Index

A

• Access Control
  • Access Controloverview / Access Control
  • Access ControlSign in with Twitter button / Access Control
  • Access Controlauthentication, versus authorization / Authentication versus authorization
  • Access Controlconfiguration basics / Basics of Access Control configuration
  • Access ControlSWT / Requests and Simple Web Tokens
• Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motors
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsabout / Configuring Access Control for Jupiter Motors
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsLoadStartupData function / Configuring Access Control for Jupiter Motors
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsGetStatusForOrder function / Configuring Access Control for Jupiter Motors
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsAddOrderStatusUpdateToQueue function / Configuring Access Control for Jupiter Motors
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsAzure AppFabric Portal, configuring / Configuring Azure AppFabric Portal
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsconfiuration tools, ACM.exe / Configuration tools
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsconfiuration tools, AcmBrowser / Configuration tools
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsconfiuration tools / Configuration tools
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsToken Policy, creating / Creating a Token Policy
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsscope, configuring / Configuring a Scope
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsIssuer, configuring / Configuring an Issuer
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter MotorsRules, configuring / Configuring a Rule
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsclient application, configuring / Configuring a client application for Access Control
  • Access Control configuration, for Jupiter Motorsadding, to web service / Using Access Control in a web service
• ACMBROWSE / Basics of Access Control configuration
• Amazon
  • Virtual Private Cloud / Cloudy skies aheadcloud computinginfrastructure
• AppFabric
  • about / Windows Azure platform: AppFabric
• application deployment
  • preparing / Preparation application for deployment
• application diagnostics
  • about / Application diagnostics and logging in the cloudweb rolesolution, creating
  • table storage / Application diagnostics and logging in the cloudweb rolesolution, creating
• ASP.NET
  • assembly references / Web roles, déjà vu, and ASP.NET
• ASP.NET developer
  • considerations / Considerations for the ASP.NET developerDevelopment Fabricabout
• Azure
  • about / Cloudy skies aheadcloud computinginfrastructure, Is cloud computing "enterprisey" enough?Azureabout, Explaining Azure to the managers
  • Azure Fabric / Explaining Azure to the managers
  • Development Fabric / Development Fabric
  • monthly service charges, calculating / How are Azure costs calculated?
  • features / Integrating application with cloud features
  • application, diagram / Integrating application with cloud features
  • web role / The role of the web
• Azure, developing
  • tools, downloading / Downloading the tools
  • local machine, configuring / Configuring the local machine for development, Installing Windows Azure tools and SDKAzure, developinglocal machine, configuring
  • tools, installing / Installing Windows Azure tools and SDKAzure, developinglocal machine, configuring
• Azure account, creating
  • steps / Creating an Azure account
• Azure AppFabric
  • Azure AppFabricabout / Introduction to Azure AppFabric
  • Azure AppFabricService Bus service / Introduction to Azure AppFabric
  • Azure AppFabricexamples / Introduction to Azure AppFabric
• Azure costs, calculating
  • Windows Azure pricing, calculating / Calculating Windows Azure pricing
  • AppFabric pricing, calculating / Calculating AppFabric pricing
• Azure Diagnostics
  • collected data, storing / Azure Diagnostics­ under the hood
• Azure menu
  • Windows Azure / Explaining Azure to the managers

B

• BLOB
  • about / Blob Storage
• blobs, Azure ecosystem
  • page blobs / Blobs in the Azure ecosystem
  • storing / Blobs in the Azure ecosystem
  • storage, creating / Creating Blob Storage
• blob storage
  • creating, steps / Creating Blob Storage
  • accessing, mechanisms / Blob Storage
  • REST / Representational State Transfer
  • API / The Blob Storage API
  • containers working with, REST Interface used / Working with containers using the REST interface
  • containers working with, StorageClient library used / Working with containers using the StorageClient library
  • blobs, working with / Working with blobs
• blob storage API
  • PUT command / The Blob Storage API
  • GET command / The Blob Storage API
  • using / The Blob Storage API
• blob Storage Data Model
  • container / Blob Storage Data Model
  • about / Blob Storage Data Model

