Windows Azure™ Step by Step Windows Azure™ Step by Step Roberto Brunetti Pub shed w th the author zat on of M crosoft Corporat on by O’Re y Med a, Inc 1005 Gravenste n H ghway North Sebastopo , Ca forn a 95472 Copyr ght © 2011 by Roberto Brunett A r ghts reserved No part of the contents of th s book may be reproduced or transm tted n any form or by any means w thout the wr tten perm ss on of the pub sher ISBN 978-0-7356-4972-9 123456789 M 654321 Pr nted and bound n the Un ted States of Amer ca M crosoft Press books are ava ab e through bookse ers and d str butors wor dw de If you need support re ated to th s book, ema M crosoft Press Book Support at mspinput@microsoft.com P ease te us what you th nk of th s book at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey M crosoft and the trademarks sted at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/ Trademarks/EN-US.aspx are trademarks of the M crosoft group of compan es A other marks are property of the r respect ve owners The examp e compan es, organ zat ons, products, doma n names, ema addresses, ogos, peop e, p aces, and events dep cted here n are fict t ous No assoc at on w th any rea company, organ zat on, product, doma n name, ema address, ogo, person, p ace, or event s ntended or shou d be nferred Th s book expresses the author’s v ews and op n ons The nformat on conta ned n th s book s prov ded w thout any express, statutory, or mp ed warrant es Ne ther the authors, O’Re y Med a, Inc , M crosoft Corporat on, nor ts rese ers, or d str butors w be he d ab e for any damages caused or a eged to be caused e ther d rect y or nd rect y by th s book Acquisitions and Development Editor: Russe Jones Production Editor: Teresa E sey Editorial Production: On ne Tra n ng So ut ons, Inc Technical Reviewer: Br an Ke er Indexer: G nny Munroe Cover Design: Tw st Creat ve • Seatt e Cover Composition: Karen Montgomery This book is dedicated to Barbara for her support in every important step of my life —Roberto Contents at a Glance Introduction to Cloud Computing Introduction to the Windows Azure Platform 15 Creating a Web Role Project 41 Windows Azure Storage 79 Tables, Queues, and Worker Roles 111 Windows Azure Operating System Details 137 Building an AppFabric Solution 161 WCF Data Services and OData 193 Using SQL Azure 233 10 Accessing Azure Services from Everywhere 259 11 Application Architecture 281 vii Table of Contents Acknowledgments xiii Foreword xv Introduction xvii Introduction to Cloud Computing Approaches to Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service Software as a Service Platform as a Service Cloud Services Defined Long-Term Vision Windows Azure as a PaaS Solution Great Opportunity for Small Businesses Great Opportunity for Big Businesses 10 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing 12 Summary 14 Introduction to the Windows Azure Platform 15 The Operating System 16 Service Creation 19 Windows Azure Storage 27 The Worker Role 31 The Virtual Machine Role 32 Windows Azure AppFabric 32 The Service Bus 33 The Access Control Service 35 SQL Azure 39 Summary 40 What you think of this book? We want to hear from you! M crosoft s nterested n hear ng your feedback so we can cont nua y mprove our books and earn ng resources for you To part c pate n a br ef on ne survey, p ease v s t: microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey ix .. .Windows Azure Step by Step Windows Azure Step by Step Roberto Brunetti Pub shed w th the author zat on of M crosoft Corporat... various components of the Windows Azure platform, which consists of Windows Azure Compute, Windows Azure Storage, Windows Azure AppFabric, and Microsoft SQL Azure This chapter introduces the... cloud-based project The home page for Windows Azure (Microsoft Corporation, Windows Azure website, 2011, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/ ) states: Microsoft Windows Azure provides a scalable and