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Explore the different features of Windows Azure and its unique concepts.

Get to know the Windows Azure platform by code snippets and samples by a single start-up scenario throughout the whole book.

A clean example scenario demonstrates the different Windows Azure features.

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Leverage different Windows Azure components together with your existing Microsoft .NET skills to fully take advantage of the power of Windows Azure. Use this book to start small and end big by creating and using storage, cloud services, sql databases, networking, caching and other innovative technology to realize your first top-class Windows Azure service! "Windows Azure for Start-ups" is an incremental guide that will take you from the essentials of the Windows Azure platform up to the realization of your own cloud services running on the platform. You will learn how to apply different technologies of the Windows Azure platform with the help of examples all focusing on one single fictitious start-up scenario. This book is centred around a fictitious company called Geotopia that wants to build a brand new social network by using the Windows Azure platform. It will take the reader from the theory and rationale behind Windows Azure right to building services and coding C#. The books starts by outlining the concepts of Windows Azure. It then demonstrates how to set up a development environment and how to build your application by using different storage mechanisms, applying different features from the Windows Azure platform and ending with the newest features explained from the latest release. Windows Azure for Startups will help you take full advantage of the Windows Azure platform and bring your new service online as quickly as possible.

What you will learn

Understand all the concepts and features of Windows Azure

Prepare your Visual Studio environment for building Windows Azure services

Learn to use Windows Azure storage like Blobs, Tables and Queues

Integrate your services with popular identity providers like Facebook

Leverage the power of Service Bus technology into your own service

Implement common scenarios such as supporting existing user stores, user sign up, and supporting AJAX requests

Learn the billing principles behind the different features of Windows Azure and how to keep track of the bill

Understand SQL Database and bring the power of a relational database to the cloud

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Ivar Brekke Feb 23, 2013

I used this book to learn about Azure. Good walk trough of what Azure is and how to implement it.

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William H. Zack Dec 11, 2012

Despite the title this book is not just for Startups. It is definitely recommended reading for anyone starting to work with, or currently working with, Windows Azure. This book is hot off of the presses so it even covers very recent additions to Windows Azure such as the new Infrastructure as a Service features.One problem, which is unfortunately unavoidable, is that a book about any Cloud technology becomes partly obsolete the day that it is published. The chapter on The Billing Aspects of Windows Azure is based on prices at the time of writing. Due to recent pricing changes you should be sure to consult the Windows Azure Web Site: [...] for the latest information prior to pricing out any application.A must read.Bill Zack

Gudmundur Jon Halldorsson Dec 02, 2012

When I started using Windows Azure 2008 I didn't find a lot of help. But I was able to learn how this platform works by test and either succeed or fail. Since then it has become a lot easier to find good help in solving Windows Azure problems, but at the same time it has been lacking a good overview of the entire platform.For a startup company it is necessary to realize how Windows Azure works and how to use it. After reading this book I must admit I would have liked to have such a book next to me when I started using Windows Azure, it would have simplified my live considerably and saved me a lot of time [...].If you are starting a Windows Azure then this is the book you should own and even if you have experience in Windows Azure, this book has help me. What I also found interesting was how Startup Company was used as an example, and the startup was followed through the first steps. After reading this book, you should be have the complete picture of Windows Azure and how best to utilize it.This is a well written book not only focused on developers but also operations and even management. There is not mentions about Hadoop Azure in this book, and that is a good thing because that topic requires more than just a chapter.

Indrajit Chakrabarty Jan 16, 2013

This book provides a concise and very focussed introduction to Azure fundamentals that modern startups need to pay attention to. Being a Microsoft Bizspark member and a mobile solutions consultant, I have read through the book and highly recommend for any startup founder considering Windows Azure as their cloud services platform.The book has adequate coverage of fundamental Azure features such as Windows Azure Storage, SQL storage, Service Bus, Access Control Service, Caching, etc, one should refer to a publication that discusses the softeare architecture of these features and their practical applications in software design & development. A chapter is devoted towards using the Enterprise Library for Windows Azure, this may or may not interest the reader. Individual chapters on Application Lifecycle Management and Security are very informative and handy. An entire chapter is devoted on billing aspects of Windows Azure, something startups often struggle to comprehend and estimate billing for their services.As with most modern-day publications, the book does not cover the recently launched Windows Azure Mobile Services, a new offering from Microsoft. Windows Azure Mobile Services provides mobile solution developers with a way to rapidly develop cloud services for their application(s). The book does not use the recent (preview) version of the Windows Azure Management Portal, so, keep this in mind if you consider purchasing the book.(Disclosure: I was offered a copy of the book for my reference and review)

Paul Graham Dec 30, 2012

The book is a great introduction to working with Azure, I would happily recommend it to any person starting to look at Azure either as a developer or in a architectural role. The introduction very neatly and clearly summarizes all the areas of the Azure platform, the billing calculations, linking into TFS and the Microsoft BizSpark programme for start-ups. The rest of the book then goes into detail about each subsystem and includes enough sample code to explain how to use that subsystem.In summary, I would make this book required reading for any Azure developer as it demystifies the terminology surrounding Azure and gives a great overview of the platform.

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