforms offered, such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service.

1. Cloud Computing withDan Waters – Academic Developer Evangelistdan.waters@microsoft.comMithun Dhar – Developer Evangelistmithund@microsoft.com

2. http://blogs.msdn.com/mithundWhat the heck is a AcademicEvangelist??Dan.waters@microsoft.comTwitter: @danwaters

3. http://blogs.msdn.com/mithundWhat the heck is a Developer Evangelist??mithund@microsoft.comTwitter: @mithundBlog: http://blogs.msdn.com/MithunDFacebook: http://facebook.com/MithunD

4. As an MBA student…Be aware of trendsin your industry

5. Business Trends Reshape Technologybusiness is transforming in deeper ways…While the economy has faced gloom and doom…creating shifts in technology.Economic trendsCuts in operating costs and capital expenditures

6. Increased competition for fewer dollars

7. Do more with lessBusiness trendsFocus on core value-add activities

8. Improve agility to stay competitive

9. Leverage existing assets to expand Technology trendsShift from information technology to business technology

10. Technology erases infrastructure complexity

11. GlobalizationChallenges facing the IT industry51Matching capacity to demand.Maintaining security while increasing access and transparency—within and outside the organization.Security, access, and transparency across the value chain: suppliers, partners, etc.Lack of a common platform.Businesses are forced to capitalize on new opportunities while constraining costs in fragile economic conditionsInfrastructure costs are fixed and ongoing, and distract from the mission of reducing business process friction and problems.Leveraging past investments to provide future value.Many data centers at limit—real estate, capacity, cooling and power.627384

12. Cloud Computing is MaturingGenerally accepted as the next logical step in IT evolutionA revolutionary style of computingCloud computing is moving into the mainstream“Cloud computing is a reality, and it's a force that IT professionals need to quickly come to terms with. The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is greater than ever before, and the technology has reached a level in which prudent investments in cloud services are fast and easy.”–Network World, May 2009"The reality is that cloud computing is a revolutionary style of computing that is emerging from evolutionary change. Underneath the fog, there are a number of trends that are converging to fuel the cloud-computing phenomenon. Cloud computing sets the stage for a new approach to IT that enables individuals and businesses to choose how they'll acquire or deliver IT services, with reduced emphasis on the constraints of traditional software and hardware licensing models."- Key Issues for Cloud Computing, 2010, Gartner – March, 29 2010“Cloud infrastructure computing will move squarely into the mainstream as a significant number of Fortune 1000 companies adopt the utility computing model demonstrated by moving a portion of their "sandbox" apps into production on public clouds.” – Worldwide Software Business Solutions 2010 Top 10 Predictions: The "New Normal" for Enterprise Software, IDC - February 2010, Doc #222024

13. Objectives - What are you leaving with?What is Azure and how will it help me?

14. What is Azure?

15. It’s an Operating System In the Could.Simple Answer?

16. IaaS, PaaS and SaaSInfrastructure as a ServicePlatform as a ServiceSoftware as a ServiceSaaSApplicationsPackaged SoftwarePaaSPlatformOS & Application StackPlatformOS & Application StackIaaSInfrastructureServers · Storage · NetworkInfrastructureServers · Storage · NetworkInfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

17. IaaS, PaaS and SaaSInfrastructure as a ServicePlatform as a ServiceSoftware as a ServiceSaaSApplicationsPackaged SoftwarePaaSPlatformOS & Application StackPlatformOS & Application StackIaaSInfrastructureServers · Storage · NetworkInfrastructureServers · Storage · NetworkInfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

18. Lets Start from the Ground up

20. Data Centershttp://tinyurl.com/y8eazm4

21. Microsoft Data CentersVisionGo InsideEnergy EfficientContainersNorth American Data CentersEuropean Data CentersAsian Data CentersDublinChicagoAmsterdamSan AntonioHong KongSingapore

22. Why Do I need this?

23. Driving ForcesISVs & SaaS ApplicationsMid-Market EnterpriseEnterprise Application MigrationStart-ups & Experimental InitiativesCloud Seen as a Fast Lane to Get to Market FasterSeasonal BusinessesUnder Pressure to Dramatically Reduce I.T. CostsCloud Seen as a Competitive Edge

24. NetworkUpgradesInstalling OSRoutersZero downtimePatchingHard drive failureMemoryStorageServer acquisitionLoad balancersEnvironments

28. Great.. How do I do this?

29. Main Components

30. Main ComponentsCloud Fabric

31. Web Roles

32. Worker Roles

33. Storage (Including SQL Azure)

34. Dev Fabric

35. App Fabric (Service Bus)Windows Azure Roles

36. Windows Azure RolesWeb RoleA web role is used for web application programming in ASP.NET or PHPWorker RoleA worker role is used for performing work on behalf of the web role.In addition to .NET languages, Worker Roles may be written in Ruby or Java.Worker Roles are used to improve scalability by increasing parallelism and asynchronicityOften used for background work

37. StorageBlobs – Large Data StoreTables – Very Fast / Scalable StorageQueues – Background work processingDrives – NTFS Formatted Page Blobs SQL Azure – Relational SQL in the CloudCore DB FunctionalityManagementSQL Data Sync

38. Windows Azure AppFabric(Formerly known as .NET Services)Service BusAccess Control ServiceComputeStorageManagementManagementRelational dataConnectivityAccess control

39. Windows Azure Cloud Fabric(Fabric Controller)Multiple virtual instancesEasy provision of applicationsDetect failuresSpin up new instances to replace the failed onesHow many instances and what role they will playLoad balances and DNSElasticity of the service… scaling up/down number of instances

40. Windows Azure DevFabric(Cloud in a box)Simulated “Cloud Experience” for DevelopmentRoutes cloud requests to local machineSimulates data storage with local SQL server databaseAzure SQL simulated with local SQL Server databaseComputeStorageManagementManagementRelational dataConnectivityAccess control

41. DemoBuilding Our First Cloud ApplicationWith Microsoft Windows AzureThis demo uses the following technologies:.NET Framework 3.5 SP1

42. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1