innovation group event: cocktails & clouds

Innovation Group Event: Cocktails & Clouds

10th November 2011

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Update and Welcome

• Third Innovation Group Event

• Shared Success• Nokia Coverage of Top Apps• 20 Plus Top Apps in the Pipeline

• New FacesSoMo, Red Badger, iPrinciples, Metia, iPrincipals and iLInk

• Developer Devices• Next Event: 19th Jan 2012

• Metro Design and UX Deep Dive• Lbi Rave 24th November

Tickets available

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AgendaAzure WorkshopDepth Partner Support

Internship ProgramQ & A

Cocktail WorkshopFood & Networking

3:00pm – 3:15pm: Update & Welcome, Steven Trew, Microsoft 3:15pm – 4:00pm: Azure Workshop, Eric Nelson, Microsoft & David Wynne, Red Badger                4:00pm – 4:15pm: Break 4:15pm – 4:45pm: Windows Phone Depth Partner Support Tom Eddings, Microsoft                                                          4:45pm – 5:00pm: Student Internship ProgramLars Lindstedt, Microsoft  5:00pm- 7:00pm: Cocktail Making Master Class

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Azure WorkshopEric Nelson, MicrosoftDavid Wynne, Red Badger

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AgendaWhat is the Windows Azure Platform?Using with Windows Phone 7• Storage• Identity• Communications

Real World ExampleNext Steps

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Windows Azure Platform

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Windows Azure Platform…

makes it easy and cost effective to run your applications and/or store your data

inside Microsoft Data Centres

using existing skills

and integrate with your existing on-premise applications

all accessible from a variety of devices

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Windows AzureCloud Operating System

Virtual NetworkCompute Storage

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SQL AzureExtending SQL Server to the Cloud

Data Sync

Database Reporting

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Windows Azure AppFabricBuilding Block Services for developing connected applications

CachingService Bus

Access Control

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With Worldwide Reach…

North Central

USA

South Central

USA

Northern Europe

Western Europe

Eastern Asia

Southeast Asia

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Devices and Windows Azure

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Why Device + Cloud?• The cloud levels the playing

field• The cloud provides a larger

pool of resources from which to pull

• The cloud provides a way to reach across device platforms

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Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices• Easier for device

developers to use Windows Azure• Windows Phone: http://

bit.ly/watwp7• iOS: http://bit.ly/watios• Android: http://bit.ly/watandroid

• Toolkits include:• Native libraries (e.g. .NET,

Objective-C)• Samples• Project templates• Documentation

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Storage

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Storage: What are our options?• Windows Azure Tables

• Non-relational structured storage• Massive scale-out• OData

• Windows Azure Blobs• Big files• REST

• Windows Azure Queues• Persistent Async Messaging• Enqueue, Dequeue

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Storage: What are our options?• SQL Azure

• Relational database• Highly available• Managed for you as a service

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Storage Example: SQL Azure• Client sends request to

proxy• Proxy makes SQL call

against SQL Azure• SQL Azure returns a

response• Proxy returns response

to device

WebRole

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Identity

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Identity: What are the options?• Create your own

• Username + password, token, etc.• ASP.NET Membership Providers

• Use a single existing identity system• Live Id, Facebook, etc.• Develop directly against IdP protocol

• Outsource identity management• Access Control Service

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Access Control Service

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Communications

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Communications• Two forms of

communication with devices• Device-initiated• Cloud-initiated

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Communications: Cloud-initiated• Push Notifications

• Single connection between the device and the notification service

• Bandwidth and battery-friendly• No guarantee of delivery

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Real World Example

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David WynneCo-Founder & Architect@dwynne

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#1 Premium Twitter Client

Source: Distomo Monitor, November 2011

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Why Azure?

Visual Studio Scale with growth Write once Azure Table Service Millions of transactions a month

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Architecture

Azure Table

Service

REST API

ConfigurationConsumer

MonitoringService

MessageConsumer

Configuration Queue

MSPN

Messages Queue

TileService

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Insights Design to Scale Logical Roles vs. Physical Roles Logging Concurrency

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red-badger.comdavid.wynne@red-badger.com@dwynne

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Next StepsAll links at www.ericnelson.co.uk

www.azure.com

www.buildwindows.com

www.sixweeksofazure.co.uk

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