http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/archive/tags/Windows+Azure+Service+Platform/Azure+Traffic+Manager/default.aspxTags: Windows Azure Service Platform, Azure Traffic ManagerenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/archive/2011/05/02/mix11-session-review-building-windows-phone-7-applications-with-the-windows-azure-platform.aspxMon, 02 May 2011 22:25:52 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1792606NunoGodinho0http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1792606http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/commentapi.aspx?PostID=1792606http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/archive/2011/05/02/mix11-session-review-building-windows-phone-7-applications-with-the-windows-azure-platform.aspx#comments<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a title="Post on Google Buzz" class="google-buzz-button" href="http://www.google.com/buzz/post"></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/buzz/api/button.js"></script></div><p>Wade Wegner ( Technical Evangelist @ Windows Azure Team )</p> <p><strong>Why Phone + Cloud?</strong></p> <ul> <li>The cloud levels the playing field</li> <li>The cloud provides larger pool of resources from which to pull</li> <li>The cloud provides a way to reach across device platforms</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why Windows Phone 7 and Windows Azure?</strong></p> <ul> <li>Because Windows Azure is PaaS. <strong>you build, Windows Azure runs it</strong></li> <li>Automatic OS patching</li> <li>Scalable</li> <li>Utility billing model</li> <li>Additional services</li> <ul> <li>Access Control Services (Provides Identity Federations)</li> <li>Traffic Manager (Provides an easy way to manage the location from which Data Center the app is served)</li> <li>Caching ( Provides a Caching Service that allows us to easily create cache in our apps)</li> <li>CDN (Content Delivery Network)</li> <li>…</li> </ul> <li>Common Development tools</li> <ul> <li>Visual Studio</li> <li>Languages</li> <li>Emulators for development</li> </ul> <li>Demo Source Code: <a title="http://www.wadewegner.com/" href="http://www.wadewegner.com/">http://www.wadewegner.com/</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>What was shown in the Demo</strong></p> <ul> <li>Identity</li> <ul> <li>Identity Options</li> <ul> <li>Create your own (eg. username + password, token, …)</li> <ul> <li>Custom Model</li> <li>ASP.NET Membership Providers</li> </ul> <li>Use a single existing identity system (eg. Live Id, Facebook, Twitter, …)</li> <li>Outsource identity management (eg. Access Control Service)</li> <li>More information about this:</li> <ul> <li>Authenticating Users in a Windows Phone 7 App via ACS, OData and Windows Azure - <a href="http://bit.ly/wp7acs">http://bit.ly/wp7acs</a></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <li>Storage</li> <ul> <li>Storage Options</li> <ul> <li>SQL Azure</li> <ul> <li>Relational Database</li> <li>Highly available</li> <li>Managed for you as a Service</li> <li>Pattern</li> <ul> <li>WebRole that exposes an OData Service</li> <ul> <li>Create a Web role with an OData Service that will expose your SQL Azure data to your clients</li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <li>Windows Azure Tables</li> <ul> <li>Non-relational structured Storage</li> <li>Massive scale-out</li> <li>OData</li> <li>Pattern</li> <ul> <li>Using Public Blobs</li> <ul> <li>Client sends data to the Web Role</li> <li>Web Role stores data in blobs</li> <li>Client fetches public blobs directly</li> </ul> <li>Shared Access Signatures (SAS)</li> <ul> <li>Client gets Shared Access Signature from the Web Role</li> <li>Client inserts the SAS in the URI and stores data in blobs</li> <li>Client fetches public blobs and even private containers as long as the SAS allows it</li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <li>Windows Azure Blobs</li> <ul> <li>Big files</li> <li>REST</li> <li>Pattern:</li> <ul> <li>Proxy Calls</li> <ul> <li>Client sends data to the Web role</li> <li>Web role stores data in Blobs</li> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <li>Services</li> <ul> <li>Web Role vs Worker Role</li> <li>Web Role has IIS</li> <li>Worker role does not</li> <ul> <li>think about it as being a DLL with a Main()</li> </ul> <li>Both implement the RoleEntryPoint</li> <li>Scaling Work in Windows Azure</li> <ul> <li>Traditionally</li> <ol> <li>Web role receives message</li> <li>Web role enqueues work</li> <li>Worker role pools queue</li> <li>Worker role sends notifications</li> </ol> <ul> <li>Interesting