Cloud Computing: presentation, fundamentals
Comparison of available solutions
Windows Azure: features and services
Pricing details
Supported applications
Reminders on .NET

Windows Azure account creation
Users and roles
Development environments: Visual Studio, WebMatrix2
ASP.NET: various reminders

Workshops: configuring the Windows Azure account and installing the Visual Studio environment – a first ASP.NET application

ASP.Net for Windows Azure
Tests with Development Fabric
Publishing and configuration of applications
Azure blob storage: configuration, containers, operations
Data storage with Azure tables: configuration, entities, transactions
Managing ASP.Net sessions and profiles in Azure
Security of an ASP.Net application: authentication, roles, SSL

Workshops: Creation, test and deployment of ASP.NET applications – Session management – Handling of Azure storage types – Implementation of application security

SOA .Net architectures
WCF web services: presentation, implementation, configuration
Integration of WCF services in ASP.NET
Deployment of WCF services
Interoperability of Azure services: development, localization,
SOAP vs REST references
Use of Azure services in .NET

Workshops: WCF Services Development and Deployment – Service Uses

SQL Azure: presentation, account, available tools
SQL Azure vs SQL Server
SQL Azure databases: creation, data manipulation
SQL Server database migration
Access to databases with ADO.NET
SQL Azure synchronization – local data (Microsoft Sync)

Workshops: Access and backups in the cloud with SQL Azure – Synchronization

Asynchronous operations in Windows Azure
Asynchronous background processing Azure
queues: send, read
AppFabric bus: services, one-way / two-way messages
AppFabric: access control, user authentication
Advanced API: diagnostics, management

Workshops: Using Azure queues for asynchronous processing – Handling diagnostic and management APIs