Windows Azure
Windows Azure is an application platform provided by Microsoft to allow others to run applications on Microsoft’s “cloud” infrastructure. Its finally open for business (as of Feb 1, 2010). Below are some links about Azure for those who are still catching up.
Wikipedia: Windows Azure has three core components: Compute, Storage and Fabric. As the names suggest, Compute provides computation environment with Web Role and Worker Role while Storage focuses on providing scalable storage (Blobs, Tables, Queue) for large scale needs.
The hosting environment of Windows Azure is called the Fabric Controller – which pools individual systems into a network that automatically manages resources, load balancing, geo-replication and application lifecycle without requiring the hosted apps to explicitly deal with those requirements.[3] In addition, it also provides other services that most applications require — such as the Windows Azure Storage Service that provides applications with the capability to store unstructured data such as binary large objects, queues and non-relational tables.[3] Applications can also use other services that are a part of the Azure Services Platform.
- MS: Microsoft – Azure Services Platform
- MS: How much does it cost ?
- MS-Dev: Cloud Computing Tools
- MS-Dev: Windows Azure SDK
- MS-Dev: Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1
- MS-Dev: Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK 1.0
- MS-Dev: Windows Azure Platform Training Kit
- Blog: Everything you want to know about Azure
- News: Microsoft doesn’t want private Azure clouds
- Learn: Wikipedia – Azure Services Platform
- Learn: Introducing the Azure Services platform, David Chappell
- Learn: Virtual Lab: Windows Azure
- Library: JAzure – A Java API for Microsoft Windows Azure Storage Services
- Library: AppFabric SDK for Java Developers
- Library: AppFabric SDK for Ruby Develppers
- Slides: Windows Azure Cases
- Slides: Understanding Azure – David Gristwood
- Slides: Azure for Science
- Slides: Considering Windows Azure
- Slides: Microsoft Cloud in 5 minutes
- Slides: Storing Data in the cloud
- Slides: Windows in the cloud
- Slides: Windows Azure
- Slides: What is Windows Azure
- Slides: Azure real world
- Slides: Introduction to SQL services
- Slides: Data in the Azure cloud
- Slides: Architecting for the Windows Azure Platform
- Slides: 15 minute overview of Microsoft’s Cloud Database
- Slides: Windows Azure and a little SQL Data Services
- Slides: Windows Azure storage
- Slides: Building Applications with SQL Data services and Windows Azure
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