because it splits the IIS and Services parts allowing you to scale them independently</li> </ul> </ul> <li>Multitenancy</li> <ul> <li>You can have more than one application running in your role instance</li> <li>based on the Sites tag in the ServiceDefinition.csdef</li> </ul> <li>Content Delivery Network (CDN)</li> <ul> <li>Currently at least 24 nodes that will cache data locally in order to provide the data faster</li> </ul> <li>Traffic Manager</li> <ul> <li>Intelligently routes the request to the most appropriate Data Center according to the policies defined in it</li> </ul> </ul> <li>Communications</li> <ul> <li>Two primary communication models</li> <ul> <li>Phone-initiated</li> <ul> <li>Options</li> <ul> <li>Http-based, request/response</li> <li>Can be based on pooling of User Initiated requests</li> <li>Frameworks choises (WCF, OData, WebRequest, …)</li> <li>Wire Formats (SOAP, JSON, POX, …)</li> </ul> </ul> <li>Cloud-initiated</li> <ul> <li>Push Notifications</li> <ul> <li>Single connection between phone and Microsoft Push Notification Service</li> <ul> <li>The cloud cannot connect directly to the phone, just passing by the Microsoft Push Notification</li> </ul> <li>There’s no warranty of delivery</li> <li>Bandwidth and battery friendly</li> </ul> <li>There kinds of push notifications</li> <ul> <li>Raw – send a message to an app</li> <li>Toast – send a message to the user</li> <ul> <li>Blue bar at the top</li> </ul> <li>Tile – Update an image, title or count</li> </ul> <li>How does this works?</li> <ol> <li>Phone opens a channel in the Microsoft Push Notifications Service</li> <li>Phone sends the URL to the cloud</li> <li>Cloud pushes notifications via URL</li> <li>Microsoft Push Notification Service notifies the phone</li> </ol> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <p><strong>Important Best Practice: DO NOT STORE SECRETS ON YOUR PHONE</strong></p> <p><strong>What is there to make this easier?</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Announcing: </strong>Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 (v1.1.0)</li> <li>Make it easier for phone developers to use Windows Azure</li> <li>Toolkit includes:</li> <ul> <li>Client libraries</li> <li>Sample apps</li> <li>Source code</li> <li>Documentations</li> </ul> <li>Available on <a href="http://watoolkitwp7.codeplex.com">http://watoolkitwp7.codeplex.com</a></li> <li>The phone will only communicate with a Service over HTTPs if</li> <ul> <li>The cert is installed on the device</li> <li>The cert is signed by a Trusted Authority</li> </ul> <li>In order to use the self signed certs you need to install it on the phone</li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1792606" width="1" height="1">Windows AzureWindows Azure Service PlatformWindows Phone 7Azure Traffic ManagerWindows Azure Storagehttp://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/archive/2011/04/22/mix11-session-review-what-s-new-in-the-windows-azure-platform.aspxFri, 22 Apr 2011 14:35:01 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1792187NunoGodinho0http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1792187http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/commentapi.aspx?PostID=1792187http://msmvps.com/blogs/nunogodinho/archive/2011/04/22/mix11-session-review-what-s-new-in-the-windows-azure-platform.aspx#comments<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a title="Post on Google Buzz" class="google-buzz-button" href="http://www.google.com/buzz/post"></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/buzz/api/button.js"></script></div><p><strong>James Conard </strong>(Sr. Director – @jamescon)</p> <p><strong>What is the Windows Azure Platform?</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide the best and most comprehensive Platform as a Service offering for building, deploying, and running cloud applications </li> <li>Open &amp; Flexible <ul> <li>Using several technologies and not only the .NET Framework </li> </ul> </li> <li>Leverage Existing Investments <ul> <li>Use the known technologies and ways to develop that exist already in the market in order to reduce the difficulty of entering in the cloud </li> </ul> </li> <li>Ready for next Generation apps <ul> <li>Prepare for the next types of apps like mobile, and high available </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure Core Services</strong></p> <ul> <li>Compute <ul> <li>Scalable environment for running code </li> <li>Enables .NET, C++, PHP, Ruby, Python <ul> <li>By default .NET Framework is installed but you can deploy the