"Azure Services Platform Step by step-1th" Introducing the Azure services Platform

Azure, Full azure Services Platform. The homepage is Http://www.azure.com. This is a new and very new gadget, which is rarely studied at home or abroad.

What's azure? To put it simply, Azure services platform is an Internet cloud service platform based on Microsoft Data Center, providing us with a real-time operating system and a range of development, storage, data storage, hosting and other services. To put it more simply: Azure is the legendary cloud computing, the platform for Microsoft to implement cloud computing.

The previous section is more general and inspiring. I believe many people, like me, have been hearing about "cloud computing", but never know what cloud computing is all about. The concept of "cloud computing" was hyped by the media as hot as the "Web 2.0" of the year. Finally, Azure is a gracious platform that makes it easy for us to experience cloud computing. Yes, kind. Because Azure, like almost any other Microsoft technology, has a great advantage: it's easy to get started.

For those of us who have grown accustomed to and are familiar with the various developments of Visual Studio, we can easily fall in love with Azure. The official also said: Get started Quickly Using Your Existing Skills. In other words, you do not need to learn more knowledge, you can develop a variety of cloud applications through Azure, the experience of "cloud computing."

Perhaps a few words at the end of the introduction. Indeed, I have been watching whitepaper,sdk and forum for several days to fully understand the structure and technology of Azure. Let me generalize the benefits of azure with a few words of "peasant consciousness": Using Azure, you no longer have to look around for a virtual host that supports asp.net to place Web creator and Web services, because Windows Azure provides " Foggy "Hosting, more powerful than ordinary virtual hosts; you don't have to look for pirated SQL Server 200X and database servers anymore, because it provides restful data storage in SQL services to make it easy to get home; you don't have to worry about the stability of your servers anymore. , because your cloud applications are deployed on Azure, using Microsoft's infrastructure, stability and security are guaranteed by the Microsoft Empire ...

What do you think? Pretty good, huh? Haha, in fact, this is the fur of azure, I only mentioned the most basic and easy to understand Azure several services. Want to get a closer look? Keep an eye on my blog, and I'll do a full research and parsing of Azure over the next few months and make some complete apps.

Well, now that you have a little basic understanding of azure, let's go on.

The 1.Azure platform consists of 4 parts: Windows azure,.net services,sql Services, and the live services that Microsoft has already provided. Obviously, most people are excited about the top 3. 4 parts include a lot of specific services, we will be introduced in the future.

2. The application you develop can be used by a variety of clients.

3. The applications you develop can be placed on your own server, and can be deployed in the cloud through Windows Azure services. Whether your program is "flat" or "cloud", they can invoke all the other services provided by Azure platform.

How do you learn about Azure's basic structure?

First of all, you need to go to the official website http://azure.com to apply for the beta qualification. Address http://www.microsoft.com/azure/register.mspx

Explain, otherwise many people may confused. As mentioned above, Azure includes the Windows Azure,.net services,sql services,live Services4 block. I don't know what Microsoft thinks, it puts Windows Azure and the dev Portal for live services together, with the address http://lx.azure.microsoft.com/. The dev portal for. NET Services and SQL Services is placed in another place: http://portal.ex.azure.microsoft.com/. In the application for the Beta qualification (invitation Code or token), the time is not different, only need to apply once on it. But when the invitation code is issued, Microsoft will issue the above two different portal respectively.

You can refer to a foreign blog setting up the Windows Azure Services Platform. However, the author received only the invitation code of SQL Services+.net Services.

It is important to stress that the invitation code is very patient. Look at this article written by a foreigner: Waiting for Windows Azure Tokens? Seems many are in the Mahouve boat.

Therefore, fill in the information must be serious ... If there is no clear message directly to Sriram Krishnan, he calls himself "I work for the Windows Azure team and I ' m the Token/invitation master in sorts", I harassed him before I got token ... (sriramk@microsoft.com)

Then, you need to download the following official learning resources:

More official information, the following two most important.

Introducing the Azure™services Platform: This is a 30-page PDF file that provides a comprehensive introduction to Azure (no technology involved).

Azure Services Training KIT-PDC Preview: This is an official tutorial, with a taste of color and flavor. It's the only tutorial you can find now. (I Google for a few days, there really is no other 3rd party tutorials.) ）

Next, of course, the SDK:

Windows Azure SDK

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft. NET Services SDK

Microsoft SQL Data Services SDK

Live Framework Documentation and resources

Here's another explanation: there are different SDKs and tools for the 4 parts of Azure platform. Only Windows Azure is a little special, requiring a Vista or windows2008 operating system.

Then, Development:

Azure's development process is no different from the normal. NET development process:

Using Visual Studio Development-Services for Azure in development-publishing-landing dev Portal deployed to the cloud

I'll speak slowly later.