Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Application developer
Local computer
Windows Azure SDK
Windows Azure emulator
SQL server
Compute emulator
Visual Studio
IIS
Storage emulator
Application
developer
Azure
management
portal
Router
Windows Azure
Compute service
Service definition
Service configuration
SQL Database
Storage service
Blob Queue Ta ble
Figure 10.7
Windows Azure application development environment.
Azure and manage them after deployment. Figure 10.8 shows the Visual Studio dialog used to
create a new cloud-based application.
It is recommended to run the Windows Azure compute emulator and the Windows Azure stor-
age emulator in the 64-bit edition of the Windows operating system. .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or
later should be installed. If an application uses Web roles, the IIS service should be started before
an application development process can be started. he following IIS components are added for
running the Windows Azure application.
10.3.3.4 Role Deinition and Coniguration
A cloud project created with Visual Studio includes two coniguration iles: ServiceDeinition.csdef
and ServiceConiguration.cscfg. hese iles are packaged with your Windows Azure application and
deployed to Windows Azure. he ServiceDeinition.csdef ile deines the roles contained in an appli-
cation. he ServiceConiguration.cscfg ile speciies the values for the conigurations deined in the
ServiceDeinition.csdef ile. his ile also speciies the number of instances to run for each role.
When creating multiple websites hosted by a single hosted service, the developer needs to create
multiple Web roles according to the design. hese Web roles can be deined in the ServiceDeinition.
csdef ile. Some of the websites can be used for application management by the administrators.
Some of the websites can be made available to customers who are subscribers of the application
