Microsoft Azure Overview

Microsoft Azure:

Microsoft Azure is the cloud computing service, which is created by Microsoft. It helps to build, deploy and manage applications and services through a global network. This worldwide network is handled by the Microsoft-managed data centers. Microsoft Azure is popular and in-demand since it provides software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service. It also supports several different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, which include both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.

Windows Azure Basics:

·         Windows Azure Introduction

·         Creating Azure Free Account

·         Understanding Azure Subscriptions and Roles

·         Understanding Azure Portals

Ø  ASM (Azure Service Manager)

Ø  ARM (Azure Resource Manager)

Azure Objectives:

·         Knowledge in usage of Windows Azure Portal and the services delivered.

·         Skills in different service models of Cloud computing.

·         Knowledge in creation of worker role and web role and publishing it to Windows Azure Portal.

·         Knowledge in Windows Azure Websites (WAWS) and creation of web portals using templates.

·         Acquires knowledge in working with components in distributed application communication with each other.

·         Acquire knowledge in different types of storage in Windows Azure such as blobs, tables, and queues.

·         Learning of Architecture, usage of SQL Azure and security.

·         Learning of migration from local database to SQL Azure.

·         Acquire skills in different caching mechanism supported by Windows Azure.

·         Acquiring the subject knowledge skills in sharing media content that is audio and video with clients.

Other Windows Azure Services:

➣ Azure SAAS.

➣ Azure Backup.

➣ Azure Load balancer.

➣ Azure Site Recovery.

➣ Azure PowerShell.

➣ Azure CLI.

➣ Azure Cloud Services.

➣ Azure Automation.