by Sujit D'Mello
May 7, 2014
Automate (resource on Azure environment)
- Creation
- Deployment
- Monitoring
- Maintenance
Frequent or time-consuming jobs
- WebSites
- Cloud Services
- Virtual Machines
- Storage
- SQL Server
Extend by importing a PowerShell module or writing in C#
Write runbooks in PowerShell Workflow syntax
Extensible Workflows
Backups
Logs processing
Command line tools
Links:
Media: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode27.mp3
Azure Datacenter in Brazil: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/04/17/microsoft-azure-brazil-region-now-in-public-preview.aspx
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/trust-center/compliance/
by Sujit D'Mello
January 9, 2014
- Use cases
- Portal
- Service Management API
- Client libraries (Service Management)
- Native library (C++ devs)
- Power Shell
- Operations Logs
- Alert and Monitoring
Media File: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode12.mp3
LINKS:
The Windows Azure Pack Web Sites Easy Deploy tool:
- Creates a Windows Azure Pack Web Sites instance with Portal, databases, service plan and Web Sites
- Supports deployment through Hyper-V
- Not meant to be a production deployment tool.
Prime Challenge http://www.primechallenge.org/all-about-prime-numbers/
The Prime Challenge is the currently running competition to find huge multi-thousand digit prime numbers using Windows Azure. The biggest number that has been submitted so far is 3,200 digits. Feel free to enter to find a new undiscovered prime :) Leveraging Windows Azure Big Data
Storage Library (C++) for Windows Azure (preview)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/archive/2013/12/20/windows-azure-storage-client-library-for-cplusplus-preview.aspx
Copying blobs between storage accounts (Michael Washam)
http://michaelwasham.com/windows-azure-powershell-reference-guide/copying-vhds-blobs-between-storage-accounts/
Sample script for deploying a full SharePoint environment
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn175489.aspx#bkmk_createvm_ps1
http://www.cerebrata.com/products/azure-management-studio/introduction