Windows Azure Web Sites

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Windows Azure Web Sites enable developers to quickly and easily deploy sites with support for multiple frameworks and popular open source applications to a highly scalable cloud environment

Windows Azure Web Sites

EasyFlexible & Open Powerful

Easy to get started, including a free offer of 10 web sites

Easy to deploy existing sites; if your web site runs on Internet Information Services (IIS) 7, it will run on Windows Azure Web Sites

Support for multiple frameworks (ASP.NET, PHP, Node.js)

Pick from popular OSS apps

Pick your DB (SQL Azure, MySQL)

Choose your tools (Visual Studio, Git, FTP, WebMatrix)

Build on any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)

Near instant deployment

Scale out for greater availability or scale up more compute capacity

RolesQuickly launch, scale and take down ephemeral sites (campaign microsites, contests, etc.)

Deploy live prototypes and PoC sites for clients

Easily establish a robust web presence at no initial cost

Start small and have room to grow with higher level Windows Azure services (Caching, CDN, Storage)

Use the tools, frameworks and development environment of your choice

Build with popular Open Source apps like WordPress

Agencies (Web VAPs)

Start-Ups

Open Source Web Developers

Popular open source appsLaunch a professional looking site with a few clicks using apps like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, DotNetNuke and Umbraco

Porting existing web sitesIf it runs on IIS 7, it will run on Windows Azure Web Sites

Simple web appsPerfect if your app consists of client side markup and scripting, server side scripting and a database

Application ScenariosWindows Azure Web Sites are ideal for:

Apps that require advanced administrationCloud-based applications that require admin access, remote desktop access or elevated permissions

Windows Azure Cloud Apps (Web Role) are ideal for:Multi-tier applicationsCloud-based applications that separate application logic into multiple tiers (i.e. caching middle tier, asynchronous background processes like order processing) using both Web and Worker Roles

Apps that require advanced networkingCloud-based applications that require network isolation for use with Windows Azure Connect or Windows Azure Virtual Network

Web RoleWeb Sites

* Cloud Apps (Web or Worker roles) can integrate with ClearDB’s MySQL as a Service via connection string but not via seamless portal/provisioning workflow

Access to Azure services like Caching, Service Bus, Storage, SQL Azure

Supports ASP.NET, classic ASP, Node.js, PHP

Shared content and configuration

GIT, FTP

Near-instant deployment

Integrated MySQL as a service support

Environments/Staging

Network isolation

Remote desktop access

Elevated permissions

Start-up tasks

Unsupported frameworks or libraries

Service Model

Azure Connect/VPN

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Supported Deployment Protocols

GIT : FTP

GIT : FTP

GIT : FTP : Web Deploy : TFS Deploy

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Reserved Instance Details

Windows Azure Web SitesSupports Various Reserved Instance SizesReserved Instances for Windows Azure Web Sites the same as Cloud Apps Instances except for Extra Small and Extra Large (for Preview)Balance of Performance per node vs. High Availability from multiple nodes

Small 1 1.7GB 250GB .12

Medium 2 3.5GB 500GB .24

Large 4 7GB 1000GB .48