The document discusses Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform. It provides an overview of the platform's infrastructure, services, and pricing models. The key points are: 1. Windows Azure provides infrastructure and services for building applications and storing data in the cloud. It offers compute, storage, database, and connectivity services. 2. The platform's infrastructure includes globally distributed data centers housing servers in shipping containers for high density. 3. Services include SQL Azure, storage, content delivery, queues, and an app development platform. Pricing models are consumption-based or via subscriptions.

1. Windows Azure Platform David Chou david.chou@microsoft.com blogs.msdn.com/dachou

2. State of Cloud Computing Perceptions “The end of software” On-demand infrastructure Cheaper and better Reality Hybrid world; not “all-or-nothing” Leverage existing IT skills and investments Seamless user experiences Evolutionary; not revolutionary Drivers Ease-of-use, convenience Product effectiveness Simplify IT, reduce costs Types Public Private Internal External Hybrid Categories SaaS PaaS IaaS

3. Microsoft in the Cloud (6 years) 4B emails/day (7 years) 5B conf min/yr (15 years) 450M+ active users (11 years) 2B queries/mth (11 years) 320M+ active users (12 years) Largest non- ICP/IP cloud service x100M users (13 years) 550M users/mth (15 years) 450M+ active users

4. Bing – “Auto Pilot” Architecture ~100,000 Servers in Multiple Data Centers Data Repositories Web & Structured Data Indices Query Analysis & Processing Front-End UX Internet

5. Generalized Cloud Application Model Always Available Service-Oriented Model-Driven Scale-Out Staged Production Self-Service Failure Resilient Federated Multi-Tenant Elastic

7. The Microsoft Cloud Data Center Infrastructure

8. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

9. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

10. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

11. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

12. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

13. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

14. The Microsoft Cloud Server Container Deployment

15. The Microsoft Cloud ~100 Globally Distributed Data Centers Quincy, WA Chicago, IL San Antonio, TX Dublin, Ireland Generation 4 DCs

16. The Microsoft Cloud Highly available, scalable, and consistent application fabric environment

17. Categories of Services Application Services Software Services Platform Services Infrastructure Services The Microsoft Cloud

18. Application Marketplace Information Marketplace Personal Data Repository Application Services Workflow Hosting Distributed Cache Services Hosting Frameworks Claims-Based Identity Federated Identities Secure Token Service Declarative Policies Security Composite Applications On-Premise Bridging Service Bus Connectivity Transact-SQL Data Synchronization Relational Database ADO.NET, ODBC, PHP Data Compute C / C++ Win32 VHD Unstructured Data Blobs Message Queues Distributed Filesystem Content Distribution Storage Windows Azure Platform

19. Application Services “Dublin” “Velocity” Frameworks “Geneva” Security Access Control Project “Sydney” Connectivity Service Bus SQL Azure Data Sync Data Compute Windows Azure Platform Table Storage Blob Storage Queue Drive Content Delivery Network Storage

20. Windows Azure Compute Development, service hosting, & management environment .NET, Java PHP, Python, Ruby, native code (C/C++, Win32, etc.) ASP.NET providers, FastCGI, memcached, MySQL, Tomcat Full-trust – supports standard languages and APIs Secure certificate store Management API’s, and logging and diagnostics systems Multiple roles – Web, Worker, Virtual Machine (VHD) Multiple VM sizes 1.6 GHz CPU x64, 1.75GB RAM, 100Mbps network, 250GB volatile storage Small (1X), Medium (2X), Large (4X), X-Large (8X) In-place rolling upgrades, organized by upgrade domains Walk each upgrade domain one at a time Compute

21. Windows Azure Diagnostics Configurable trace, performance counter, Windows event log, IIS log & file buffering Local data buffering quota management Query & modify from the cloud and from the desktop per role instance Transfer to storage scheduled & on-demand Filter by data type, verbosity & time range Compute

22. Windows Azure Storage Rich data abstractions – tables, blobs, queues, drives, CDN Capacity (100TB), throughput (100MB/sec), transactions (1K req/sec) High accessibility Supports geo-location Language & platform agnostic REST APIs URL: http://<account>.<store>.core.windows.net Client libraries for .NET, Java, PHP, etc. High durability – data is replicated 3 times within a cluster, and (Feb 2010) across datacenters High scalability – data is automatically partitioned and load balanced across servers Storage Storage

23. Windows Azure Table Storage Designed for structured data, not relational data Data definition is part of the application A Table is a set of Entities (records) An Entity is a set of Properties (fields) No fixed schema Each property is stored as a <name, typed value> pair Two entities within the same table can have different properties No schema is enforced Table Storage

24. Windows Azure Blob Storage Storage for large, named files plus their metadata Block Blob Targeted at streaming workloads Each blob consists of a sequence of blocks Each block is identified by a Block ID Size limit 200GB per blob Page Blob Targeted at random read/write workloads Each blob consists of an array of pages Each page is identified by its offset from the start of the blob Size limit 1TB per blob Blob Storage

