Azure Training: Introduction to Windows Azure Development

Course Number: AZR-100
Duration: 3 days
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Azure Training Overview

Accelebrate's Introduction to Windows Azure training class teaches developers to use Azure™, Microsoft’s cloud platform for building scalable applications. Students also learn to use SQL Azure™ (for scaling SQL Server in the cloud) and Windows Azure AppFabric (a set of services supporting applications in the cloud and at customers’ sites).

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=categorygroup&page=microsoft.

Azure Training Prerequisites

All attendees must be experienced .NET developers, ideally in C#.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Azure training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Azure Training Materials

All students receive a copy of Microsoft Press’s Windows Azure Step by Step.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Please contact us for detailed setup instructions.

Azure Training Objectives

All attendees will learn to:

Extend existing skills to the cloud development model
Build a simple web role application and deploy it to the cloud
Create a worker role project to perform backend processes
Store persistent data with Windows Azure Storage
Develop a scalable database application in the cloud using Microsoft SQL Azure
Connect several cloud-based applications with Windows Azure AppFabric
Design a multitiered solution that can scale to meet user demand

Azure Training Outline

Overview

Introduction to Cloud Computing

Approaches to Cloud Computing
Long-Term Vision
Windows Azure as a PaaS Solution
Windows Azure and Cloud Computing

The Windows Azure Platform

The Operating System
Service Creation
Windows Azure Storage
The Worker Role
The Virtual Machine Role
Windows Azure AppFabric
SQL Azure

Creating a Web Role Project

Software Development Kits
Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio
Web Role Project Template
The Cloud Project
Deployment to Windows Azure
Configuration and Upgrading
Service Definition File
Role Properties

Windows Azure Storage

Local Storage
The Windows Azure Storage Account
Windows Azure Management Tool
Blob APIs

Tables, Queues, and Worker Roles

The Table Service
The Queue Service

Windows Azure Operating System Details

Live ID, Subscriptions, and Billing
Affinity Group
Content Delivery Network
Certificates
Diagnostics

Building an AppFabric Solution

Windows Azure AppFabric Components
Service Bus
Direct Connection
Bindings
HTTP for Management URI

WCF Data Services and OData

The Astoria Project
WCF Data Services (ADO.NET Data Services)
The Building Blocks
WCF Data Service
Query and Relationship
Filtering, Sorting, and Pagination
WCF Data Service Client
The .NET Framework Client
Security Introduction

Using SQL Azure

SQL Azure Features
SQL Azure Database Access
Database Server Creation in the Cloud
SQL Azure Access
SQL Azure Relational Engine Feature
Existing Database Migration
SQL Azure Migration Wizard

Accessing Azure Services from Everywhere

Creating the Storage Account Project
Accessing the Storage Account from PHP
Using HTTP and REST

Application Architecture

Characteristics of a Multitier Solution
The Data Access Layer
The Service Agent

Conclusion

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