Windows Azure for SharePoint people

Dennis Mulder@dennismulder – dmulder@microsoft.com

Solution ArchitectMicrosoft Windows Azure Center of Excellence

Session Objectives And Takeaways

• Continue to discuss the different ways in which you can leverage Windows Azure in your SharePoint 2013 project

• Demonstrate how you build and deploy an advanced SharePoint 2013 cloud-hosted app

• Understand how to leverage Windows Azure as your development & testing environment

ScenariosWhen should I think about Windows Azure in the context of my SharePoint implementation?

Scenarios

• Cloud Hosted SharePoint apps• Apps natively integrated into SharePoint, but hosted

elsewhere• Developer, Test and Staging Environments

• Quickly provision and un-provision entire environments• Hybrid Applications

• Applications that span your data center and the cloud • SharePoint for Internet Sites (FIS)

• Public facing, anonymous access sites• Disaster Recovery

• Quickly recover from a disaster, only pay for use

This session!

Your Datacenter

Virtualization

O/S

Hardware

Network

Data

Applications

Firewall

Web Sites & Apps

Applications

Data

Cloud Services Applications

Firewall Rules

Data

Virtual Network

Virtual Machines

Virtual Network

Data

Applications

Firewall Rules

O/S

Focus on the Application

Windows Azure

Scenario: Cloud apps

SharePoint-hostedBuild and run your whole app inside of SharePoint

AutohostedWhen you need server code and SQL Azure for your app but don’t want to get into the hosting business.

Provider-hostedUse for apps requiring the greatest amount of flexibility and scalability and toolset and backend services that cross app instances.

Three hosting options to provide the flexibility and scalability your app needs

App models:SharePoint 2013 App models

Provider Hosted App - Advanced

Deploy yourapp

Windows Azure

Sharepoint App CatalogRegister your

app

SharePoint Online

Documents Search Workflow

Feeds User Profile

and more…

Retrieve data using OData/REST calls

Notify app usingevent receivers

Internet

SharePoint 2013

Client App Part (Trust)

Azure App

Bakery store

Provider-hosted

Azure Web Sites

Database….

O365

REST + OAuth and OData +

client object models

SharePoint O365 – Azure Integration

DemoRunning a cloud hosted SharePoint application in Windows Azure websites

Web RoleWeb Sites

* Cloud Apps (Web or Worker roles) can integrate with ClearDB’s MySQL as a Service via connection string but not via seamless portal/provisioning workflow

Access to Azure services like Caching, Service Bus, Storage, SQL Azure

Supports ASP.NET, classic ASP, Node.js, PHPShared content and configuration

GIT, FTPNear-instant deployment

Integrated MySQL as a service supportEnvironments/Staging

Network isolationRemote desktop access

Elevated permissionsStart-up tasks

Unsupported frameworks or librariesService Model

Azure Connect/VPN

*

Capabilities vs.

Windows Azure web sites offering

Shared instance• Limited egress, storage (1GB), DB

(20 MB)• Max 10 sites• Free during preview

Multi instance• Scale Out• Max 3 instances• Free during preview

Reserved Instance• Scale Up• Can buy multiple instances • Cost and sized same as Hosted Services

Web Role

* all can use other Azure services

multi-tiered enterprise connected

applications

Migration

web hosting focused

Scenario: Dev/Test

Developer & Test environment

Windows Server

SQL Server

SharePoint

Visual Studio

Frameworks Etc.

8 CPU, 16GB etc.

Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Persistent Disks and Highly Durable

Windows Azure Storage

Windows Azure Storage (Disaster Recovery)

Virtual Machine

Persistent Disks and Highly Durable

Windows Azure Storage

Windows Azure Storage (Disaster Recovery)

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Disks and Images

OS Images• Microsoft• Partner • User

Disks• OS Disks • Data Disks

Base OS image for new Virtual MachinesSys-Prepped/Generalized/Read Only Created by uploading or by capture

Writable Disks for Virtual MachinesCreated during VM creation or during upload of existing VHDs.

Migrating a Simple Virtual Machine

On-Premises Virtual MachineMachine Name: APPSRV1Memory: 8 GB Cores: 4Ports: 80/443 for http/https

Guest: C:\Host: C:\VMs\APP-OS.vhdGuest: D:\Host: D:\VMs\APP-Data.vhdGuest: E:\Host: E:\VMs\APP-Logs.vhd

Cloud ServiceName: myapp1.cloudapp.net

Virtual MachineRole Name: appsrv14 Cores 7 GB Ram Windows

AzureStorageGuest: C:\

WAStorage\VMs\APP-OS.vhdGuest: E:\WAStorage\VMs\APP-Data.vhdGuest: F:\WAStorageVMs\APP-Logs.vhd

DeploymentSlot Production

Migration Steps1) Upload VHDs CSUpload or other Tools

2) Create VM OS Disk=APP-OS.vhd

3) Configure Data Disks Data Disk 1 = APP-Data.vhd Data Disk 2= App-Logs.vhd

4) Adjust App for Drive Letters

5) Add Input Endpoint(s) 80, TCP, http 443, TCP, https

TCP Endpoints 80 and 443

DemoMigrating a SharePoint environment in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Demo - SharePoint configuration

LB

WFE/APP SQL

80

Cloud Svc – azurecoe.cloudapp.net

Azurecoe AD subnet

Virtual NetworkAzure

AD/DC/DNS

DemoA SharePoint environment in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

SharePoint Farm Configuration

AD/DC/DNS

OnPrem

LB WFE SQLAppSvr

80

2012

VPN Tunnel

Cloud Svc

Cloud Svc

Virtual NetworkAzure

AD/DC/DNS

Summary• Windows Azure is an easy friction free platform to

start with based on your existing knowledge

• Windows Azure functionality can be hosted in many different ways to support your SharePoint projects:• Running Cloud Hosted applications in Windows Azure Websites

and Web/worker roles supporting both on-prem, Virtual Machines and O365 based solutions

• Running dev/test/staging environments in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

• Leveraging all the other Windows Azure functionality inside your cloud hosted applications

• Windows Azure websites is a good platform to get started with your first SharePoint apps and start earning some money!

Resources• Windows Azure Virtual Machines• Windows Azure Training kit• Apps for Office and SharePoint Blog• How

to: Create a basic provider-hosted app for SharePoint

• How to: Create high-trust apps for SharePoint 2013 using the server-to-server protocol (advanced topic)