technology you’d like and use it </li> </ul> </li> <li>Automate Service Management <ul> <li>Abstract you from managing the infrastructure where your apps is running on </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Storage <ul> <li>Scalable and highly available cloud storage </li> <li>Blobs, Tables, Queues, Drives </li> <li>REST APIs and several client libraries </li> </ul> </li> <li>Database <ul> <li>SQL Relational Database (SQL Azure) <ul> <li>Use the same knowledge that exist in using SQL Server and make them available in the cloud </li> </ul> </li> <li>Familiar programming model &amp; Tools </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure Platform Roadmap</strong></p> <ul> <li>October 2008 <ul> <li>Announced the Windows Azure Platform </li> <li>First CTP of Windows Azure Platform </li> </ul> </li> <li>March 2009 <ul> <li>Announced SQL Azure Relational DB </li> </ul> </li> <li>November 2009 <ul> <li>Updates Windows Azure CTP </li> <li>Announced VMRole, Project Sydney and Windows Azure Platform pricing and SLAs </li> <li>Enable FullTrust &amp; PHP, Java etc. </li> <li>Project Dallas CTP </li> </ul> </li> <li>February 2010 <ul> <li>Windows Azure Platform generally available </li> </ul> </li> <li>June 2010 <ul> <li>Windows Azure Update <ul> <li>.NET Framework 4 </li> <li>OS versioning </li> </ul> </li> <li>SQL Azure Update <ul> <li>50 GB databases </li> <li>Spatial data Support </li> <li>DAC support </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>November 2010 – Big Release</strong> <ul> <li>New Windows Azure Platform Management Portal </li> <li>Multiple Service Administrators (co-Admins) </li> <li>Remote Desktop </li> <li>Full IIS <ul> <li>Web Roles previously using Hosted Web Core <ul> <li>Only supported a single HTTP or HTTPs endpoing </li> </ul> </li> <li>Web Roles now supporting Full IIS 7.0/7.5 </li> <li>Enables new scenarios <ul> <li>Multiple IIS websites </li> <li>Multiple virtual machines </li> <li>Configure IIS extensions </li> <li>Web Deploy for Rapid development </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Windows Server 2008 R2 &amp; IIS 7.5 </li> <li>Elevated Privileges </li> <li>Windows Azure Connect (CTP) </li> <li>Windows Azure Virtual Machine Role (Beta) </li> <li>Extra Small Instances </li> <li>Startup Tasks &amp; Admin Mode <ul> <li>Enables short, unattended setups on role startup </li> <li>Silent MSIs, COM components, Registry Keys, Configuring Windows Server Roles, etc </li> <li>Configuration Sample for startup tasks in the ServiceConfiguration.cscfg <ul> <li>&lt;WebRole name=”test”&gt; <ul> <li>&lt;Startup&gt; <ul> <li>&lt;Task commandline=”&lt;commandToBeRunned&gt;” executingContext=”limited|elevated” taskType=”simple|foreground|background”/&gt; </li> </ul> </li> <li>&lt;/Startup&gt; </li> </ul> </li> <li>&lt;/WebRole&gt; </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Enabled from Windows Azure Platform Portal </li> <li>Integrated with Storage (Blob Storage) </li> <li>Recent Enhancements <ul> <li>Delivery from Windows Azure Compute instances </li> <li>Https support </li> </ul> </li> <li>CTP of Smooth Streaming – End of April 2011 </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service v 2.0 (ACS)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provides AuthN support using multiple identity providers <ul> <li>Easily integrate Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo, Google and Active Directory </li> <li>Support for WS-Federation, WS-Trust, OpenID 2.0, OAuth 2.0 </li> </ul> </li> <li>Familiar &amp; Consistent .NET Programming Model <ul> <li>Use existing Windows Identity Foundations SDK &amp; Assemblies </li> </ul> </li> <li>REST-based Service Management API <ul> <li>Integrate into your existing apps and control panels </li> </ul> </li> <li>Now Available <ul> <li>No charge during promotion period ending January 1st, 2012 </li> <li>Low cost after the promotion: $1.99 per 100.000 transactions </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure AppFabric Caching</strong></p> <ul> <li>Distributed in-memory cache for Windows Azure apps <ul> <li>Integrated directly with the cache using .NET client library </li> <li>Session State Provider for Windows Azure applications </li> </ul> </li> <li>Caching provided as a building block service <ol> <li>Configure an AppFabric Namespace </li> <li>Choose your cache size </li> <li>Write code against that service </li> </ol> </li> <li>Familiar &amp; Consistent APIs <ul> <li>Same APIs as Windows Service AppFabric </li> </ul> </li> <li>Available commercially by the end of April <ul> <li>Start using