Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Joe Healy

Cloud Computing & Windows Azure Platform (Part 3 of 3): Solutions

MSDN Online Media — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:02:00 GMT

Windows Azure features a powerful, yet simple deployment model. By focusing on your application and abstracting away the infrastructure details, you can deploy almost any app with minimal fuss. In this video we walk you through the basics of Windows Azure deployment including site monitoring, diagnostics, and performance issues.

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Start-to-Finish Visual Studio demonstration of a realistic XML data driven business web site from the desktop to the cloud
Windows Azure Deployments
Start-to-Finish Visual Studio demonstration of a realistic SQL Server data driven business web site from the desktop to the cloud
Configuration of your application in the cloud
Guidance and suggestions to ensure your success

Cloud Computing & Windows Azure Platform (Part 2 of 3): Storage Options

MSDN Online Media — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:50:00 GMT

Durable data storage is a key component of any cloud computing offering. The Windows Azure Platform offers many options, which can be used alone or in combination. Windows Azure itself offers ready-to-use and lightweight storage in the form of tables, blobs, and queues. Another choice for storage is SQL Azure, a true relational database in the cloud. In this video we explore the highlights of these implementations and how to both create and use storage in each form. We give you guidance on choosing the right forms of storage for your application scenarios.

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Programming against table & blob storage
Working with queue storage
Scaling and configuration
Understanding SQL Azure databases versus local SQL Server databases
Database creation, deployments and migrations
Programming against SQL Azure databases

Cloud Computing & Windows Azure Platform (Part 1 of 3): Overview

MSDN Online Media — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:44:00 GMT

The Windows Azure platform is a set of high-performance cloud computing services that can be used together or independently and enable developers to leverage existing skills and familiar tools to develop cloud applications. This video provides a developer-focused overview of this new online service computing platform. We explore the components, key features, and real day-to-day benefits of Windows Azure.

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What is cloud computing?
Running web and web service applications in the cloud
Using the Windows Azure and local developer cloud fabric
Getting started – tools, SDKs, and accounts
Writing applications for Windows Azure

MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow, Silverlight Edition

MSDN Online Media — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:13:00 GMT

Join us for this special Microsoft Silverlight Edition of the MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow. With the ever expanding buzz around Silverlight 3, we've had a ton of requests to dive deeper into what makes Silverlight 3 a 'must have' skill set in your toolbox. Accordingly, we are back on the road to give you an entire session dedicated just to Silverlight.