Introducing Windows Azure

by Henry Li

Overview

Windows Azure is Microsoft's next-generation cloud-computing operating system and is designed to provide companies with new business opportunities as they migrate toward hosted services.

Introducing Microsoft Azure provides all the information developers need to get started with this technology and apply it across a range of situations. Presented in a clear, concise manner, this book provides a carefully measured learning curve for surmounting the architectural and coding challenges that need to be faced when building a well-balanced Windows Azure service.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430224693
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/10/2009
Series:	Expert's Voice in .NET
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Henry Li is a technical consultant specializing in enterprise application integration and distributed system automation solutions. He runs his own consulting firm, SoftnetSolutions Consulting Inc., based in Hillsboro, Oregon. Henry resides with wife, Wenyan, and lovely daughter, Emma, in the beautiful Portland area of Oregon. He can be contacted at [e-mail] for any questions regarding this book.

Table of Contents

Create Cloud Table Storage.- Access Cloud Table Storage.- Working with Cloud Queue and Blob Storage.- Windows Azure Application Integration Using WCF.- Azure .NET Services—Access Control.- Azure .NET Services—Service Bus.- Azure .NET Services—Workflows.- SQL Azure.- Deploy Applications and Production Maintenance.