Introducing Windows Azure

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Windows Azure Essentials

Web Role

Worker Role

Azure Fabric

Who This Book Is For

Prerequisites

How This Book Is Structured

Chapter 1: Create Cloud Table Storage

Chapter 2: Access Cloud Table Storage

Chapter 3: Working with Cloud Queue and Blob Storage

Chapter 4: Windows Azure Application Integration Using WCF

Chapter 5: Windows Azure .NET Services—Access Control

Chapter 6: Windows Azure .NET Services—Service Bus

Chapter 7: Windows Azure .NET Services—Workflows

Chapter 8: SQL Azure

Chapter 9: Deploy Windows Azure Applications to Production

Appendix

Downloading the Code

Contacting the Author

Chapter 1 Create Cloud Table Storage

The Table Storage Specification

A Closer Look at Entities

Azure Development Storage

Create Cloud Data Storage with a Simple Data Structure

Using Portable Data Types for Data Columns

Using Data Tables Generated by Windows Azure Development Tool

Solutions to Non-Portable Data Types

Data Context Class Inheritance

Using PartitionKey and RowKey to Organize the Data to be Distributed

Create Cloud Data Storage with Relational Data Structure

A Constraint for Data Entity Classes Contains Embedded Entity Classes

Refactoring Data Entity Classes

Close SQL Analysis

Summary

Chapter 2Access Cloud Table Storage

Accessing a Single Cloud Data Storage Table

Data Entity Class Constructors

Table Storage Keys

Log Runtime Message and Event Information for Debugging

Leverage the Power of Development Fabric Services

Using Fiddler 2 to Debug Cloud Storage Applications

Leverage LINQ to Query Entities in Cloud Storage

Using HTTP REST to Query the Top N Entities

Using Continuation Tokens to Retrieve Paginated Data

Deleting and Updating an Entity in a Single Cloud Data Storage Table

Update Data Tables in Buckets

Best Practices in Using the DataServiceContext Object

Handling Relational Cloud Data Storage Tables

Summary

Chaper 3Working with Cloud Queue and Blob Storage

Azure Queue

Azure Blob Storage

Creating a Cloud Queue

Add a Worker Role in the Cloud Service Solution

Create a Queue Storage Container and Create a Named Queuefrom the Start Handler of the Worker Role

Create the Queue Using Account Information from the Configuration File

Create the Queue Programatically

Put a Message into the Queue

Poll and Delete a Message from the Queue

Delete a Message from the Queue

Parse a Message Received from the Queue

Query a Queue Using HTTP REST

Creating Cloud Blob Storage

Creating a Loosely Coupled Event-Driven System

Implementing a Client Application to Access Cloud Blob Storage

Summary

Chapter 4Windows Azure Application Integration Using WCF

Using WCF

Host WCF Service from Azure

Verify HostWCFService from the Local Development Environment

Summary

Chapter 5Azure .NET Services—Access Control

Working with the .NET Access Control Service

Build Your First Cloud Application Using the .NET Access Control Service

CardSpace .Net Access Control Services

AzureForDotNetDeveloperWCFserviceLibrary

Service Implementations and Configurations

Client Implementations and Configurations

Test Results for What We Have Built

Authentication Using X.509 Certification or CardSpace in .NET Access Control Service

Installing the X.509 Certificate

Associating the Certificate to the Azure Application URL

Using CardSpace in the .NET Access Control Service

Summary

Chaprter 6Azure .NET Services— Service Bus

Connecting to Remote Applications with the Service Bus

Service Name Hierarchy System

Service Registry and Publishing

Endpoint Relay Connectivity

Using WCF with the Service Bus

Post a Net Event Using Relay Connection

Simple Direct Connected System Using Hybrid Relay Connection Mode

Using .NET Service Bus to Build a Distributed Connected Windows Application

SoftnetSolutions.IShape

SoftnetSolutions.Shape

SoftnetSolutions.RelayService.ServiceContract

SoftnetSolutions.Shape.Draw

SoftnetSolutions.RelayService.ShapeController

Port Forwarding

Change Credential Type

.NET Service Bus Queue Client Facade

Summary

Chapter 7Azure .NET Services—Workflows

Hosting a Workflow Service in an Azure Cloud Environment

Coordinating WF Services Using HttpWebRequest

Summary

Chapter 8SQL Azure

Create a Virtual Server for SQL Azure

Connect to a SQL Azure Database Using SQL Server Management Studio

Create a Data Table Using SQL Server Management Studio

Simple Benchmark Testing Results

Verifying That SQL Azure Supports Relational Data Tables

Connect to a SQL Azure Database Using ADO.NET

Migrate Existing Databases from an On-Premises System to SQL Azure

SQL Azure Application Developing Tool: SQLAzureConnect

Functions of SQLAzureConnect

Using XML Data to Define UI Components Dynamically

SQLDataAccessComponent Class

SQLDataAccessHelper Class

Component Design and Implementation

ParameterControl

SQLDataServiceControl

FormSQLAzureConnect

Summary

Chapter 9Deploy Applications and Production Maintenance

Preparing the Application Package and Configuration Package for Deployment

Deploying Table Storage

Host an Application from the Cloud

Deploying Cloud Applications

Staging Deployment

Select the Application Package and Configuration Package

Running a Hosted Application

Maintenance of a Cloud Application

Increase or Decrease the Number of Instances

Override the Configuration

Redeploy an Application with a New Version

Summary

Azure Service Management Tools

Appendix

Index