SharePoint Saturday Cambridge 2016 Session

Extending Office Add-ins with the Azure Container Service

Rick Van RousseltSharePoint Saturday Cambridge

Rick Van RousseltRivaro Consultancy

Office 365 / SharePoint consultant

Working with SharePoint since 2010

Currently focussed on Office 365 and Azure

Email : rick.vanrousselt@outlook.com

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Agenda

• Docker and containers quick intro

• Why use Docker• Azure Container Service• Using containers with

Office Add-ins

docker and containers- Ligthweight, open secure platform

- Simplify building, shipping, running apps

- Shipping container system for code

Virtual Machines

Each Guest OS needs:• CPU• RAM• Licensing• Maintenance

Containers

• More room for apps• Lesser maintenance• Licensing

Docker major components

• Engine (a.k.a. deamon, runtime)

• Images

• Containers

Docker Engine

Docker engine Docker engine

• Blueprint or definition of a container (readonly)• Needed by docker engine to create a running

instance of a container• Can consist out of multiple layers

Code Node.js UbuntuImage

Images

Containers

• Running instance of an image

• Runs the app

• Isolated and secured

Run everywhereDEMO

V1 V2 V3

Why use containers

Eliminate app conflicts

DEV TEST PROD

Why use containers

Easy app shipping

It’s just easy for us developers

• When joining an ongoing project not need to do a

long setup for a developer environment

• No need for heavy virtual machines

• Development environment is almost the same as

production

Why use containers

The SharePoint

Context

Why use containers

Connecting to Office 365 groups from a container

Demo

Azure Container Service

What is the Azure Container Service- Optimised for

hosting containers- Easy to manage

containers at very large scales

- Docker swarm and DC/OS included

- Open source

DC/OS vs docker Swarm

• Large scale• Proven in production

environments• Complex

• Native from docker

• Standard docker interface

Overview of the Azure Container ServiceDemo

What’s in it for us

Automated buildsDemo

If you have any more questions

Email : rick.vanrousselt@outlook.comTwitter : @rickvanrousselt