the azure platform. common sense webinar
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Dustin Hicks
Juan De Abreu
non-elastic IT Inefficiencies
TIME
IT R
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Actual Load
Allocated IT resources
“Waste“ of resources
“Under-supply“ of resources
Fixed cost of IT resources
Load Forecast
Barrier forinnovations
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Managed for You
Managed by You
On-Premise
Servers
Infrastructure
As A Service
Platform As
A Service
Software
As A
Service
Applications
Runtimes
Database
Operating System
Virtualization
Server
Storage
Networking
Affordable On-Demand IT resources with less
Management
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Elasticity in the Azure Platform
Actual Load
Allocated IT
capacities
Reduction of initial
investments
Reduction of “over-supply“
No “under-supply“
Possible reduction of IT-capacities
in case of reduced load
Time
IT C
AP
AC
ITY
Load Forecast
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450 million active accounts
Over 600 million unique usersOver 6 million songs in the
catalog
23 million subscribers
14 billion ads per month
2 billion unique calls per year
10 billion messages processed daily
500 million active Windows Live IDs
Over 3 billion WW queries each month
Over 10,000 customers
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We’re building to run your services
12+ Carrier-Class Mega Data Centers Supporting Enterprise Solutions
Focus on Security (Cybertrust Certification, SAS 70, ISO 27001, US + EU Safe Harbor and ITAR)
2nd largest network in the world (Microsoft is #3 on the Knodes Index – The other 9 Top 10 are Telecom Carriers)
Localized in 50 countries and 99 languages
Gen 3 Data Centers Online in Dublin and Chicago
Typically size of 12 football fields under one roof
Focus on Environmental Sustainability
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MICROSOFT CONFIDENTIAL Page 8
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.
The Windows Azure Platform
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A few Azure Compute Scenarios
Usage
Co
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ute
Time
Average
Inactivity
Period
“On and Off “
• On & off workloads (e.g. batch job)
• Over provisioned capacity is wasted
• Time to market can be cumbersome
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Time
“Unpredictable Bursting“
Average Usage
• Unexpected/unplanned peak in demand
• Sudden spike impacts performance
• Can’t over provision for extreme cases
Average UsageCo
mp
ute
Time
“Growing Fast“
• Successful services needs to grow/scale
• Keeping up w/ growth is big IT challenge
• Complex lead time for deployment
Co
mp
ute
Time
Average Usage
“Predictable Bursting“
• Services with micro seasonality trends
• Peaks due to periodic increased demand
• IT complexity and wasted capacity
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Microsoft
Datacenter
Networking &
Application
Services
The Fabric
hypervisor
VMs
AzureDevices
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ServicePackage
ServiceConfiguration
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MICROSOFT CONFIDENTIAL Page 12
=Fabric Agent
Dave Cutler
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MICROSOFT CONFIDENTIAL Page 13
What is in a Compute Node?
Windows Azure Compute NodeRoot Operating
System
Customer Virtual
Machine
Hypervisor
Azure
Fabric Controller
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MICROSOFT CONFIDENTIAL Page 14
Dustin HicksAzure Technology Specialist
Juan De AbreuVP – Delivery Director
blog.getcs.com
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