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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-108-Windows-Azure-Virtual-Networking In this episode our special guest host, Haishi Bai, is joined by Yu-Shun Wang – Program Manager of Windows Azure Networking – who discusses the latest developments of Windows Azure Virtual Networks. Yu-Shun shows us the improved Site-to-Site connection and the new Point-to-Site connections. News and Links Windows Azure's expansion in Australia Visual Studio Live! event page Haishi's Blog - Get a discount code for Visual Studio Live! Like Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @cloudnick Follow @ntotten Follow @HaishiBai2010 1882 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-108-Windows-Azure-Virtual-Networking Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-108-Windows-Azure-Virtual-Networking Haishi Bai, Nathan Totten, Nick Harris Haishi Bai, Nathan Totten, Nick Harris 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Cloud+Cover/Episode-108-Windows-Azure-Virtual-Networking/RSS Cloud Computing Networking Windows Azure Building the Windows Azure Trivia Sample Starting with this episode we'll start to build a real Cloud Service with sufficient complexity for us to have deeper discussions of various software engineering topics and scenarios. Our starting point is a working version that allows user to play in practice sessions. We'll see how we can enhance it with different Windows Azure services.

Beginning project: http://azure4fun.blob.core.windows.net/code/Episode8-Begin.zip

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Building-the-Windows-Azure-Trivia-Sample Starting with this episode we'll start to build a real Cloud Service with sufficient complexity for us to have deeper discussions of various software engineering topics and scenarios. Our starting point is a working version that allows user to play in practice sessions. We'll see how we can enhance it with different Windows Azure services. Beginning project: http://azure4fun.blob.core.windows.net/code/Episode8-Begin.zip 638 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Building-the-Windows-Azure-Trivia-Sample Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:55:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Building-the-Windows-Azure-Trivia-Sample Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Building-the-Windows-Azure-Trivia-Sample/RSS Windows Azure Windows Azure Cloud Services Role Lifecycle In earlier episode we removed WebRole.cs from our Web Role. Now it's time to bring it back and have a closer look at role instance lifecycle. And then we'll briefly look into startup tasks. This is also the last episode of fundamentals.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Role-Lifecycle In earlier episode we removed WebRole.cs from our Web Role. Now it's time to bring it back and have a closer look at role instance lifecycle. And then we'll briefly look into startup tasks. This is also the last episode of fundamentals. 1144 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Role-Lifecycle Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:47:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Role-Lifecycle Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Role-Lifecycle/RSS Windows Azure Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 2) In this episode we'll continue with the Worker Role introduction. Instead of tightly coupled direct communication, we'll explore other means such as using shared storage and Windows Azure Service Bus to communicate among roles. 

 

Next Episode:
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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2 In this episode we'll continue with the Worker Role introduction. Instead of tightly coupled direct communication, we'll explore other means such as using shared storage and Windows Azure Service Bus to communicate among roles.    Next Episode:Windows Azure Cloud Services Role Lifecyclehttp://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Role-Lifecycle 1198 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:27:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2 Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2/RSS Windows Azure Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 1) In this episode we'll learn another role type – the Worker Role. We'll see how we can offload lengthy operations to a background processor. And we'll learn how to directly communicate workloads among different roles within your Cloud Services.

Next Episode:
Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 2)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-1 In this episode we'll learn another role type – the Worker Role. We'll see how we can offload lengthy operations to a background processor. And we'll learn how to directly communicate workloads among different roles within your Cloud Services. Next Episode:Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 2)http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-2 897 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-1 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:25:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-1 Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-1/RSS Windows Azure Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 2) This episode is all about updating your services. We'll discuss concepts such as service package, service definition, fault domain, update domain, VIP swap, and staging environment, etc.

Next episode:
Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 1)
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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2 This episode is all about updating your services. We'll discuss concepts such as service package, service definition, fault domain, update domain, VIP swap, and staging environment, etc. Next episode:Introduction to Windows Azure Worker Roles (Part 1)http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Worker-Roles-Part-1 786 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:25:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2 Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2/RSS Windows Azure Walkthrough of the Management Portal for Windows Azure Cloud Services After having some fun with the hosting environment, you'll have a guided tour of Windows Azure Management Portal.

Next episode:
Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 2)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services After having some fun with the hosting environment, you'll have a guided tour of Windows Azure Management Portal. Next episode:Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 2)http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-2 893 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:24:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services/RSS Windows Azure Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 1) In this video we'll review some of the fundamental concepts in Windows Azure Cloud Services, including Cloud Service, roles, and scaling options, etc. And then, we'll scale out our "Hello World" service to multiple instances and publish the service to Windows Azure to see it run on the cloud!

Next episode:
Walkthrough of the Management Portal for Windows Azure Cloud Services
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1 In this video we'll review some of the fundamental concepts in Windows Azure Cloud Services, including Cloud Service, roles, and scaling options, etc. And then, we'll scale out our "Hello World" service to multiple instances and publish the service to Windows Azure to see it run on the cloud! Next episode:Walkthrough of the Management Portal for Windows Azure Cloud Serviceshttp://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Walkthrough-of-the-Management-Portal-for-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services 1141 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:17:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1 Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1/RSS Windows Azure Introduction to Windows Azure Cloud Services Let's get started with Windows Azure Cloud Service by getting our development environments ready. Then, we'll create a "Hello, World" Cloud Service and test it locally using Visual Studio.

