Windows Azure Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (course 50466)

Cours disponible en français ou en anglais - Training available in French or in English

Duration: 3 Days

Objectives :

In this course, students will learn how to design and develop services that access local and remote data from various data sources. Students will also learn how to develop and deploy services to hybrid environments, including on-premises servers and Windows Azure.

Course details :

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the different types of cloud computing offerings.
Explain how Windows Azure fits into the cloud computing landscape.
Set up a Windows Azure account.
Understand the pieces of the Windows Azure platform.
Explore the Windows Azure Developer Portal.
Setup a cloud project in Visual Studio.
Understand the difference between the Compute and Storage Emulators and Windows Azure.
Explore migrating ASP.NET applications to Windows Azure.
Build a simple Windows Azure cloud application.
Dynamically configure a Windows Azure cloud application through the Developer Portal.
Determine the costs of running an application in Windows Azure.
Create local storage for use by a Windows Azure application.
See Windows Azure scalability through multiple role instances.
Design applications use of the file system using local storage or Azure Drive.
Better manage Windows Azure administrative accounts.
Know how to deploy an application to the cloud directly from Visual Studio.
Configure applications for Remote Desktop access.
Explore a virtual server running Azure applications using Remote Desktop.
Setup Windows Azure message queue.
Create a Windows Azure Storage Account.
Use the Windows Azure Client library to access Windows Azure storage
Deploy applications to Windows Azure that use Windows Azure Storage.
Understand the difference between the Storage Emulator and Windows Azure Storage.
Explore Windows Azure Storage with external tools.
Access blob data from Windows Azure or on-premise applications.
Use the Windows Azure Client library or REST to access blob storage.
Design applications that need structured tabular data.
Create and use tables in Windows Azure.
Design entities that are stored in table storage.
Build backend processors in Windows Azure.
Design and build complete end-to-end applications for Windows Azure.
Better use queue and table storage.
Create role to role communications in Windows Azure.
Make design decisions between table storage and SQL Azure.
Determine the cost of storing data in Windows Azure.
Setup SQL Azure databases through the Developer Portal.
Migrate data from on-premise SQL Server databases to SQL Azure.
Design and build logging and debugging needs into their applications.
Use Windows Azure Diagnostic Services to capture log/diagnostic data.
Transfer data from Windows Azure to specified storage.

Prerequisites :

Before attending this course, students must have at least three months professional development experience.

Experience with Visual Studio 2010 or better is required.
Knowledge and experience in a .NET language (C# or VB) is required.
Knowledge of ASP.NET is required.