PacktLib: Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook

Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Controlling Access in the Windows Azure Platform

Introduction

Managing Windows Azure Storage Service access keys

Connecting to the Windows Azure Storage Service

Handling Blobs in Windows Azure

Introduction

Setting properties and metadata for a blob

Going NoSQL with Windows Azure Tables

Introduction

Creating a table

Disconnecting with Windows Azure Queues

Introduction

Managing Windows Azure queues

Adding messages to a queue

Developing Hosted Services for Windows Azure

Introduction

Choosing the service model for a hosted service

Choosing which Windows Azure storage type to use

Configuring the service model for a hosted service

Hosting multiple websites in a web role

Providing a custom domain name for a hosted service

Implementing HTTPS in a web role

Sharing session state with the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service

Using local storage in an instance

Digging into Windows Azure Diagnostics

Introduction

Initializing the configuration of Windows Azure Diagnostics

Managing Hosted Services with the Service Management API

Introduction

Creating a Windows Azure hosted service

Using SQL Azure

Introduction

Provisioning a SQL Azure Server

Creating a SQL Azure database

Migrating a database to SQL Azure

Measuring SQL Azure usage

Looking at the Windows Azure AppFabric

Introduction

Creating a namespace for the Windows Azure AppFabric

Using the Service Bus as a relay service

Using Service Bus events

Using a Service Bus message buffer

Using the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service