Introduction to Microsoft Windows Azure and the Microsoft Cloud Services for Game Developers. http://europe.casualconnect.org/content.html

1. Gaming across Multiple Devices
Cloudshow
Patric Boscolo Tom Wendel
Developer Evangelist Developer Evangelist
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
patbosc@microsoft.com twendel@microsoft.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/patricb http://blogs.msdn.com/twendel/
@patricsmsdn @bobstriker

3. 12:38
We talk about …
AGENDA

4. ?

5. = Managed for You Standalone IaaS PaaS SaaS
Servers
Applications
Runtimes
Database
Operating System
Virtualization
Server
Storage
Networking

6. What is Windows Azure?
Cloud Services Developer Resources
Runtime, Storage, Database, Mess Templates, Deployment
aging, Identity, Caching, … Tools, SDK‘s, Emulators, …

7. Maintanance in the Cloud
Your Application
Access to the Cloud
Runtime, Storage, Database, Mess
aging, Identity, Caching, …
Your Application

8. Motivation
Logic

10. Hardware

11. Microsoft Data Center Dublin
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msdatacenters/archive/2009/12/18/microsoft-receives-leaders-award-for-innovation-in-the-mega-data-centre.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/emea/presscentre/pressreleases/DublinDataCentrePR_240909.mspx
http://www.sustenergy.org/index.php?option=com_see_projectview&view=see_projectdetail&tagId=-1&countryID=-1&catId=-1&pageNum=0&projectid=2524
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/pdf/CoC%20DC%20new%20rep%20form%20and%20guidelines/Best%20Practices%20v2.0.0%20-%20Release.pdf
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msenterprise/archive/2011/04/22/earth-day-2011-cloud-computing-can-it-help.aspx

12. Colocation

15. Industry
PUE  2.4
Microsoft Global
PUE  1.6
Dublin
PUE  1.25

16. Costs
Cooling
25%
IT Equipment
50%
Air Transport
12%
Power
Supply, UPS
Light
10%
3%

19. PUE
1.06

21. Memory Management
Device Management
Process Management
Hypervisor Hypervisor

22. Fabric Controller Host
Windows Azure Operating System
Hypervisor

23. Fabric Controller Host
Windows Azure Operating System
Hypervisor

24. BACK TO
YOUR
APP

25. Web Role
IIS hosted application
Worker Role
Runtime arbitrary application
VM Role
selfconfigured virtual machine

26. Deploy to Azure
MY FIRST CLOUD APP

27. Quelle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32975477@N02/4566833793/

29. There is no place like
127.0.0.1

30. There is no place like
Production

31. vertical vs. horizontal scale
vertical == more resources horizontal == more instances

32. Meine Superawesome Webseite
http://myapp.cloudapp.net
Meine Superawesome Webseite
Scale me too!!! ;-)
http://myapp.cloudapp.net
Meine Superawesome Webseite
http://myapp.cloudapp.net
1 Database
n Webroles
• It„s better to have 50 times 1GB db, then a single 50GB db.
• How to scale a db?
• Partitioning
• Alpha
• User
• Usage
• Date

34. Lessons learned…
A FEW TIPPS BY SUCCESSFULL APPS

35. Raidgate
SHOWCASE

36. AntMe!
SHOWCASE

37. Table Queue Blob

39. Statless vs. Statefull Apps
Instance 1
Loadbalancer
Instance 2
http://myapp.cloudapp.net
Different State

40. SQL Azure /
Windows Azure
Table Storage
Caching

41. Fantasy Kingdom
SHOWCASE

42. Saudos
SHOWCASE

43. Browser / Control Webpage
WebClient Json via MVC
Proxy WCF
Frontend
Context oData
WebClient CDN
Logic
Socket Socket Context
Table SQL

44. Browser / Control Webpage
Json via MVC
Json Client WCF
Frontend
oData
WebClient CDN
Logic
Socket Socket Context
Table SQL

45. Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Prop. “hops” oder “poor links” Blob Storage
Less hops
CDN
Closest Point of Presence
X
Public Container
X
Blob header determines
DNS name resolves
time-to-live at the edge
to closest POP

46. Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• 24 global distributed CDNs (99.95% availability)
• Setup a CDN via Management Portal
– Generate 2 URLs for diffrent distributions
• Direct Access:
http://myacct.blob.core.windows.net/images/myimage.jpg
• Access via CDN:
http://azXXXX.vo.msecnd.net/images/myimage.jpg
– CNAME Mappings for CDN URLs
http://blog.smarx.com/posts/using-the-new-windows-azure-cdn-with-a-custom-domain
• CDN for WebApps and Windows Azure Storage
– CSS, Images, ...
• Smooth streaming available as CTP

47. Lifetime of CDN Content
• Per Default Content stays alive for 72h
• Setup TTL via „cache control header“
x-ms-blob-cache-control: public, max-age=<value in seconds>
– hours, days, weeks
– longer remaining objects reduces:
• costs, latency, other caches
• Usage of versioned URIs to change Content

48. Versioning of URLs
Superawesome WebApp
http://myapp.cloudapp.net
…
<img
src="http://azXXXX.vo.msecnd. CDN
net/images/logo.2011-11-
net/images/logo.2011-09- logo.2011-09-16.png
22.png"
16.png" /> logo.2011-09-16.png
… logo.2011-11-22.png logo.2011-11-22.png
• Easy to manage Rollback and different Versions
• Enables A/B Tests

49. CDN für Web Apps
• CDN support for Websites
http://blog.smarx.com/posts/using-the-windows-azure-cdn-for-your-web-application
– Default URL:
http://foo.cloudapp.net/default.aspx
– CDN URL:
http://azXXXX.vo.msecnd.net/default.aspx
– Cached from:
http://foo.cloudapp.net/cdn/default.aspx
• CNAME & HTTPS support
• Important! The „cache control headers“ must be
edited in order to use the OutputCache Module
via Webapps
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scicoria/archive/2011/07/10/hosted-service-as-a-windows-azure-cdn-origin-tips.aspx

51. Why Microsoft?
• Enterprise Business
• Security
• BizSpark Plus
• MSDN
• Support
• Technical Resources

52. Why Microsoft?
• Enterprise Business
• Security
• BizSpark Plus
• MSDN
• Support
• Technical Resources

53. Why Microsoft?
• Enterprise Business
• Security
• BizSpark Plus
• MSDN
• Support
• Technical Resources

54. GO CHECK IT OUT
www.windowsazure.com