Collaboration & the Cloud: Integrating SharePoint & Windows Azure

Collaboration & the Cloud: Integrating SharePoint & Windows Azure

Steve FoxSteve FoxDirector, DPEDirector, DPEhttp://blogs.msdn.com/steve_foxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/steve_foxstefox@microsoft.comstefox@microsoft.com

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Background

Practical Examples

“By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.”

Gartner

Compute StorageManageme

ntCDN

Windows AzureOperating System in the Cloud

Reach, Resource & Reusability

ReachReach Social intelligence dashboardsSocial intelligence dashboards Document tracking solutionDocument tracking solution

ResourceResource Training solutionsTraining solutions Cloud-based archival storageCloud-based archival storage

ReusabilityReusability Business apps to service phone, web and PCBusiness apps to service phone, web and PC Skills translationSkills translation

DemoDemo

Crime Stats Dashboard

DemoDemo

Contoso Stores External List

DemoDemo

Image File Manager

DemoDemo

Contoso Store Information

Summary

SharePoint provides great SharePoint provides great opportunities to integrate opportunities to integrate with Azure in many ways with Azure in many ways – think – think reachreach, , resourceresource & & reusabilityreusability

You are You are integratingintegrating with with SharePoint as opposed to SharePoint as opposed to hostinghosting

Different endpoints can Different endpoints can provide you with varying provide you with varying levels of data richness levels of data richness and analytical capabilitiesand analytical capabilities

Artifact/API Description

SP COM Interact with Azure data in a list.

BCS Model data from Azure and/or build external list to SQL Azure.

Silverlight Create UI against Azure services or data.

Sandboxed Solutions Silverlight application leveraging Azure deployed to site collection.

Office Custom Client Consume data directly from Azure or BCS list exposing Azure data.

Standard/Visual Web Parts

Leverage services and data from Azure.

Open XML Manage Azure data into a document.

REST Use REST to interact with Azure data to integrate with SP data.

Office Server Services Integrate with Office server-side services.

Workflow/Event Receivers

State or events that tie into Azure services or data.

LINQ Use for querying Azure data objects.

Search Federate search to include Azure data.

Call to Action

For DownloadFor DownloadDownload SharePoint VMDownload SharePoint VM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=751FA0D1-356C-4002-9C60-D539896C66CE&displaylang=en

Download Azure Developer CenterDownload Azure Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/default.aspx

For ReferenceFor ReferenceCheck out Steve’s blog for code and walkthroughs from todayCheck out Steve’s blog for code and walkthroughs from today

http://blogs.msdn.com/steve_fox Channel 9 SharePoint Developer Training KitChannel 9 SharePoint Developer Training Kit

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/SharePoint2010Developer/ Channel 9 Azure Developer Training KitChannel 9 Azure Developer Training Kit

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Azure/

Call to ActionFor DownloadFor DownloadDownload SharePoint VMDownload SharePoint VM

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=751FA0D1-356C-4002-9C60-D539896C66CE&displaylang=en

Download Azure Developer CenterDownload Azure Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/

default.aspxdefault.aspx

For ReferenceFor ReferenceCheck out Steve’s blog for code and walkthroughs Check out Steve’s blog for code and walkthroughs from todayfrom today

http://blogs.msdn.com/steve_fox http://blogs.msdn.com/steve_fox Channel 9 SharePoint Developer Training KitChannel 9 SharePoint Developer Training Kit

http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/SharePoint2010Developer/ SharePoint2010Developer/

Channel 9 Azure Developer Training KitChannel 9 Azure Developer Training Kit http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Azure/ http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Azure/

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