7. How to run any applicationas Worker Role on Azure? Windows Non-admin user Like USB drive with “runme.bat” Can your app run that way?
8. Worker Role Programming Model Basically DLL with main() In .NET OnStart() – initialization Run() – main OnStop() – graceful shutdown Expected to run forever
9. Additional Azure features Local storage Deployment procedure Tracing and diagnostics Local test environment
10. Gotcha! WCF and maxClockSkew 64 vs. 32 bit Authentication (userNameOverTransport) Streaming (of binary data) COM interop
MS Azure supports .NET managed code by default – that’s fineBut we need to support legacy applications or port existing applications to the cloud!
Consider existing Azure building blocks
Consider existing Azure building blocks
Consider existing Azure building blocks
Describe my task and existing pattern which was used
Describe holistic approach of the application:Native C++ code for computational tasks (on server)Native C++ code on client side for interaction with existing unmanaged application