Chris E. AvisSr. Technology EvangelistMicrosoft

Windows Azure Overview

Agenda • Intro to Cloud Computing• Intro to Windows Azure

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Cloud Computing Patterns

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On and OffOn & off workloads (e.g. batch job)Over provisioned capacity is wasted Time to market can be cumbersome

Unpredictable BurstingUnexpected/unplanned peak in demand Sudden spike impacts performance Can’t over provision for extreme cases

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Growing FastSuccessful services needs to grow/scale Keeping up w/ growth is big IT challenge Cannot provision hardware fast enough

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Predictable BurstingServices with micro seasonality trends Peaks due to periodic increased demandIT complexity and wasted capacity

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Cloud Computing

consume

Software-as-a-ServiceSaaS

build

Platform-as-a-ServicePaaS

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

host

IaaS

Cloud ComputingPackaged Software

Storage

Servers

Networking

O/S

Middleware

Virtualization

Data

Applications

Runtime

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Infrastructure(as a Service)

Storage

Servers

Networking

O/S

Middleware

Virtualization

Data

Applications

Runtime

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Platform(as a Service)

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Storage

Servers

Networking

O/S

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Virtualization

Applications

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Storage

Servers

O/S

Middleware

Virtualization

Applications

Runtime

Data

Networking

Comprehensive set of services that enable you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters

Windows Azure

Solid

Open

Flexible

Cloud services Web sites Virtual machines

Mobile services

Media services

Per-hour license in the cloud

What about licensing?

Windows Server

Application License Mobility (SA)Per-hour license in the cloud (select

few)

MicrosoftApplications

Based upon vendor and productExternal

Applications

Service Level Agreements

What’s includedCompute Hardware failure (disk, cpu, memory)Datacenter failures - Network failure, power failureHardware upgrades, Software maintenance – Host OS UpdatesWhat is not includedVM Container crashes, Guest OS Updates

99.95% for multiple role instances4.38 hours of downtime per year

Server 2

SLA 99.95

Availability set

Server 1

Global Footprint

89Australia

AustriaBelgium

BrazilCanada

ChileColombia

Costa RicaCyprus

Czech RepublicDenmark

FinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

Hong KongHungary

IndiaIreland

IsraelItaly

JapanKorea

LuxembourgMalaysia

MexicoNetherlands

New ZealandNorway

PeruPhilippines

PolandPortugal

Puerto RicoRomania

RussiaSingapore

SpainSweden

SwitzerlandTrinidad &

TobagoUK

United StatesNew Countries:

Algeria

ArgentinaBelarus

BulgariaCroatia

Dominican RepEcuador

EgyptEl Salvador

EstoniaGuatemala

IcelandIndonesia

JordanKazakhstan

Kenya

KuwaitLatvia

LiechtensteinLithuania

MacedoniaMalta

MontenegroMorocco

AzerbaijanNigeriaOman

PakistanPanama

ParaguayQatar

Saudi ArabiaSerbia

SlovakiaSlovenia

South AfricaSri Lanka

TaiwanThailand

TunisiaTurkey

UAEUkraine

UruguayVenezuela

Bahrain

countries and territories

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