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Azure Platform: Simplifying Development and Deployment

Explore the key aspects of Windows Azure with expert Benjamin Day. Discover how to develop, debug, and deploy applications effortlessly. Learn about Azure storage, scaling, and cloud computing advantages.

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Azure Platform: Simplifying Development and Deployment

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  1. Windows Azure Tour Benjamin Day Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc.http://www.benday.comhttp://blog.benday.com

  2. About the speaker • Owner, Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc. • Email: benday@benday.com • Web: http://www.benday.com • Blog: http://blog.benday.com • Trainer • Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation Server • Microsoft MVP for VSTS • Microsoft VSTS/TFS Customer Advisory Council • Microsoft Cloud Services Advisory Group • Leader of Beantown.NET INETA User Group

  3. Agenda • Big thanks to • Steve Marx @ Microsoft • Manuvir Das @ Microsoft • David Aiken @ Microsoft • What is Windows Azure? • Develop Your Application • Deploy To Staging and Production • Some Stuff To Think About

  4. The Azure Platform

  5. The Azure Platform

  6. The “cloud” in Cloud Services? • Think data-center somewhere on the internet • Allows you to run your app • Allows you to read and write data

  7. Ok. So what’s Windows Azure? • Microsoft’s “cloud” • Every cloud has an Azure lining? • Custom version of Windows • Optimized for utility computing applications • Always runs virtualized on the Azure Fabric • Azure Fabric • Runs instances of your apps • Handles “everything” • Azure Storage • Azure SDK for Visual Studio

  8. Why Azure? • “I’ve got my awesome data-center so…” • No more worrying about… • Buying, configuring, maintaining hardware • Buying, configuring, maintaining the operating system • Network infrastructure • Routers, Switches, Load Balancers • Your data-center’s power and internet connections • Failovers • Worry less about… • App deployment • Capacity planning • Focus on writing your app

  9. Simple Scale Out • Changes in traffic • Need more servers? • Need fewer servers?

  10. I want everything… • …and it should be easy. • Azure let’s you worry about writing your app • Don’t have to learn a whole bunch of new stuff • Leverage your existing dev skills

  11. Azure: The Developer View • Write it in Visual Studio • New project types • Debug your code • .NET, ASP.NET, WCF, IIS7, LINQ • Azure Storage • Database in the cloud • (with a few caveats) • Desktop development versions of • Azure Fabric • Azure Storage

  12. Demo 1: Hello, World

  13. Hello, World: Discuss. • Doesn’t look like much but… • that’s “internet scale”-able • Highly available • Mostly stuff you already know

  14. Debugging In The Cloud • We can debug a service in Visual Studio • How do you debug a service that has been deployed? • Answer: you don’t • Logging is the answer • RoleManager.WriteToLog(eventLogName, message) • Event log name values: Error, Information, Warning, Debug, Critical

  15. Demo 1.1: Hello World + Logging

  16. Azure Storage

  17. Azure Storage • Simple database in the cloud • Tables • “structured storage” • Blobs • Queues • You don’t worry about replication • Scales like nobody’s business • Development version • DevelopmentStorage.exe • Uses SQL Server Express

  18. Table Storage • Every row has RowKey & Partition Key • RowKey = primary key • PartitionKey • Helps you tell Azure how to scale your data • You have to think about how you’ll be querying • By State? By Hour? Other?

  19. PartitionKey • Your partitions could be on different servers • Best practice: If you know your PartitionKey, add it to the WHERE clause • No PartitionKey in the WHERE  insane table scans • Recommendation: More partitions is (probably) better • Think hard about your partition key in the beginning • Else, roll your own re-partitioning

  20. Column Data Types • Partition key and Row key • String (up to 64KB) • Other properties • String (up to 64KB) • Binary (up to 64KB) • Bool • DateTime • GUID • Int • Int64 • Double

  21. Demo 2: Azure Table Storage

  22. More Than Just ASPX

  23. Utility Compute without a UI • Azure uses the concept of “Roles” • Hello, World used a “Web Role” • The other role is a “Worker Role” • Think windows service in the cloud

  24. Web & Worker

  25. Demo 3: Worker Role and a Queue • In a web role, create an ASP.NET page • Creates a queue • Writes to a queue • Gets queue depth • Worker Role • Reads the queue • “Processes” the message

  26. Deployment

  27. Demo 4: Deploy To The Cloud • Change the storage config to use production servers

  28. Miscellaneous

  29. Things to think about • No foreign keys • No triggers • No stored procedures • In Table storage, strings can only be 64k • You’ll need to use a mix of Blob and Tables • Think hard about what config values you put in web.config/app.configvsServiceConfiguration.cscfg

  30. The Big Questions • When? • Sometime in 2009 • An actual Service Level Agreement (SLA) • More data-centers • Now in US only • Global at go-live • What will it cost? • It will depend on what you use

  31. More resources • My Blog • http://blog.benday.com • Sample code • More Azure content to come… • Steve Marx’s blog • http://blog.smarx.com/ • Evangelist for the Azure team • Azure.com

  32. Final questions?

  33. About the speaker • Owner, Benjamin Day Consulting, Inc. • Email: benday@benday.com • Web: http://www.benday.com • Blog: http://blog.benday.com • Trainer • Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation Server • Microsoft MVP for VSTS • Microsoft VSTS/TFS Customer Advisory Council • Microsoft Cloud Services Advisory Group • Leader of Beantown.NET INETA User Group

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