Building An Application For Windows Azure And Sql Azure

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Building an Application for Windows Azure and SQL AzureEric NelsonMicrosoft UKhttp://bit.ly/iupdateable | http://twitter.com/ericnel | http://ukazure.ning.com

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Session Objectives

• Windows Azure Platform overview• Drill into Windows Azure• Drill into SQL Azure• Leave feeling confident that you can

build your own applications

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

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Windows Azure Platform 101

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Windows Azure Platform

• Windows Azure – Your code and data

• SQL Azure Database – Your relational data

• AppFabric* – Your messages

Code Data RelationalData

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Roadmap

• Taken a little while – Summer 2007 Biztalk Services -> .NET Services -> AppFabric– March 2008 SQL Server Data Services -> SQL Data Services -> SQL Azure– October 2008 Windows Azure -> Windows Azure

• Jan 4th went live – Yippeeeeeeeee!• February 1st started charging – Boooo!• All teams active on new features• You can influence it

www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.com

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7 things that may surprise you

1. Azure is not just about “the next twitter”2. You can use C++, Java, Ruby, PhP...3. It is free to try4. There are hundreds of great 3rd party

tools5. You can store up to 500TB of data6. It offers a full relational database for £67. Millions of developers are “Azure ready”

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Demo

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Windows Azure

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Windows Azure for Application Developers

Portal HostedService

Storage

SDK

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Product group alert!

PortalSDK

Code

Data

RelationalData

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Development Fabric and Storage

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Roles

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Load Balanced Instances

http://yourapp.cloudapp.nethttp://yourapp.cloudapp.net

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Web vs Worker Role

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Storage

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Tables

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Blobs

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Queues

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Portal

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To deploy you need an account

http://bit.ly/azure25

http://bit.ly/azuremsdnfree

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Demo

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SQL Azure

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SQL Azure

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SQL Azure Application Architectures

T-SQL (TDS)

Application / ToolsApplication / Tools

SQL Azure access from outside

Code Far

SQL AzureSQL Azure

SOAP/RESTHTTP/S

SQL Azure access from within Datacenter

Windows Azure

T-SQL (TDS)

Web RoleWeb Role

ADO.NET Data Svcs/REST - EFHTTP/S

SQL AzureSQL Azure

Application/ BrowserApplication/ Browser

Code Near

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Demo

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Summary

• Same Development Tools and Experience

• Local and Cloud Based Environments• Rapid Cloud Development,

Deployment and Maintenance• UK Site http://bit.ly/landazure• UK Community http://bit.ly/ukazure • My blog http://bit.ly/iupdateable

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UK Pricing – standard rates

• Windows Azure– Compute

• 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 Azure– Web 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

• AppFabric– Access 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 Transfers– North 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

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

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Feedback on Azure

• Are you impressed or underwhelmed?• Is it relevant to you?• Where are we missing a trick?• What features do you need?• What could we do to help?• What blockers do you see?

• Send to Eric.nelson@microsoft.com • www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.

com

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And a very big thank you! http://bit.ly/landazure

http://bit.ly/iupdateable

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Appendix

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UK Pricing – standard rates

• Windows Azure– Compute

• 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 Azure– Web 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

• AppFabric– Access 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 Transfers– North 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.

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Screenshots

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New Project

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Add a Role

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Write Some Code

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Run and Debug Locally (Hit F5)

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Deploy to the Cloud

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Create Your Accounts

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Deploy Your Service

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Portal – Allocated

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Portal - Run

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Portal - Initializing

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Portal - Busy

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Portal - Ready

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My Windows Azure screenshots

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My SQL Azure screenshots

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Server: Network Access Control

• Each server defines a set of firewall rules– Determines access policy based on client

IP– By default, there is NO ACCESS to server

• Controlled using Firewall API (masterDB)– sys.firewall_rules,

sys.sp_merge_firewall_rule and sys.sp_delete_firewall_rule

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Server: Billing and Reporting

• Usage metrics from views:– sys.bandwidth_usage– sys.database_usage

• Bandwidth shows ingress/egress/type in KB

• Database shows number/type