Book description
Learn the nuts and bolts of cloud computing with Windows Azure, Microsoft's new Internet services platform. Written by a key member of the product development team, this book shows you how to build, deploy, host, and manage applications using Windows Azure's programming model and essential storage services.
Chapters in Programming Windows Azure are organized to reflect the platform's buffet of services. The book's first half focuses on how to write and host application code on Windows Azure, while the second half explains all of the options you have for storing and accessing data on the platform with high scalability and reliability. Lots of code samples and screenshots are available to help you along the way.
- Learn how to build applications using the Windows Azure toolset
- Discover how Windows Azure works under the hood, and learn the how and the why behind several features
- Choose to write application code in .NET or other languages such as C/C++, PHP, or Ruby
- Understand the various options for managing your service
- Get up to speed on Azure's storage services, including blobs, queues, and tables
- Build a secure backup system, and learn about cloud application security, cryptography, and performance
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Table of contents
- Programming Windows Azure
- Dedication
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- Preface
- 1. Cloud Computing
- 2. Under the Hood
- 3. Your First Cloud App
- 4. Service Model
- 5. Managing Your Service
- 6. Native and Non-.NET Code
- 7. Storage Fundamentals
- 8. Blobs
- 9. Queues
- 10. Tables
- 11. Common Storage Tasks
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12. Building a Secure Backup System
- Developing a Secure Backup System
- Understanding Security
- Protecting Data in Motion
- Protecting Data at Rest
- Usage
- Summary
- 13. SQL Azure
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
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- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Programming Windows Azure
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2010
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449390600
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