25. Windows Azure Queue Performance efficient, highly available and provide reliable message delivery Asynchronous work dispatch Inter-role communication Polling based model; best-effort FIFO data structure Queue operations Create Queue Delete Queue List Queues Get/Set Queue Metadata Message operations Add Message Get Message(s) Peek Message(s) Delete Message Queue

26. Windows Azure Drive Provides a durable NTFS volume for Windows Azure applications to use Use existing NTFS APIs to access a durable drive Durability and survival of data on application failover Enables migrating existing NTFS applications to the cloud Drives can be up to 1TB; a VM can dynamically mount up to 8 drives A Windows Azure Drive is a Page Blob Example, mount Page Blob as X:br />http://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/<blob> All writes to drive are made durable to the Page Blob Drive made durable through standard Page Blob replication Drive

27. Windows Azure Content Delivery Network Provides high-bandwidth global blob content delivery 18 locations globally (US, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America), and growing Blob service URL vs. CDN URL Blob URL: http://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/ CDN URL: http://<guid>.vo.msecnd.net/ Support for custom domain names Access details Blobs are cached in CDN until the TTL passes Use per-blob HTTP Cache-Control policy for TTL (new) CDN provides only anonymous HTTP access Content Delivery Network

28. SQL Azure Highly available, scalable, and consistent distributed relational database; geo-replication and geo-location of data Relational database, provided as a service Highly symmetrical development and tooling experience (use TDS protocol and T-SQL) Highly scaled out, on commodity hardware Built on the SQL Server technology foundation Editions: Web (1GB), Business (10GB) Data

29. SQL Azure Data Sync Tools for data synchronization with SQL Azure Connect on-premises apps with the cloud Create cached-mode clients Built on Microsoft Sync Framework and ADO.NET Sync Services SQL Azure Data Sync

30. AppFabric Service Bus Securely connect applications Over the internet Across any network topology Across organizational boundaries Primary application patterns Eventing– notify applications and/or devices Service Remoting– securely project on-premises services out to the cloud Tunneling– app-to-app communication with NAT/Firewall traversal Connectivity Service Bus

31. AppFabric Access Control Provides outsourcing of claims-based access control for REST web services Key capabilities: Usable from any platform Low friction way to onboard new clients Integrates with ADFS v2 Supports OAuth WRAP / SWT Enables simple delegation Used today by Service Bus and “Dallas” Security Access Control

32. “Geneva” Next generation identity and access management platform Claims-based access and single sign-on for on-premise and cloud-based applications in the enterprise, across organizations, and on the Web “Geneva Framework“ (Windows Identity Foundation) Provides .NET development tools, which includes pre-built, user-access logic that externalizes authentication from applications. It helps developers build claims-aware .NET applications, plus build custom security token services (STS) “Geneva Server“ An STS for IT that issues and transforms claims and other tokens, manages user access and enables federation and access management for simplified single sign-on “Geneva” “CardSpace Geneva” For helping users navigate between multiple logons for simplified single sign-on while providing complete user control and transparency for how personal information is shared

33. “Velocity” Distributed in-memory cache platform for developing scalable, available, and highly-performance applications Caches any serializable CLR object and provides access through simple cache APIs Supports enterprise scale: tens to hundreds of computers Configurable to run as a service accessed over the network “Velocity” Supports dynamic scaling and automatic load balancing Supports continuous availability of cached data by storing copies on separate cache hosts Integration with administration and monitoring tools such as Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) and System Center.

34. “Dublin” Evolution of WAS/IIS and Windows App Server role to run and manage WF and WCF services Enhances the hosting of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow (WF) in the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) Simplified deployment and management of WCF and WF services hosted in WAS Configuration of persistence for durable workflows Customizable tracking profiles with dedicated, queryable storage for tracked data Customizable monitoring of hosted services “Dublin”

35. “Dallas” Information-as-a-service Discover, acquire, and consume structured, blob, and real-time data to power any application – on any platform and any screen size Brokerage Business – partner driven ecosystem and global reach to deliver data and functionality to developers and information workers Analytics and Reporting – single click analysis to augment private data with public data Built on Windows Azure and SQL Azure

36. Application Services “Dublin” “Velocity” Frameworks “Geneva” Security Access Control Project “Sydney” Connectivity Service Bus SQL Azure Data Sync Data Compute Windows Azure Platform Table Storage Blob Storage Queue Drive Content Delivery Network Storage

37. Platform of Choice

38. 3 Key Takeaways Platform-as-a-service fabric cloud Hybridon-premisesoftware and cloudservices platform Consistentprogramming modeland tools

39. Sign up at the Windows Azure Platform developers’ portal Windows Azure access Developer tools White papers Sample applications Plan pilot applications, proofs of concept, and architectural design sessions with Windows Azure partners http://www.azure.com

