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Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition

Name: Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition
ISBN: 9781782170327

by Roberto Freato, Neil Mackenzie

September 2014

Intermediate to advanced

422 pages

9h 59m

English

Packt Publishing

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Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition
Table of Contents
Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for

Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
1. Developing Cloud Services for Microsoft Azure
Introduction
Setting up solutions and projects to work with Cloud Services
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's moreSee also
Debugging a Cloud Service locally with either Emulator or Emulator Express
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Publishing a Cloud Service with options from Visual Studio
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Debugging a Cloud Service remotely with Visual Studio
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Configuring the service model for a Cloud Service
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Providing a custom domain name for a Cloud Service
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...
Implementing HTTPS in a web role
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Using makecert to create a test certificate
Using local storage in an instance
How to do it...How it works...See also
Hosting multiple websites in a web role
How to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Using startup tasks in a Microsoft Azure role
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Developing startup tasksSee also
Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a Cloud Service
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Testing changes with the SDK command lineUsing LINQ with the RoleEnvironment APISee also
Managing upgrades and changes to a Cloud Service
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Configuring diagnostics in Cloud Services
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…Log directoriesAlertsSee also
2. Deploying Quickly with Azure Websites
Introduction
Deploying a Website
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…Azure Websites gallerySee also
Administering and monitoring a Website
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…Edit in Visual Studio OnlineTraffic ManagerSee also
Source versioning and continuous integration with Git and TFS
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Logging abstraction from .NET and PHP
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Deploying Java with Azure Websites
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…
3. Getting Storage with Blobs in Azure
Introduction
Managing the Azure Storage service
How to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Connecting to the Azure Storage service
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Connecting to the storage emulator
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Protocol versions in Storage EmulatorSee also
Managing access control for containers and blobs
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating a shared access signature for a container or blob
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Using a container-level access policy
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Setting properties and metadata for a blob
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Using blob directories
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...
Creating and using a blob snapshot
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Creating and using the root container for blobs
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Uploading blocks to a block blob
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…
Uploading a VHD into a page blob
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Downloading a blob asynchronously
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Using retry policies with blob operations
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Leasing a blob and implementing distributed locks
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
Using the Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)
How to do it...How it works...See also
4. Going Relational with the Azure SQL Database
Introduction
Creating a SQL Database server and database
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Increasing the size of a databaseSee also
Managing SQL Database logins and firewall rules
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
Developing a SQL Database with Visual Studio
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Connecting to a SQL Database with ADO.NET
How to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Connecting to a SQL Database with Entity Framework
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
Connecting to a SQL Database from PHP and Java
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
Migrating a database to a SQL Database
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Leveraging backup solutions with SQL Database
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Deleted databasesAutomated ExportsSee also
Monitoring SQL Database with the dynamic management views
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Handling connection failures to a SQL Database
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...See also
5. Going NoSQL with Azure Tables
Introduction
Creating a table
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Inserting, updating, deleting, and querying data against the Table service
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Dealing with a custom contextChoosing a good combination of PartitionKey and RowKeySee also
Using entity group transactions
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Using continuation tokens and server-side paging
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Going inside continuation tokens and segmented queries
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Handling entity serialization events
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Legacy approach to custom serialization with Atom feedsSee also
Facilitating NoSQL with client-side projection
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works…There's more…See also
6. Messaging and Queues with the Storage and Service Bus
Introduction
Managing Azure Storage queues
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Nagle's algorithmSee also
Managing Azure Service Bus queues
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Adding messages to a Storage queue
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
Adding messages to a Service Bus queue
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Detecting duplicatesSee also
Receiving messages with Storage queues
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Poison messagesSee also
Receiving messages with Service Bus queues
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…Dead letteringSee also
Implementing publish/subscribe with Service Bus topics
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...See also
Implementing relayed messaging with the Service Bus
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works…See also
Communication between .NET and Java with the Service Bus and AMQP
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
7. Managing Azure Resources with the Azure Management Libraries
Introduction
Setting up the management client
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Managing the Storage service
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Deploying Cloud Services
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Inspecting and managing Cloud Services
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Managing and using the Azure Scheduler
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Monitoring and automating infrastructure operations
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Automating SQL Database operations
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Using Azure PowerShell
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more…See also
8. Going In-memory with Azure Cache
Introduction
Building a simple cache for applications
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…ASP.NET SupportSee also
Using local cache and notifications
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Diagnosing cache and optimizing performance
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…
Using advanced caching features
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Using Redis Cache in Azure
Getting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more…See also
Index

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Inserting, updating, deleting, and querying data against the Table service

The Azure Storage library uses both WCF Data Services and OData to invoke table operations in the Azure Storage Services REST API. The library has methods that provide functionality specific to the Azure Table service, such as the retry functionality that allows methods to be retried automatically in the event of failure and continuation token functionality that supports server-side paging.

In the Storage library, instances of a model class represent entities of a table. When saving an instance to a table, the Storage library creates a property in the entity for each public property of the instance. The model class must contain the primary key properties for the entity: ...

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