Chapter 1
- Overview of Windows Azure features.
- Data Storage Offerings on the Windows Azure Platform.
- Introducing Windows Azure.
- Windows Azure Service Level Agreements.
- Windows Azure Websites, Cloud Services, and VMs: When to use which?
- Windows Azure Service Bus.
- Developing Applications for the Cloud .
- Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud.
Chapter 2
- Importance of Windows Azure Affinity Groups.
- Migrating Applications to Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
- Overview of Network Load Balancing.
- Load balancing virtual machines.
- Setting up a webfarm using Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
- Encrypting Connections to SQL Server.
- Pkcs12 Protected Configuration Provider
- List Subscription Operations.
- Data Series: Exploring Windows Azure Drives, Disks, and Images
- Windows Azure.
- Windows Azure Manage Center.
- Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
- Networks.
- Create a Virtual Machine Running Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Provisioning a SQL Server Virtual Machine on Windows Azure.
- Windows Azure Guidance.
Chapter 3
- Windows Azure Overview.
- Windows Azure pricing calculator
- Windows Azure Websites, Cloud Services, and VMs: When to use which?
- Enterprise Library Autoscaling Application Block
- Overview of Updating a Windows Azure Service.
- Microsoft ASP.NET Universal Providers available through NuGet.
- Windows Azure ASP.NET Providers.
- ASP.NET 4 Caching Providers for Windows Azure.
- Windows Azure Pricing Details.
- Caching in Windows Azure.
- Pkcs12 Protected Configuration Provider.
- Windows Azure SQL Database Connection Security.
- RoleManager class documentation.
- Real World: Startup Lifecycle of a Windows Azure Role.
- Running Startup Tasks in Windows Azure.
- Edit and Apply New WIF’s Config Settings in Your Windows Azure Web Role Without Redeploying.
- How to: Use AppCmd.exe to Configure IIS at Startup.
- Unable to Find Assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel' When RoleEnvironmentAPIs are Called.
- Configuring SSL for an Application in Windows Azure
- Creating a Windows Azure Project with Visual Studio
- How to: Manage Multiple Service Configurations for a Windows Azure Application
- A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control .
- Configuration Model.
- ASP.NET Session State Provider Configuration Settings
- Configuring SSL for an Application in Windows Azure.
- Getting Started with Windows Azure PowerShell.
- Publishing Windows Azure Applications to Windows Azure from Visual Studio.
- Continuous Delivery for Cloud Applications in Windows Azure.
- Announcing Continuous Deployment to Azure with Team Foundation Service.
- WIF SDK.
- Using the Windows Azure Diagnostics Configuration File.
- Configuring WAD via the diagnostics.wadcfg Config File.
- Windows Azure Developer Center.
- Windows Azure and Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Windows Azure Developer Center Downloads page.
- Managing Windows Azure SQL Database using SQL Server Management Studio.
- About the Service Management API.
- Windows Azure PowerShell cmdlets and other management tools.
- Caching in Windows Azure.
- Microsoft ASP.NET Universal Providers.
Chapter 4
- Migrating Databases to Windows Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
- Migration Wizard.
- Quartz scheduler.
- Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Windows Azure SQL Database Overview.
- Guidelines and Limitations (Windows Azure SQL Database).
- Business Continuity in Windows Azure SQL Database.
- SaveChangesWithRetries and Batch Option.
- The Transient Fault Handling Application Block.
- Extending and Modifying the Transient Fault Handling Application Block.
- Windows Azure SQL Database Connection Management.
- Specifying Retry Strategies in the Configuration.
- Updated ASP.net scripts for use with Microsoft SQL Azure.
- Data Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database: Tools and Techniques
- Choosing Tools to Migrate a Database to Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Monitoring Windows Azure SQL Database Using Dynamic Management Views.
- SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL Database.
- Pkcs12 Protected Configuration Provider.
- Windows Azure SQL Database Connection Security.
- Overview of Options for Migrating Data and Schema to Windows Azure SQL Database
Chapter 5
- Windows Azure Queues: Improved Leases, Progress Tracking, and Scheduling of Future Work.
- How to use the Windows Azure Blob Storage Service in .NET.
- Managing Access to Containers, Blobs, Tables, and Queues.
- Overview of Creating a Hosted Service for Windows Azure.
Chapter 6
- Windows Azure Pricing Details.
- Windows Azure Pricing calculator.
- The Autoscaling Application Block
- Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure .
Chapter 7
- Quartz scheduler.
- Windows Azure ASP.NET Providers sample.
- Table Service Support for .NET Client Library Constructs.
- Understanding the Table Service Data Model.
- Nagle’s Algorithm is Not Friendly towards Small Requests.
- Contention, poor performance, and deadlocks when you make Web service requests from ASP.NET applications.
- Blobs, Queues, and Tables
- Data Management.
- Windows Azure Managed Library.
- Windows Azure Storage Services REST API Reference.