Azure in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

Author Online

About the Authors

About the Cover Illustration

1. Welcome to the cloud

Chapter 1. Getting to know Windows Azure

1.1. What’s the Windows Azure platform?

1.1.1. Windows is in the title, so it must be an operating system

1.1.2. Hosting and running applications the Azure way

1.2. Building your first Windows Azure web application

1.2.1. Setting up your environment

1.2.2. Creating a new project

1.2.3. Modifying the web page

1.2.4. Running the web page

1.3. Putting all the Azure pieces together

1.3.1. How the load balancer works

1.3.2. Creating worker roles

1.3.3. How the fabric and the Fabric Controller work

1.4. Storing ...