Windows Azure SDK 1.7 and New Features

Udaiappa RamachandranNHDN-Cloud Computing UG LeadEmail: udaiappa@gmail.comBlog: http://cloudycode.wordpress.com

Agenda• New SDK 1.7• Portal Enhancement• Storage Enhancement• Server Explorer• Cloud Services• Web Sites• Virtual machines• SQL Database• Cache

New SDK 1.7• Delivered thru Nuget• Open Source• Service Client API• Already a release of storage client

1.7.1

New Portal• http://windows.azure.com – Old

Portal• https://manage.windowsazure.com –

New Portal

Storage Feature• Local Storage• Geo-replicated Storage

Server Explorer• Right from Visual Studio 2010 or

2012• Service Bus explorer• Storage Explorer

Cloud Services• Build infinitely scalable apps and

services• support rich multi-tier architectures• automated application management• focus on the app not the

infrastructure

Web Sites• Shared mode/ reserved mode• Build with ASP.NET, Node.js or PHP• Deploy in seconds with FTP, GIt or

TFS• Start for free, Scale up as your traffic

grows• 10 free websites

Virtual Machines• windows Server and Linux• Flexible Workload Support• Virtual Private Networking

(Hardware/Software based)• Virtual machine portability --Hyper V

(WA<-->Data Center), no lock in• VM with persistent drive

Focus on the Application

SQL Database• Relational SQL Server Engine in the

Cloud• Clustered for high availability• Fully managed Service• SQL Reporting support

Cache• Low latency, in-memory

distributed cache• Dynamically grow and shrink

cache size• High avaialblity support• Memcached protocol support

Announcement

Resource• Windows Azure– http://www.windowsazure.com

Q & A