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You're reading from Windows Azure programming patterns for Start-ups A step-by-step guide to create easy solutions to build your business using Windows Azure services with this book and ebook.

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2012

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849685603

Length 292 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Riccardo Becker

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. The Concepts of Windows Azure FREE CHAPTER

2. A Startup Scenario

3. Create Your Solution

4. Storing Your Data

5. SQL Database

6. Key Features Explained

7. The Billing Aspects of Windows Azure

8. Windows Azure Patterns

9. Application Lifecycle Management

10. Windows Azure Security

11. What's New in Windows Azure

Index

Guidelines

When moving to Windows Azure, it is important to keep in mind that there are certain guidelines and limitations. The following table shows a detailed description:

Guideline	Description
Drivers, libraries, and protocols	The following drivers and protocols can be used: .NET data provider for SQL Server from the .NET 3.5 framework SP1 or later Entity Framework, .NET 3.5 SP1 or later SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client ODBC driver SQL Server 2008 Driver for PHP Version 1.1 or later SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 Only TCP/IP connections Only port 1433
Migration	SSIS and the bulk copy utility (`bcp.exe`) can be used together with the `SqlBulkCopy` class and general `INSERT` scripts. `RESTORE` and attaching to a database is not supported.
SQL agents and jobs	SQL Database does not support agents and/or jobs.
Transactions	Opening multiple connections to different databases and using them within a `TransactionScope` class is not supported.
Database sizes	Every SQL Azure server can contain 149 databases...

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Authors (1)

Riccardo Becker

Riccardo Becker works full time as a principal IT architect for CGI in the Netherlands. He holds several certifications and his background in computing goes way back to 1998, when he started working with good old Visual Basic 5.0 (or was it 6.0?). Ever since, he has fulfilled several roles, such as a developer, lead developer, architect, project leader, practice manager. Recently, he decided to accept the role of a principal IT architect where he focuses on innovation, cutting-edge technology, and specifically on Microsoft Azure, the Internet of Things, and cloud computing in general. In 2007, he joined the Microsoft LEAP program where he got a peek at the move Microsoft was about to make on their road to the cloud. Pat Helland gave him that insight, and since the first release of Microsoft Azure on PDC 2008, he started to focus on it, keeping track of the progress and the maturity of the platform. In the past few years, he has also done a lot of work on incubation with his employer, raising awareness of cloud computing in general and Microsoft Azure in particular.

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