C

• CDN
  • about / Project design
• CDN, Windows Azure
  • blobs, accessing / Windows Azure Content Delivery Network
  • blobs, caching / Windows Azure Content Delivery Network
• client application configuration, for Access Control
  • client application configuration, for Access Controlsteps / Configuring a client application for Access Control
  • client application configuration, for Access ControlToken, requesting for / Requesting the Token
• cloud computing
  • about / What is cloud computing?, Is cloud computing "enterprisey" enough?Azureabout
  • benefits / Some benefits of cloud computing
  • downsides / Some downsides of cloud computing
  • infrastructure / Cloud computing infrastructure, Cloudy skies aheadcloud computinginfrastructure
• cloud computing, benefits
  • storage management / Some benefits of cloud computing
• cloud computing, downsides
  • lesser control on application environment / Some downsides of cloud computing
• CLR
  • about / Calculating SQL Azure pricing
• config data
  • logging, in application / Logging config data in our applicationdiagnostic loggingconfiguration location, changing

D

• database
  • creating / Creating our database
• DataTables, packaging
  • advantages / DataTable "gotcha"
  • disadvantages / DataTable "gotcha"
• deployment
  • upgrading / Upgrading the deployment
  • running / Running the deployment, Summary
• developmant considerations
  • about / Development considerations
  • maximum size, managing / Managing maximum size
• Development Fabric
  • about / Considerations for the ASP.NET developerDevelopment Fabricabout
• diagnostic data
  • transferring / Transferring and persisting diagnostic data
• DiagnosticDataBufferConfiguration class / Azure Diagnostics­ under the hood
• diagnostic logging
  • enabling / Enabling diagnostic logging, Changing the location of the logging configurationdiagnostic loggingenabling
  • configuration location, changing / Changing the location of the logging configurationdiagnostic loggingenabling, Logging config data in our applicationdiagnostic loggingconfiguration location, changing

E

• enterprise application
  • about / What is an enterprise application?
• entities, Table Storage
  • naming rules / Working with entities
  • Entity Group Transactions, rules / Entity Group Transactions
• ERPService.svc.vb, WCF web service
  • LoadStartUpData service function / LoadStartupData service function
  • AddOrderStatusUpdateToQueue service function / AddOrderStatusUpdateToQueue service function
  • GetOrderStatuses function / GetOrdersNotComplete, GetOrderStatuses, and CreateDataSetFromDataReader class functions
• ETW / Azure Diagnostics­ under the hood
• exception handling
  • about / Exception handling
  • operation, retrying / Retry on exceptions
  • retry / Exceptions on retry
  • concurrency conflicts / Concurrency conflicts
  • table errors / Table errors and HTTP response codes

F

• fully supported T-SQL commands
  • DML / Fully supported T-SQL commands
  • DCL / Fully supported T-SQL commands

G

• GQL
  • about / Cloudy skies aheadcloud computinginfrastructure
• GSW / Manually scripting objects and data

H

• hosted service setup, Windows Azure
  • Identifiers, setting up / Setting Hosted Service identifiers
  • Affinity Group, choosing / Affinity Groups — geographically grouping services
• Huron
  • about / SQL Azure

I

• identity providers / Access Control
• IERPService.vb file, WCF web service
  • Service Contract / Operation ContractIERPService.vb file, WCF web serviceService Contract
  • Operation Contract / Operation ContractIERPService.vb file, WCF web serviceService Contract
  • Data Contract / Data Contract
  • ADO.NET datasets, using / Using ADO.NET datasets

J

• Jupiter ERP database
  • visual look / The Jupiter Motor's ERP system database and the Dealer Orders database
  • SQL Azure portal / SQL Azure portal
• JupiterMotorsERP local application
  • about / JupiterMotorsERP local application
  • designing, requirements / JupiterMotorsERP local application
  • App.config code, adding / Adding App.config code
• Jupiter Motors Web Role
  • code / How do we get there? Here's our code!
  • additional stored procedures / Additional stored procedures used by the web role
• Jupiter Motors worker role
  • building / Building the Jupiter Motors worker role, SummaryJupiter Motors worker rolebuilding

