Wely Lau 02 October 2012

Windows Azure Virtual Machine: A look at Windows Azure IaaS Offerings (Part 2)

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We continue our introduction of the Azure IaaS by discussing how images and disks are used in the Azure Virtual Machine, and then show how to attach disks to virtual machines. … Read more

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Wely Lau 09 August 2012

Windows Azure Virtual Machine: A look at Windows Azure IaaS Offerings (Part 1)

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Windows Azure started out purely as a PaaS (Platform as- a Service). Since then, it has responded to market demands by introducing Windows Azure Virtual Machine (WAVM) in which the virtual machine is persistent.… Read more

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Wely Lau 16 July 2012

An Independent Review of Explorer Tools for Windows Azure Blob Storage

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Azure

Windows Azure Blob Storage Windows Azure Storage is one of the core components in Windows Azure that offers a scalable, highly available, and competitively priced storage option. Amongst others abstractions in Azure Storage (Table Storage and Queue Storage), Blob Storage is perhaps the most widely-used service. Blob Storage allows us to store any unstructured text … Read more

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Wely Lau 08 June 2012

Debugging or Running an ASP.NET Application without Windows Azure Compute Emulator

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Azure

There are more steps involved in debugging or running a Windows Azure Project than a typical ASP.NET project, so it takes longer. Although you can debug or run the ASP.NET project more quickly when developing a Windows Azure project, there are some restrictions and caveats, as Wely Lau explains.… Read more

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Wely Lau 09 May 2012

Installing Third Party Software on Windows Azure – What are the options?

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Sometimes it is the simple questions about Azure that are hard to answer. A typical one is how to install third party software on Windows Azure. Altrhough it is possible, it isn't quite as intuitive as one might expect.… Read more

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Wely Lau 17 April 2012

Moving applications to the cloud: Part 3 – The recommended solution

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There are some essential tasks to be done in move existing applications to the cloud, because of the differences between the on-premise and cloud architecture, though the move from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Azure is generally straightforward. … Read more

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Wely Lau 02 April 2012

Moving Applications to the Cloud: Part 2 – A Scenario-Based Example

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Azure

Imagine that you are running a website that is subject to wide fluctuations in demand, such as a ticket-selling system for events. How would you plan for migrating a seemingly-ideal candidate for a cloud platform to Windows Azure? … Read more

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Wely Lau 08 March 2012

Moving applications to the cloud: Part 1 – What are the considerations?

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There are four major changes that are required when moving applications to the cloud: Architectural, Application-level security, overcoming shortcomings, and diagnostic logging and monitoring. It is likely that the changes to the architecture of applications will take the most effort if you are to get the most advantages from the cloud.… Read more

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Wely Lau 16 February 2012

Managing session state in Windows Azure: What are the options?

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Because you can't maintain session state for ASP.NET applications in Azure using the default in-process method, you will need to opt for one of the other available methods, of which the most popular are Table storage, SQL Azure, or Windows Azure Caching.… Read more

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Wely Lau 09 February 2012

An Introduction to Windows Azure (Part 2)

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This is the second article of a two-part introduction to Windows Azure. The first part discussed the Windows Azure data centers and examined the core services that Windows Azure offers. This article explore additional services available as part of Windows Azure which enable customers to build richer, more powerful applications.… Read more

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Wely Lau 19 January 2012

An Introduction to Windows Azure (Part 1)

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Azure

Windows Azure is the Microsoft cloud computing platform which enables developers to quickly develop, deploy, and manage their applications hosted in a Microsoft data center. As a PAAS provider, Windows Azure not only takes care of the infrastructure, but will also help to manage higher level components including operating systems, runtimes, and middleware.… Read more

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Wely Lau 13 January 2012

Comparing IAAS and PAAS: A Developer’s Perspective

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In the Cloud, services come in the form of Software (SaaS), Infrastructure (IaaS) and platform (PaaS). when moving a service to the cloud, IaaS and PaaS provide two different service models and provisioning steps of solutions. A PaaS providers has more responsibility for your solution than an IAAS provider. wherase an IaaS solutionmay offer more flexibility at lower level. Wely Lau explains.… Read more

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Wely Lau 16 December 2011

A Comprehensive Introduction to Cloud Computing

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So what is a PaaS, an IaaS or a SaaS? why would one need one? If you are still wondering about what the cloud can do for you, then it is time to read this indroduction… Read more

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