Special Guest Ryan Berry talks to use of an project he worked on to connect .NET Embedded to Azure. This was an end to end solution using SQL Azure, Service Bus, Queue, SQL Azure DB, worker role and a web role.
Solution Block Diagram:
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- Runs .NET Micro Framework
Small Memory footprint .NET CLR
Optimized for low-memory devices
512KB ROM/256KB RAM for the full feature set
Windows CE and .NET CF require 10 MB ROM/10MB RAM
Subset of the desktop .NET Framework Object Model
Supports interoperability with WCF
Device/IO Interaction abstracted w/ event-driven code
Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode18.mp3
Updates to Azure
- ExpressRoute: Dedicated, private, high-throughput network connectivity with on-premises
- Web Sites: Backup and Restore Support
- Mobile Services: .NET support, Notification Hub Integration, PhoneGap support
- HDInsight: Hadoop 2.2 support
- Management: Co-admin limit increased from 10->200 users
- Monitoring: Service Outage Notifications Integrated within Management Portal
- Virtual Machines: VM Agent and Background Information Support
- Active Directory: More SaaS apps, more reports, self-service group management, Japan DCs live
- BizTalk Services: EDIFACT protocol support, Service Bus Integration, Backup and Restore
Informational blogs and links:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2014/02/24/creating-a-sharepoint-2013-app-with-azure-web-sites.aspx
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/hdinsight-understand-nosql/
New whitepaper ‘Application Patterns and Development Strategies for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines’ is published:
How to setup a Minecraft Server on Windows Azure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HCY_3aj6M
How to manage your Azure Website with IIS Management Console (here)
3rd-party solution for Azure usage / chargeback management & IT self-service