K

• key
  • keyPrevious Management Key / Configuring Azure AppFabric Portal

L

• live configuration
  • changing / Changing live configuration
• local machine configuration
  • steps / Configuring the local machine for development
  • WCF HTTP Activation, enabling / Configuring the local machine for development
  • Microsoft Hotfixes, applying / Configuring the local machine for development

M

• management tools
  • about / Management tools
  • SQL Azure portal / SQL Azure portal
  • SSMS 2008 R2 / SSMS 2008 R2
  • Project Houston / Access 2010management toolsProject Houston
  • Access 2010 / Access 2010management toolsProject Houston
• messages, working with
  • about / Working with messages
• metadata, queues
  • adding, REST API used / REST API
  • retrieving / REST API
• method
  • SetMetadata / Client library
  • Run() / Worker role internals
  • OnStop() / Worker role internals
  • methodTokenValidator.Validate / Using Access Control in a web service
• MOCP
  • about / Creating an Azure account

O

• OnStart method / Enabling diagnostic logging
• ORM / Some of the good stuffORM

P

• PartitionKey
  • choosing / Choosing a PartitionKey
  • choosing, Microsoft tips / Choosing a PartitionKey
• Project Dallas
  • about / Codename Dallas
• project design
  • about / Project design
  • customer portal, components / Project design
  • information flow, overview / Project design
  • Azure selection, need for / Project design
• Project Houston, management tools
  • about / Project Houston
  • advantage / Project Houston

Q

• queues
  • working with / Working with queuesQueue Storagebinary data, handling
  • listing / Listing queues
  • deleting / Deleting queues
  • metadata, setting / Setting metadata
  • metadata, obtaining / Getting metadata
• queues, creating
  • rules / Creating queues
  • REST API / REST API
  • in client library / Client library
• queues, deleting
  • REST API / REST API
  • client library, using / Client library
• queues, listing
  • REST API / REST API
  • Client library / Client library
• Queue Storage
  • accessing / The ins and outs of queues
  • about / The ins and outs of queues
  • benefits / Reasons to use a queue
  • failover / Invisibility time and failover
  • invisibility time / Invisibility time and failover
  • binary data, handling / Working with queuesQueue Storagebinary data, handling

R

• Role.OnStart() method / Enabling diagnostic logging

S

• schema migration, SQL Azure
  • objects, scripting manually / Manually scripting objects and data
  • SQL Azure Migration Wizard / SQL Azure Migration Wizard
• security, SQL Azure
  • rules / Security
  • about / Security
• Service Bus
  • Service Busabout / Service Bus
  • Service Busas message relay / Service Bus as message relay
  • Service Busas message relay, advantages / Service Bus as message relay
  • Service Busas message relay, disadvantages / Service Bus as message relay
  • Service Busas connection broker / Service Bus as connection broker
• service function
  • AddOrderStatusUpdateToQueue / GetOrderStatusForOrder service function
• SQL Azure
  • about / SQL Azure
  • pricing, calculating / Calculating SQL Azure pricing
  • overview / Overview of SQL Azure
  • benefits / Overview of SQL Azure
  • similarities / What's the same in SQL Azure?
  • security / Security
  • roles, managing / Managing databases, logins, and roles in SQL Azure
  • schema, migrating / Migrating schema and data
• SQL Azure, benefits
  • manageability / Overview of SQL Azure
  • high availability / Overview of SQL Azure, High availability
  • scalability / Overview of SQL Azure, Scalability
  • Relational data model / Relational data model
  • familiar development model / Familiar development model
• SQL Azure, differences
  • about / What's different in SQL Azure?
  • database number / Number of databases
  • database objects / Database objects
  • Service Broker / Service Broker, SQL Browser, and DTC
  • SQL Browser / Service Broker, SQL Browser, and DTC
  • Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) / Service Broker, SQL Browser, and DTC
  • T-SQL commands / T-SQL commands
  • system functions / System functions
  • data synchronization / Data synchronization
• SQL Azure, managing
  • about / Manageability
  • steps / Managing SQL Azure
  • similarities / Similarities, DifferencesSQL Azure, managingsimilarities
  • differences / DifferencesSQL Azure, managingsimilarities
  • high availability / High availability
• SQL Azure, similarities
  • database objects / Database objects
  • fully supported T-SQL commands / Fully supported T-SQL commands
  • T-SQL commands support / Fully supported T-SQL commands
  • partially supported T-SQL commands / Partially supported T-SQL commands
  • built-in functions / SQL Server built-in functions
  • multiple active result sets / Multiple active result sets
• SSIS
  • about / SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
  • SQL Server Import and Export Wizard / SQL Server Import and Export Wizard
  • packages, creating from scratch / Creating packages from scratch
  • DACPackages / DAC Packs, BCP
• SSMS
  • about / SQL Azure
• SSRS
  • about / Overview of SQL Azure
• storage service, Windows Azure
  • Blob storage / Blob Storage
  • table storage / Table Storage
  • queue storage / Queue Storage
• stored data
  • accessing / Accessing stored data
• STS / Access Control
• SWT
  • SWTabout / Requests and Simple Web Tokens

