Eric NelsonDeveloper EvangelistMicrosoft UKhttp://bit.ly/ericnelson http://twitter.com/ericnel | http://ukazure.ning.com

LOOKING AT THE CLOUDS THROUGH “DIRTY WINDOWS”

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Agenda

Windows Azure Platform overviewFrom perspective of a developer

Using languages and tools other than .NET

“code, data, relational data and messages”

Windows Azure Platform

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5 things that may surprise you

C++, Java, Ruby, PhP...Free to try500TB of dataRelational Database for £6Not just “next twitter”

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Roadmap

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• All teams active on new features• www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.com

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Windows Azure Platform

Windows Azurecode and data

SQL Azurerelational data

AppFabricmessages

Code

Data

RelationalData

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Developing – same languages and tools

Software Development Kit

Code

Data

RelationalData

Portal

Api

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Software Development Kit

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Your Data

Your Application

“Typical” Azure Application

LB

Web Site(ASPX, ASMX, WCF)Web Site

(ASPX, ASMX, WCF)Web Role

(ASPX, WCF, PhP)

Worker Service

Worker Role

LB

Internet

Windows Azure Platform

Your Relational Data

Tables Views SPs Triggers

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Demo

“errr.... what is .NET anyway?”

Not a .NET developer?

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Windows Azure Platform

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Will it run on Windows Azure?

Run on Windows?Run as Non-admin user?“copy to install”?* VM Access this year

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Demo

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Running PHP in Windows Azure

Host in Web Role

Eclipse Toolinghttp://windowsazure4e.org

PHP Web Role

Instance 2

VIP

Load

Bal

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PHP Web Role

Instance 1

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Project Wizard

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Storage Explorer

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Run in Development Fabric

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Debug in Development Fabric

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Some other examples

http://ukinterop.cloudapp.netRestlet based, using Windows Azure Storage

http://rubyukinterop.cloudapp.netRails based clone using Windows Azure Storage

http://rubysqlazure.cloudapp.net Simple rails using SQL Azure

http://bookingbug.comReal world “Ruby on Rails on Azure”

Domino’s PizzaJava Tomcat

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Summary

PaaS for Rapid Cloud Development, Deployment and MaintenanceFor .NET and… for not .NET My blog http://bit.ly/ericnelson

UK Site http://bit.ly/landazureUK Community http://ukazure.ning.com Feedback www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.com Eclipse Tooling http://windowsazure4e.org Java support http://www.windowsazure4j.org/ Rails on azure http://code.msdn.com/railsonazure Azure runme http://azurerunme.codeplex.com

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New online communityhttp://ukazure.ning.com/

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UK Pricing – standard rates

Windows AzureCompute

Small instance (default): £0.0728 per hour Medium instance: £0.1455 per hour Large instance: £0.291 per hour Extra large instance: £0.5819 per hour

Storage £0.091 per GB stored per month £0.0061 per 10,000 storage transactions

Content Delivery Network (CDN) Service currently available as a Community Technology Preview (CTP) at no charge

SQL AzureWeb Edition – Up to 1 GB relational database

£6.055 per database per month Business Edition – Up to 10 GB relational database

£60.604 per database per month

AppFabricAccess Control

£1.2062 per 100,000 transactions* Service Bus

£2.4184 per connection on a “pay-as-you-go” basis* Pack of 5 connections £6.0307* Pack of 25 connections £30.1535* Pack of 100 connections £120.6139* Pack of 500 connections £603.0695*

Data TransfersNorth America and Europe regions

£0.0607 per GB in £0.091 per GB out

Asia Pacific Region £0.1819 per GB in £0.2728 per GB out

Inbound data transfers during off-peak times through June 30, 2010 are at no charge. Prices revert to our normal inbound data transfer rates after June 30, 2010.

£100 per month* - Highly Available Web Application + 0.5TB data 20 pence per day* - Highly Available SQL Server database

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