Chapter 1. Getting to know Windows Azure
Figure 1.1. The parts that make up the Windows Azure platform include the Windows Azure operating system, SQL Azure, and AppFabric.
Figure 1.2. A typical representation of an operating system interacting with applications and resources. Notice that applications don’t directly interact with CPU, memory, or I/O devices.
Figure 1.3. Windows Azure–type applications running in a traditional OS. Azure applications function in an OS the same way that traditional applications do.
Figure 1.4. Applications split across many VMs in a Windows Azure data center
Figure 1.5. A logical representation of the VM that hosts your web application
Figure 1.6. The Cloud Service template in the New Project dialog box of Visual Studio 2010
Figure 1.7. New Cloud Service Project dialog box. From here, you can add several Azure projects to your solution.
Figure 1.8. Selecting a web role project from the New Cloud Service Project dialog box. Click the default name WebRole1 to change it to something more to your liking.
Figure 1.9. Solution Explorer for your newly created web role project. The top project (CloudService1) defines your application to Azure. The bottom one (WebRole1) is a regular ASP.NET project with a starter template.
Figure 1.10. ASP.NET 3.5 Hello World running in the development fabric
Figure 1.11. The Windows Azure compute infrastructure involves several components. They all work together to run your application.