the CTP today at <a href="http://portal.appfabriclabs.com">http://portal.appfabriclabs.com</a> with no charge </li> </ul> </li> <li>In the CTP only the Data Center of South Central US has the Caching Service <ul> <li>supported cache sizes: 128 MB, 256MB </li> </ul> </li> <li>After the end of April (commercial Availability) you’ll have it available in every data center with supported cache sizes from 128MB to 4GB </li> </ul> <p><strong>Cloud Data Services</strong></p> <ul> <li>SQL Azure Reporting (Currently in a Private CTP) <ul> <li>SQL Server Reporting provided as a Service </li> <li>Reports authored using existing tools (BIDS) and deployed to SQL Azure Reporting </li> </ul> </li> <li>SQL Azure Data Sync <ul> <li>Data synchronization provided as a Service </li> <li>Sync to/from SQL Azure Database </li> <li>Sync between SQL Server and SQL Azure </li> </ul> </li> <li>Windows Azure DataMarket <ul> <li>Information marketplace for ISVs and IWs that provide trusted public domain &amp; premium commercial data </li> <li>Now commercially available </li> <li>Firstly announced as codename “Dallas” </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Performance Matters</strong></p> <ul> <li>The new Windows Azure Traffic Manager solved this problem </li> <li>Load Balancing across multiple Hosted Services </li> <li>Now Available in CTP </li> <li>Three scenarios that are currently in the CTP <ul> <li>Performance <ul> <li>Directs the user to the best / closest deployment </li> </ul> </li> <li>Fault Tolerance <ul> <li>Redirect Traffic to another deployment based on availability </li> </ul> </li> <li>Round Robin <ul> <li>Traffic routed to deployments based on a fixed ration </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Also allow to keep a status of all your apps in order to understand how to rout the traffic </li> </ul> <p><strong>Windows Azure Platform Access</strong></p> <ul> <li>Windows Azure Pass <ul> <li>Free 30-Day access to the platform </li> <li>Includes: <ul> <li>Compute: 3 small instances </li> <li>Storage: 3 GB + 250K transactions </li> <li>Data Transfer: 3GB in &amp; 3GB out </li> <li>Database: 2x1GB Web Edition </li> </ul> </li> <li>Signup: <a href="http://windowsazurepass.com">http://windowsazurepass.com</a> </li> <li>Enter code: MIXABC </li> </ul> </li> <li>Introductory Trial <ul> <li>Available through September 30th, 2011 </li> <li>Includes: <ul> <li>Compute: 750 extra small hours + 25 small </li> <li>Storage: 20GB + 50K transactions </li> <li>Data Transfer: 20GB in &amp; 20 GB out </li> <li>Database: 1 GB Web Edition (90 Days) </li> </ul> </li> <li>Sign-up: <a href="http://windowsazure.com">http://windowsazure.com</a> </li> <li><strong>Note: Requires Credit Card Information but allows you to access CTP services</strong> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Ultimate <ul> <li>Compute: 1.500 hours of small instances </li> <li>Storage: 30 GB </li> <li>Transactions: 2M </li> <li>Bandwidth: 35 GB in / 35 GB out </li> <li>Databases: 5 GB Web Edition </li> </ul> </li> <li>Premium <ul> <li>Compute: 1.500 hours of extra-small instances </li> <li>Storage: 25 GB </li> <li>Transactions: 1M </li> <li>Bandwidth: 30 GB in / 30 GB out </li> <li>Databases: 1 GB Web Edition </li> </ul> </li> <li>Professional <ul> <li>Compute: 750 hours of extra-small instances </li> <li>Storage: 20 GB </li> <li>Transactions: 250K </li> <li>Bandwidth: 25 GB in / 25 GB out </li> <li>Databases: 1 GB Web Edition </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources</strong></p> <ul> <li>Windows Azure Platform Training Kit April 2011 Update (<a href="http://bit.ly/WATKApr11">http://bit.ly/WATKApr11</a>) </li> <li>Windows Azure Accelerator for Umbraco (<a href="http://bit.ly/WAAUmbraco">http://bit.ly/WAAUmbraco</a>) </li> <li>ACS Extensions for Umbraco (<a href="http://bit.ly/ACSUmbraco">http://bit.ly/ACSUmbraco</a>) </li> </ul> <p><strong>Interesting topics</strong></p> <ul> <li>You can select which OSFamily you want to use by editing the ServiceConfiguration.cscfg file with the values: <ul> <li>1 – Windows Server 2008 </li> <li>2 – Windows Server 2008 R2 </li> </ul> </li> <li>Currently ASP.NET MVC 3 isn’t available on Windows Azure and so you need to install it using a Startup Task </li> <li>Release of some Extensions for ACS 2.0 that allow ACS to be plugged directly in Umbraco allowing it to configured without going to the Management Portal </li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1792187" width="1" height="1">Windows AzureWindows Azure Service PlatformWindows Azure DataMarketMIX11Azure Traffic ManagerACS