February 2010
Beginner
400 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
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16.1. Azure Overview
Microsoft's cloud computing offering can be divided into a number of stand-alone modules or services:
Windows Azure Platform
Microsoft .NET Services
SQL Azure (formally SQL Data Services)
Live Services
Books could be written on each of these areas (and will be), so in this chapter I will be covering only the core building block services to get you started. I will be covering the following:
The Windows Azure Service Platform
Azure storage
And we will be taking a brief look at the following:
SQL Azure
Microsoft .NET Services
RANDOM TRADEMARK FACTIn 2007, computing manufacturer Dell tried to trademark the term cloud computing. http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77139082 |