Windows Azure

INTRODUCTION Windows azure is a platform with a group of cloud technologies, each providing a specific set of services to the users realize the benefits of cloud computing, where the cloud is a set of interconnected computing resources located in one or more data centers. THE WINDOWS AZURE PLATFORM Windows Azure platform includes three main components Windows Azure, the Windows Azure platform AppFabric, and SQL Azure. Each of those components provides following capabilities: Windows Azure A Microsoft Windows Server-based computing environment for applications Persistent storage for both structured and unstructured data, as well as asynchronous messaging The Windows Azure platform AppFabric Service Bus, which helps to connect applications that are on-premises or in the public cloud, regardless of the network topology Access Control Service, which manages authorization and authentication for Representational State Transfer (REST) based Web services with security tokens SQL Azure SQL Server provided as a service in the cloud. AZURE HARDWARE The Azure data center is a host for several technical infrastructure components maintained in large numbers. These components include fiber optic cables, high speed switches, routers, hardware balances, UPS s, servers, commodity hardware systems etc. THE BEST TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH THE WINDOWS AZURE PLATFORM Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 INSTALLATION
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Install a supported release of Visual Studio. Recommended: Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Configure IIS 7.0 for ASP.NET, WCF HTTP Activation, and (optionally) CGI. For more information on configuring II 7.0, see Preparing the Local Development Environment. Download and install Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

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