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Windows Azure has just been announced at PDC 2008. And information is now available online from http://www.microsoft.com/azure/default.mspx.

Drilling into the features for developers there is a video interview with Steve Marx that outlines Azure from a developer perspective:

  • His blog http://blog.smarx.com/default.aspx hosted on Windows Azure.
  • Aim to use current skills and technology that they are used to. Built around .Net I.e.
    • Use Visual Studio
    • .Net 3.5
    • IIS 7
    • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Only difference is that it runs on the cloud or Fabric of components.
  • Client side local development experience to test before deployment
    • Azure API's
    • Debugging
    • Ability to emulate Simulate scale via Visualised Compute.
    • Synchronised state
    • Azure storage available (Blobs, Tables)
  • Deployment, VS.Net deploy package and configuration file to a web portal.
  • Question about management:
    • Framework will restart application is required
    • Logging and metering
    • Integration with Windows Live Alerts to send information about service
    • Ability to deploy new versions seamlessly
  • Ability to set metrics "e.g. Queue length, response time" to trigger scale out.
  • Ability to scale out on demand if required (IIS and SQL Services).
  • Currently in CTP.
  • Programming Differences
    • Horizontal Scale - Store state centralised so that it can be accessed by any machine in the virtual web farm
      • e.g. Web Farm - Save shopping cart
    • Using in blob or table helps eliminate bottlenecks of centralised SQL Server for persistence of state.
  • Ability to create services that can be leveraged buy other users e.g. Email service gateway.
  • Service Discovery, still determine plans about how create Market Place of services over the next Year e.g.
    • Find Services
    • What do they cost
    • Ratings for services
    • Ability to integrate services in the development environment
  • Technology
    • RESTful interface
    • Manages & Unmanaged Code
    • Can be used from Python, Ruby etc
  • Does not have to be web form applications could just be a REST interface to a headless service.
Windows Azure For Developers http://www.garchibald.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,58b62c20-c431-45b2-8719-d4f86940b63d.aspx http://www.garchibald.com/blog/2008/10/27/WindowsAzureForDevelopers.aspx Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:48:06 GMT <p> Windows Azure has just been announced at PDC 2008. And information is now available online from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/azure/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/azure/default.mspx</a>. </p> <p> Drilling into the features for developers there is a video interview with <a href="mms://mschnlnine.wmod.llnwd.net/a1809/d1/ch9/9/4/5/4/3/4/SteveMarxRedDogForDevelopers_s_ch9.wmv">Steve Marx</a> that outlines Azure from a developer perspective: </p> <ul> <li> His blog <a title="http://blog.smarx.com/default.aspx" href="http://blog.smarx.com/default.aspx">http://blog.smarx.com/default.aspx</a> hosted on Windows Azure. </li> <li> Aim to use current skills and technology that they are used to. Built around .Net I.e. <ul> <li> Use Visual Studio </li> <li> .Net 3.5 </li> <li> IIS 7 </li> <li> Windows Communication Foundation</li> </ul> </li> <li> Only difference is that it runs on the cloud or Fabric of components. </li> <li> Client side local development experience to test before deployment <ul> <li> Azure API's </li> <li> Debugging </li> <li> Ability to emulate Simulate scale via Visualised Compute. </li> <li> Synchronised state </li> <li> Azure storage available (Blobs, Tables)</li> </ul> </li> <li> Deployment, VS.Net deploy package and configuration file to a web portal. </li> <li> Question about management:</li> <ul> <li> Framework will restart application is required </li> <li> Logging and metering </li> <li> Integration with Windows Live Alerts to send information about service </li> <li> Ability to deploy new versions seamlessly</li> </ul> <li> Ability to set metrics "e.g. Queue length, response time" to trigger scale out. </li> <li> Ability to scale out on demand if required (IIS and SQL Services). </li> <li> Currently in CTP. </li> <li> Programming Differences</li> <ul> <li> Horizontal Scale - Store state centralised so that it can be accessed by any machine in the virtual web farm</li> <ul> <li> e.g. Web Farm - Save shopping cart </li> </ul> <li> Using in blob or table helps eliminate bottlenecks of centralised SQL Server for persistence of state.</li> </ul> <li> Ability to create services that can be leveraged buy other users e.g. Email service gateway. </li> <li> Service Discovery, still determine plans about how create Market Place of services over the next Year e.g.</li> <ul> <li> Find Services </li> <li> What do they cost </li> <li> Ratings for services </li> <li> Ability to integrate services in the development environment</li> </ul> <li> Technology</li> <ul> <li> RESTful interface </li> <li> Manages &amp; Unmanaged Code </li> <li> Can be used from Python, Ruby etc</li> </ul> <li> Does not have to be web form applications could just be a REST interface to a headless service.</li> </ul> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.garchibald.com/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=58b62c20-c431-45b2-8719-d4f86940b63d" /> http://www.garchibald.com/blog/CommentView,guid,58b62c20-c431-45b2-8719-d4f86940b63d.aspx azure pdc