February 2013
Beginner
456 pages
12h 33m
English
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Chapter 5
Overview of Windows Azure for SharePoint
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Defining cloud computing
- Using Windows Azure
- Understanding how to integrate SharePoint 2013 and Windows Azure
WROX.COM DOWNLOADS FOR THIS CHAPTER
The wrox.com code downloads for this chapter are found at http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-1118495845.html on the Download Code tab. The code for this chapter is divided into the following major examples:
- MyFirstAzureApp.zip
- AzureClientAppWebPart.zip
- MyFirstAutohostedApp.zip
As you’ve seen thus far, the new SharePoint app model includes a rich cloud integration model (called cloud-hosted applications). Although you can leverage broader web strategies when building and deploying your SharePoint app, Windows Azure is one of Microsoft’s primary cloud-based technologies that you’ll need to be familiar with when building your apps; it is key to the development model in SharePoint 2013.
Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform technology, and in and of itself, is a very powerful technology. It’s not just a place to deploy your code; a whole set of services exists that you as a developer can use in your SharePoint solution development. This chapter provides a deeper look at Windows Azure so you can leverage more of its underlying platform services.