Integrating application with cloud features
Now it's time to pull this all together, matching our application requirements to the different features of Microsoft Azure. Not every feature of Azure will be used in this project, but as we gain familiarity with Azure, we'll discuss the major features so that we can be prepared for future projects.
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Requirement |
Azure feature |
Summary |
|---|---|---|
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Development environment |
Development Fabric |
The Azure SDK includes the Development Fabric, which we will use to develop our application. |
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Portal data storage |
SQL Azure |
An almost feature complete version of SQL Server 2008, SQL Azure will be familiar to us. |
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Data transfer |
SSIS |
SQL Server 2008 R2 supports connections to SQL Azure. |
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Photo upload |
Blob storage, Client Library |
We'll develop a simple Windows Forms Application to upload photos into blobs using a client library, rather than the REST API. |
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Customer portal UI |
Web role |
Our portal will be a custom-built ASP.NET application. |
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Limiting access to users... |
