February 2010
Beginner
400 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010
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16.13. Other Azure Services
In addition to Windows Azure Services and SQL Azure, Microsoft offers a number of other services such as Microsoft .NET Services and Windows Live Services.
16.13.1. Microsoft .NET Services
Microsoft .NET Services consists of a number of services aimed at providing integration and authentication:
Service Bus: The Service Bus is a message broker used for connecting applications across networks and through firewalls.
Access Control Service: This provides a centralized access control mechanism exposed as a web service.
WorkFlow Service (not currently available): The original previews of Windows Azure contained a workflow service, but this has since been removed. It is likely that at some point this will be reintroduced. ...