Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code for this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Controlling Access in the Windows Azure Platform -- Introduction -- Managing Windows Azure Storage Service access keys -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Connecting to the Windows Azure Storage Service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using SetConfigurationSettingPublisher() -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Connecting to the storage emulator -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Managing access control for containers and blobs -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating a Shared Access Signature for a container or blob -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using a container-level access policy -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Authenticating against the Windows Azure Service Management REST API -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Authenticating with the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 2. Handling Blobs in Windows Azure -- Introduction -- Setting properties and metadata for a blob -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using blob directories -- How to do it... -- How it works...

Creating and using a blob snapshot -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- CloudDrive.Snapshot() -- Creating and using the root container for blobs -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Uploading blocks to a block blob -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Uploading a VHD into a page blob -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Downloading a blob asynchronously -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Optimizing blob uploads and downloads -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using retry policies with blob operations -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transient Fault Handling Framework -- Copying a blob with the Windows Azure Storage Service REST API -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the REST API with the Queue service and Table service -- See also -- Leasing a blob using the Protocol classes in the Windows Azure Storage Client Library -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using a blob lease as a singleton ticket -- See also -- Using the Windows Azure Content-Delivery Network (CDN) -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 3. Going NoSQL with Windows Azure Tables -- Introduction -- Creating a table -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a data model and context for an entity -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- TableServiceEntity class -- See also -- Using entity group transactions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Diagnosing problems when using the Table service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Handling concurrency with the Table service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also.

Choosing a PartitionKey and RowKey for a table -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using continuation tokens and server-side paging -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Performing asynchronous queries -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Performing queries in parallel -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Handling the WritingEntity and ReadingEntity events -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 4. Disconnecting with Windows Azure Queues -- Introduction -- Managing Windows Azure queues -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Adding messages to a queue -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Retrieving messages from a queue -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Storing large amounts of data for a message -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Implementing a backoff when polling a queue -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Identifying and handling poison messages -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Developing Hosted Services for Windows Azure -- Introduction -- Choosing the service model for a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Choosing which Windows Azure storage type to use -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Configuring the service model for a hosted service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Handling upgrades and configuration changes -- Storing Configuration in Azure storage -- Hosting multiple websites in a web role -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Providing a custom domain name for a hosted service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the hosts file to map domains -- Implementing HTTPS in a web role -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Using makecert to create a test certificate -- Sharing session state with the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using local storage in an instance -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using startup tasks in a Windows Azure Role -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Developing startup tasks -- Managing upgrades and changes to a hosted service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using PowerShell cmdlets to upgrade a hosted service -- Changing the number of endpoints in a hosted service -- Version issue when performing in-place upgrades -- Limitations on in-place upgrades -- Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using an Azure Drive in a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using the Azure Drive simulation in thedevelopment environment -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using a VM Role -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Differencing disks -- See also -- Using Windows Azure Connect -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus -- Moving connection to another WindowsAzure subscription -- Consuming data from the Windows Azure MarketPlace DataMarket -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Web Deploy with Windows Azure -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 6. Digging into Windows Azure Diagnostics -- Introduction -- Initializing the configuration of Windows Azure Diagnostics -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring the Event Log data buffer -- Configuring the performance counter data buffer -- Using a configuration file with Windows Azure Diagnostics.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using the Windows Azure Diagnostics trace listener -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Performing an on-demand transfer -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Implementing custom logging -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Accessing data persisted to Windows Azure Storage -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets to configure Windows Azure Diagnostics -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Azure Management cmdlets -- Using IntelliTrace to diagnose problems with a hosted service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 7. Managing Hosted Services with the Service Management API -- Introduction -- Creating a Windows Azure hosted service -- Getting ready -- How it works... -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Locations and affinity groups -- Deploying an application into a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Upgrading an application deployed to a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Retrieving the properties of a hosted service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Autoscaling with the Windows Azure Service Management REST API -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell cmdlets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Azure Management cmdlets -- 8. Using SQL Azure -- Introduction -- Provisioning a SQL Azure Server -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a SQL Azure database -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Copying a database -- Increasing the size of a database -- Migrating a database to SQL Azure -- Getting ready.

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