40. Thank you david.chou@microsoft.com blogs.msdn.com/dachou © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

41. Purchasing Models Subscription Additional Licensing Consumption “Pay as you go and grow” “Value for a commitment“ “Coordinated purchasing” Planned for post PDC Select offers available Jan 2010 Available Jan 2010 Discounts for commitment Plans for paymentpredictability Low barrier to entry & flexibility Optimized for cloud elasticity Centralized purchasing experience Introduction to volume discounts Promotional Offers Partner Discount Development Pricing Integration withPrograms

42. Pay as you go and grow for only what you use when you use it Elastic, scalable, secure, & highly available automated service platform Highly available, scalable, and self managed distributed database service Business Edition Storage Compute Web Edition $99.99/month(up to 10 GB DB/month) $9.99/month(up to 1 GB DB/month) Per service hour Per database/month Per GB stored & transactions Per database/month $0.12/hour + Variable Instance Sizes $0.15 GB/month $0.01/10K transactions Scalable, automated, highly available services for secure connectivity Access Control Service Bus $0.015/10k Message Operations $0.015/10k Message Operations Per Message Operation Per Message Operation Prices shown in USD only Consumption Pricing

43. Introductory Special MSDN Premium Biz Spark One Anyone can try the platform at no charge (monthly service allocations) Investing in high potential start-ups; receive full platform services at no charge Subscribers receive monthly allocation of platform services at no additional charge Development Accelerator Core Extended 1. Accelerate cloud development projects 2. Flexible consumption (flex # of instances) 3. Predictable payments (6 mo subscription) 4. Exceptional value (discounted price) Includes Core plus SQL Azure Business Edition Includes Windows Azure compute, storage, storage transactions, data transfer, & message operations Promotional Offers & Programs

44. Introductory Special MSDN Premium Biz Spark One Offer MSDN Premium subscribers Limit of one per MSDN subscription 8 month term Limited time offer thru 7/31/10 Overage at partner Consumption rates Available to all partners & customers Limit of one per customer Promotion ends 6/30/10 Overage charged at Consumption rates Available for selected startups Program participation is by invitation only Program available in 10 countries Amount of Windows Azure platform services included per month at no charge Windows Azure Compute 25 Hrs Storage 0.5 GB Storage X-actions 10K SQL Azure 1 Web Edition DB (1GB DB for 90 day trial) Message Operations Messages 100K Data transfer 0.5 GB In & 0.5GB Out Amount of Windows Azure Platform services will vary by customer Windows Azure Compute 750 hrs Storage 10 GB Storage X-actions 1M SQL Azure 3 Web Edition DB (1 GB) Message Operations Messages 1 Million Data transfer 7GB In & 14GB Out N.A/EU 2.5GB In / 5GB Out Asia Pacific Additional 5% off for partners (except storage & data transfers) Promotional Offers & Programs

45. 6 month subscription offered at 42%-46% off consumption prices Offered as a monthly “unit” (you can order multiple “units”) Overage charged at Consumption rates Promotional offer, expires 6/30/2010 for new subscriptions EXTENDED CORE Windows Azure Compute 750 hrs Storage 10 GB Storage X-actions 1M Includes CORE plus SQL Azure Business Edition (10 GB) Message Operations Messages 1 M Data transfer 7GB In/14GB Out N.A & EU 2.5GB In/5GB Out Asia Pacific Monthly price Monthly price $109.95 (46% off consumption prices) $59.95 (42% off consumption prices) Additional 5% off for partners (except storage & data transfers) Development Accelerator Offer

46. Windows Azure Platform

47. AppFabric Service Bus

48. AppFabric Access Control

49. SQL Azure Applications use standard SQL client libraries: ODBC, ADO.Net, PHP, … Application Internet Azure Cloud TDS (tcp) Security Boundary Load balancer forwards ‘sticky’ sessions to TDS protocol tier LB TDS (tcp) Gateway Gateway Gateway Gateway Gateway Gateway Gateway: TDS protocol gateway, enforces AUTHN/AUTHZ policy; proxy to backend SQL TDS (tcp) SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL Scalability and Availability: Fabric, Failover, Replication, and Load balancing

50. Table Storage Concepts Entities Tables Accounts Email =… Name = … Users Email =… Name = … moviesonline Genre =… Title = … Movies Genre =… Title = …

51. Queue Storage Concepts Messages Queues Accounts 128 x 128 http://... thumbnailjobs 256 x 256 http://... sally http://... traverselinks http://...

52. Blob Storage Concepts Blob Container Account PIC01.JPG images MOV1.AVI PIC02.JPG sally movies

53. Blob Storage ConceptsAdding Blocks and Pages Blocks or Pages Blob Container Account PIC01.JPG images PIC02.JPG sally Block or Page 1 movies MOV1.AVI Block or Page 2 Block or Page 3