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Windows Azure Platform Introduction: Programming Cloud-Based Applications

Course: 2602 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 4 Days

You Will Learn How To

Build scalable, fault-tolerant and secure cloud-based applications using the Windows Azure Platform
Leverage existing knowledge of Visual Studio and .NET to develop applications for the cloud
Create, deploy, configure and monitor ASP.NET applications that run in the Azure cloud
Host Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services using Azure
Employ worker roles and queues for asynchronous processing
Create and access SQL Azure databases for cloud-based storage

Course Benefits

The Windows Azure Platform is the Microsoft solution for cloud computing. The Azure Platform provides operating system, database and application services that simplify administration, streamline maintenance and reduce costs. This course provides the knowledge to build and deploy applications that utilise the Windows Azure Platform using Visual Studio and .NET.

Who Should Attend

Programmers, architects, and application designers who would like to take advantage of Microsoft Azure services to create scalable, secure and affordable cloud-based applications. .NET programming experience is assumed.

Hands-On Training

Exercises provide practical experience building and deploying Azure applications using Visual Studio and .NET. Exercises include:

Creating a Windows Azure account
Testing Azure applications with the development fabric
Uploading an ASP.NET application to the cloud
Storing data in blobs and tables
Enabling Web Forms authentication, sessions and profiles for Azure applications
Hosting a WCF service within the cloud
Utilising Azure queues for asynchronous processing
Saving relational data in the cloud with SQL Azure

Related Courses

1200 Cloud Computing Comprehensive Introduction
506 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET and Ajax
977 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET MVC
2601 .NET Web Services Introduction
503 Visual Basic Programming for .NET
419 C# Programming
975 WPF and Silverlight Introduction
511 .NET Best Practices and Design Patterns
976 .NET 3.0/3.5 Overview

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Azure is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Upcoming Dates

16 - 19 Nov	London
8 - 11 Feb	London
10 - 13 May	London
9 - 12 Aug	London
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Windows Azure Platform Introduction: Programming Cloud-Based Applications

Course: 2602 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 4 Days

Course Content

Introduction to Azure Features and Services

Scalablity
Fault tolerance
Security
Affordability
Cloud-based storage
AppFabric
SQL Azure

Developing Azure Applications with Visual Studio

Creating a Windows Azure program

Registering a Windows Azure account
Building Azure projects in Visual Studio
Adding Web and Worker roles
Programming ASP.NET applications for Azure

Uploading and testing Azure applications

Testing applications using the development fabric
Publishing an Azure application
Configuring Azure applications

Saving data with Azure blob storage

Configuring blob storage locally and for the cloud
Adding blob containers
Saving, listing, accessing and deleting blobs

Storing structured data using Azure tables

Configuring table storage
Creating entities
Controlling concurrency and transactions

Migrating ASP.NET Applications to Azure

Deploying Azure applications to production

Monitoring and debugging cloud-based applications
Scaling Azure applications
Reconfiguring Azure applications

Customising Web Forms security for Azure

Employing Azure-enabled membership and role providers
Configuring access rules and roles
Leveraging ASP.NET login controls within Azure
Implementing transport security with SSL

Enabling ASP.NET sessions and profiles for Azure

Investigating design considerations for Azure Web applications
Writing sessions to Azure storage
Modifying profile configuration for Azure

Building Service-Oriented Azure Applications

Hosting WCF services with Azure

Adding WCF services to an ASP.NET application
Creating a WCF Service Web Role
Programming WCF interfaces, attributes and configuration
Implementing a WCF service

Building interoperable Azure services

Locating Azure services
Adding service references
Setting WCF bindings
Accessing Azure services using SOAP or REST
Employing Azure services from WPF, Silverlight and non-.NET environments

Leveraging Azure for Asynchronous Computing

Adding worker roles to Visual Studio projects

Asynchronous background processing
Communicating between roles
Polling for worker completion using Ajax

Implementing queue storage for messaging

Sending messages to queues
Serialising objects for queues
Reading queued messages

SQL Azure Cloud-Based Storage

Overview of SQL Azure

Creating a SQL Azure account
Identifying the differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server
SQL Azure tool support

Migrating to a SQL Azure database

Building tables
Consuming SQL Azure data
Synchronising data sources with Microsoft Sync Framework

Implementing AppFabric

Distributing applications with the service bus

Registering services via the service bus
Sending messages using the service bus

Controlling access using AppFabric

Supported standards
Authenticating and authorising users

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Windows Azure Platform Introduction: Programming Cloud-Based Applications Tuition

Course: 2602 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 4 Days

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