Essential Windows Azure

Section I - Welcome to the Cloud
1. Introduction to Windows Azure
2. The Cost of the Cloud
3. Building a Cloud-Centric SDLC
4. Testing and Debugging Azure Applications
5. Administering and Monitoring Azure Applications

Section II. Azure on the Web
6. Sample Application: Hollywood Hackers e-Commerce Site
7. Security and Privacy
8. Creating a Product Catalog with SQL Azure
9. Social Media and Community Features
10. Asynchronous Messaging and Transactions
11. Administration and Monitoring

Section III. Enterprise Applications in the Cloud
12. Sample Application: The GeekBurger Restaurant Chain
13. Security and Privacy
14. Split Architecture: On-Premise vs. Cloud
15. Data Access Strategies
16. Web Services
17. Administration and Monitoring
18. Cloud-to-Internal Communications
19. Workflows

Section IV - Distributed Computing with Azure
20. Sample Application: Ulysses Agenda
21. Security and Privacy
22. Data Access Strategies
23. Asynchronous Messaging
24. Distributed State in a Multi-User Environment
25. Creating a Cloud-Based Plug-In Framework
26. Building a Blog Engine
27. Conclusion