Windows Azure Data Storage

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Contents
3. Chapter 1: Fundamental Concepts
   1. Business Scenarios for Storage
   2. Summary
4. Chapter 2: Table Storage
   1. Designing Table Storage
   2. Defining Table Storage
   3. Operating on Table Storage
   4. Summary
5. Chapter 3: Blob Storage
   1. Why Blob Storage?
   2. Different Types of Blobs
   3. Working with Blob Storage
   4. Summary
6. Chapter 4: Queue Storage
   1. Why Use Queues?
   2. Queue Storage vs. Service Bus
   3. Using Queue Storage
   4. Manipulating the Message
   5. The Message Lifecycle
   6. Summary
7. Chapter 5: Service Bus
   1. The High-Level View
   2. Why Use Service Bus for Queues
   3. Service Bus in Action
   4. Queues in Service Bus
   5. Additional Features
   6. Summary
8. Chapter 6: Local Storage
   1. Local Storage
   2. Summary
9. Chapter 7: Relational Data
   1. WASD Architecture
   2. Azure SQL Databases vs SQL on Azure Virtual Machines
   3. Creating an Azure SQL Database
   4. Deploying SQL Server Onto an Azure VM
   5. Managing Azure SQL Databases
   6. Database Sharding in WASD
   7. Summary
10. Chapter 8: Data Backup and Archiving
    1. StorSimple
    2. Data Recovery for SQL Azure
    3. Summary
11. Chapter 9: SQL Data Sync
    1. SQL Data Sync
    2. Configuring SQL Data Sync
    3. Setting Up a Sync Agent
    4. Summary
12. Introduction to the Windows a Zure Book Series
13. Introduction to Windows Azure Data Storage