Next episode:
Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 1)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services Let's get started with Windows Azure Cloud Service by getting our development environments ready. Then, we'll create a "Hello, World" Cloud Service and test it locally using Visual Studio. Next episode:Windows Azure Cloud Services Concepts (Part 1)http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Concepts-Part-1 794 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:10:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services/RSS Windows Azure Windows Azure Service Bus Application Patterns Service bus is a very capable service provided by Windows Azure. In this episode we'll explore some of the application scenarios of two major service bus offerings – relay and messaging. We'll examine different characteristics of the two services in terms of differences in payloads, topologies, scaling patterns, and many other aspects. The following table is taken from the table we built during the session. We hope this episode can provide you some guidance and ideas when designing your own applications.

 

Relay

Queues/Topics

Architecture   

Coupled

Decoupled

Main value   

Connectivity/location   separation

loosely-coupled   integration

Communication     pattern   

request-response, pub/sub

asynchronous, batch, offline, pub/sub, request-response possible

Payload   

Ephemeral   entities

Durable   messages

Latency   

Latency <10ms

Latency ~200ms

TTL   

TTL   < 1min

TTL may   be in years

Connection   

Concurrent listeners with high rates of connect/disconnect

Listener with long-lived durable connections

Scaling   

Scale   out to multiple listeners and then multiple relay endpoints

Scale   out with more entities and data sharding

Topology   

Fixed topology

Variable topology

Applications   

Real-time   data (telemetry)
Distributed   systems
Event   feed
Connectivity   to legacy systems/databases
Live-status   monitoring
Multi-player   games (interactive – Pong)		Durable   data (orders)
SOA/Service   integrations
Chat
Load-leveling
State synchronization
(distributed)   workflows
Multi-player   games (turn-based – Poker)

Development   

WCF/HTTP

.Net client/REST API

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Application-Patterns Service bus is a very capable service provided by Windows Azure. In this episode we'll explore some of the application scenarios of two major service bus offerings – relay and messaging. We'll examine different characteristics of the two services in terms of differences in payloads, topologies, scaling patterns, and many other aspects. The following table is taken from the table we built during the session. We hope this episode can provide you some guidance and ideas when designing your own applications. &nbsp; Relay Queues/Topics Architecture&nbsp; &nbsp; Coupled Decoupled Main value&nbsp; &nbsp; Connectivity/location &nbsp; separation loosely-coupled &nbsp; integration Communication &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;pattern&nbsp; &nbsp; request-response, pub/sub asynchronous, batch, offline, pub/sub, request-response possible Payload&nbsp; &nbsp; Ephemeral &nbsp; entities Durable &nbsp; messages Latency&nbsp; &nbsp; Latency &lt;10ms Latency ~200ms TTL &nbsp;&nbsp; TTL &nbsp; &lt; 1min TTL may &nbsp; be in years Connection&nbsp; &nbsp; Concurrent listeners with high rates of connect/disconnect Listener with long-lived durable connections Scaling&nbsp; &nbsp; Scale &nbsp; out to multiple listeners and then multiple relay endpoints Scale &nbsp; out with more entities and data sharding Topology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fixed topology Variable topology Applications&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Real-time &nbsp; data (telemetry)Distributed &nbsp; systemsEvent &nbsp; feedConnectivity &nbsp; to legacy systems/databasesLive-status &nbsp; monitoringMulti-player &nbsp; games (interactive – Pong)Durable &nbsp; data (orders)SOA/Service &nbsp; integrationsChatLoad-levelingState synchronization(distributed) &nbsp; workflowsMulti-player &nbsp; games (turn-based – Poker)Development&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WCF/HTTP .Net client/REST API 2086 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Application-Patterns Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:49:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Application-Patterns Haishi Bai, Abhishek Lal Haishi Bai, Abhishek Lal 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Windows-Azure-Service-Bus-Application-Patterns/RSS Using the Request-Acknowledge-Push Pattern to Display Progress of Long Running Tasks Many web sites need to deal with long-running tasks. However long-running tasks don't
play very well with the HTTP request-response paradigm. In this episode we'll
go through a very simple pattern: Request-Acknowledge-Push that enables a
simple, efficient, and scalable way of dealing with long running tasks.

Source code of this episode can be found at: http://azure4fun.blob.core.windows.net/code/CloudPatterns1-RequestAcknowledgePush.zip

You'll need to update both Web Role configuration and Worker Role configuraiton to use your own Service Bus namespace.

And the blog article mentioned in the video is: http://haishibai.blogspot.com/2012/12/dealing-with-long-running-jobs.html

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Episode-1-Long-running-tasks-Request-Acknowledge-Push-pattern Many web sites need to deal with long-running tasks. However long-running tasks don'tplay very well with the HTTP request-response paradigm. In this episode we'llgo through a very simple pattern: Request-Acknowledge-Push that enables asimple, efficient, and scalable way of dealing with long running tasks. Source code of this episode can be found at: http://azure4fun.blob.core.windows.net/code/CloudPatterns1-RequestAcknowledgePush.zip You'll need to update both Web Role configuration and Worker Role configuraiton to use your own Service Bus namespace. And the blog article mentioned in the video is: http://haishibai.blogspot.com/2012/12/dealing-with-long-running-jobs.html 1065 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Episode-1-Long-running-tasks-Request-Acknowledge-Push-pattern Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:52:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Episode-1-Long-running-tasks-Request-Acknowledge-Push-pattern Haishi Bai Haishi Bai 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Cloud-Patterns/Episode-1-Long-running-tasks-Request-Acknowledge-Push-pattern/RSS Azure Cloud Services Design Patterns Patterns & Practices