Introducing Microsoft Windows Azure
Jan 30th 2011
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Overview
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Background on Azure
What Azure can do
What Azure can’t do
Azure/PAAS: the future of application development ?
Background
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Microsoft’s Cloud Platform offering
Two core markets
– ISV’s wanting to build SaaS applications
– Enterprises wanting to extend into the cloud
Why Azure ?
– Trusted provider/brand
– (Increasing) Integration with Microsoft technologies
– Deep toolkit for building cloud based systems
– Flexible/scalable pricing
– Elasticity !!!
– On/Off Premise via Azure Connect
How Does it Compare to Other Cloud Options?
Business Requirements
End User Config
SaaS
• End User
Ready
Experience
Application
Database
PaaS
• Application
Ready
Experience
IaaS
• Virtual Machine
Ready
Experience
Operating System
Disaster Recovery
Virus Control
Database Server
Load Balancing
Identity/Authorisation
Middleware
Hardware
Network
Storage
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Windows Azure Platform Data Centres
6 datacenters across 3 continents
Simply select your data centre of choice when deploying an application
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What Is The Windows Azure Platform?
Windows Azure is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers around the
world, proving a simple, reliable and powerful platform for the creation of web applications and
services.
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Key Markets
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New Business’ not wanting to invest in long term hosting infrastructure
Web sites with elastic volume requirements eg. www.missuniverse.com
New business looking to go straight to the cloud
Business looking to start moving to the cloud with a trusted brand
Microsoft shops looking to move into the cloud with a familiar technology
Key Considerations
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Azure
– does not provide traditional hosted servers (yet) and therefore;
– does not replace the outsourced server hosting providers eg. ICO
– does not replace Web Site hosting
Putting sensitive data in the cloud ?
– Still considered a Business Risk
– Data Sovereignty remains a key concern to most business’
– There is no Azure data centre in Australia
– Business’ are comfortable that they control their data
Architecture
– For business with existing data, it is a re-architecture
– Only in a few cases is it a simple case of “porting” in an existing
application
– Value will only be seen in solutions built to utilise the platform features
Alternative Cloud Options
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IAAS/PAAS
– Amazon Web Services;
– Google App Engine;
IAAS
– VMware vCloud;
– IBM Smart Cloud
– RackSpace
– Also hosting providers eg. ICO are starting to offer more “elasticity” in
their offerings for overflow arrangements
Getting started with Windows Azure™
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1 Day Application Assessment &
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Cloud
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