T

• tables, Table Storage
  • working with / Working with tables
  • naming convention / Working with tables
• Table Storage
  • versus database tables / Table Storage versus database tables
  • use / Table Storage versus database tables
  • benefits / Some of the good stuffORM
  • tables, accessing / Some of the good stuffORM, Limitations of Table StorageTable Storagetables, accessing
  • limitations / Limitations of Table StorageTable Storagetables, accessing
  • adding to Azure account / Adding Table Storage to an Azure account
  • accessing / Accessing Table Storage
  • entities, working with / Working with entities
• Table Storage, accessing
  • about / Accessing Table Storage
  • x-ms-version property / Accessing Table Storage
  • tables, working with / Working with tables
  • tables, naming convention / Working with tables
• Token Policy / Basics of Access Control configuration
• trace listener / Application diagnostics and logging in the cloudweb rolesolution, creating

U

• Upgrade domains / Upgrading the deployment

W

• WCF
  • about / Web services and WCF
  • securing / Securing WCF
  • new Web Role, creating / Creating a new WCF service web role
• WCF web service
  • about / Our WCF web services
  • IERPService.vb file / ERP service interface — IERPService.vb
  • ERPService.svc.vb / ERP service implementation — ERPService.svc.vb
• web role
  • about / The role of the web
  • and ASP.NET / Web roles, déjà vu, and ASP.NET
  • solution, creating / Creating the solution and web role project, Application diagnostics and logging in the cloudweb rolesolution, creating
  • Jupiter Motors Web Role / Jupiter Motors web role
• web service
  • endpoint / Web services and WCF
  • host environment / Web services and WCF
  • service class / Web services and WCF
  • endpoint, components / Web services and WCF
  • adding, to Azure Web Role / Web services and WCF
  • Jupiter Motors web service / Jupiter Motors web service
• Windows application
  • overview / Brief overview of the application
  • listboxes, populating / Brief overview of the application
  • testing / Testing our application
• Windows Azure
  • Service Bus / Cloudy skies aheadcloud computinginfrastructure
  • about / Windows Azure
  • storage service / Windows Azure, Storage service
  • compute service / Compute service
  • Azure Fabric controller / Azure Fabric Agent and Controller
  • AppFabric / Windows Azure platform: AppFabric
  • pricing, calculating / Calculating Windows Azure pricing
  • CDN / Windows Azure Content Delivery Network
  • hosted service, setting up / Setting up hosted service in Windows Azure
  • cloud project, running / Ready for deployment
• Windows Azure tools, installing
  • Platform Training Kit, installing / Installing Windows Azure tools and SDKAzure, developinglocal machine, configuring
  • tools, installing / Installing Windows Azure tools and SDKAzure, developinglocal machine, configuring
  • steps / Installing Windows Azure tools and SDKAzure, developinglocal machine, configuring
• WLID
  • about / Creating an Azure account
• WMS
  • about / Windows Azure platform: AppFabric
• worker roles
  • building / Worker role internals
  • uses / Uses of worker roles
  • facing externally / Externally facing worker roles
  • thread-pool pattern / Thread-pool pattern
  • managing / Managing worker roles
  • best practices / Best practices
  • Jupiter Motors worker role / The Jupiter Motors worker role
• WriteLine method / Logging config data in our applicationdiagnostic loggingconfiguration location, changing
• WSDL
  • about / Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) "gotcha"