Introduction to Moving Applications to Cloud on Windows Azure

Cloud computing is a solution for building and deploying applications that are scalable and have high availability. The cloud offers an infrastructure that can support your applications with ease, allowing you to scale up or add servers, have redundant hardware, and more. This guide is about moving your existing on-premises ASP.NET application to one that operates in the cloud with Windows Azure.

This third edition of the guide by Microsoft patterns & practices is a comprehensive resource that shows you how to adapt your application to Windows Azure by introducing a fictitious company named Adatum that modifies its expense tracking and reimbursement system, aExpense, so that it can be deployed in the cloud. The book demonstrates a step-by-step migration process, including using Windows Azure Web Sites, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, and SQL Database.

This book is ideal for architects, developers, or IT professionals who operate applications and services that are appropriate for the cloud. The book is written mainly for people who work with Windows-based systems. You should be familiar with the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, and Visual C#. The guide also includes useful information on developing, deploying, managing, and costing the cloud-hosted applications.

The book is published by Microsoft patterns & practices, and it was first published on March 28, 2013. The book has 206 pages, with ASIN: B00C5T00RC and a file size of 3490 KB. The book has features such as Enhanced typesetting, Text-to-Speech, and supported Screen Reader.