Deep Dive into Developing Line-of-Business Applications running in the Cloud

Bhushan Nene Grzegorz GogolowiczPrincipal Architect Senior ArchitectMicrosoft MicrosoftSession Code: DEV304

Canonical LOB Requirements

•On-demand scalability: Data, Transaction Processing, Batch, Front End

•Targets SMB to Enterprise

•Federation•SSO•Live ID

•User Experience (Full UI customization)

•Business Logic•Data Model

•On Demand Tenant Provisioning

•Data Partitioning for Tenant Isolation

•Metering

Multi-Tenancy Customization & Extensibility

Scalable Architecture

Claims-based Security

ScenarioImagine your favorite coffee chain interested in rewarding their frequent customersISV offers Customer Loyalty program as a service in Windows AzureCoffee chain signs up for the program and customizes user experience, business process, and data modelExisting on-premise Point-of-Sale system integrates with Customer Loyalty serviceCoffee chain customers use self service portal to track points & rewards

Tenant On-boardingdemo

Design: Tenant On-boardingConfig Data

Tenant ConfigApp Config, Tenant Master …

T1, T2

Tenant Data

Azure Tables

SQL Azure DBs

T1, T2T4, T5

Tenant Admin Portal

(ASP.NET Web App)

STS(ASP.NET Web App)

Identity Mgmt Services (WCF)

IdentityT1, T2

SAML

SAML

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Design Considerations & Best Practices

Data Storage Choice: Azure Table / SQL AzureTenant Data Partitioning

Azure Table: Per Tenant TableSQL Azure: Per Tenant DB

Data Model customizationAzure Table: Entity PropertySQL Azure: Table Column

Claims Aware web application

Point-of-Sale User Experience & Transaction Processing

demo

Design: Point-of-Sale Transaction

Config Data

Tenant ConfigApp Config, Tenant Master …

T1, T2

Riviera Web Services

(WCF)

STS(WCF Web Services)

Identity

T1, T2

SAML

SAML

Tenant Data

Azure Tables SQL Azure DBs

T1, T2

T4, T5

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3

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Point-of-Sale(WPF App)

Creds

Azure Queue

Riviera Worker Role

EntLib (Caching, Logging)

Azure Queue

Azure Queue

Design Considerations & Best Practices

Scalable Async Transaction ProcessingScaling on-demand: Management APIEnterprise Library

Caching: Service Bus to sync distributed cache, Velocity in futureLogging

Claims aware web services: WCF & WIFBusiness Process Customization: WF XOMLAzure Table design: table partitioning heterogeneous entities, property indexing

Design Considerations – Table PartitioningPartition Key Row Key Properties1 K1 LastName: Swanson, FirstName: Trent1 K2 Points: 201 K3~{guid} RewardType: Percent, RewardValue:101 K3~{guid} RewardType: Amount, RewardValue:52 K1 LastName: Johnson, FirstName: Mike2 K2 Points: 602 K3~{guid} RewardType: Percent, RewardValue:20

Partition KeyRow Key PropertiesT1 1~K1 LastName: Swanson, FirstName: TrentT1 1~K2 Points: 20T1 1~K3~{guid} RewardType: Percent, RewardValue:10T1 K3~{guid} RewardType: Amount, RewardValue:5T1 2~K1 LastName: Johnson, FirstName: MikeT1 2~K2 Points: 60T1 2~K3~{guid} RewardType: Percent, RewardValue:20

• Get All Data for Trent: PartiionKey=1• Get Trent’s Points: PartitionKey=1 && RowKey=K2• Get Trent’s Rewards: PartitionKey=1 && (RowKey > K3 && RowKey < K4)

Querying Heterogeneous Entities

Self Service Portaldemo

Design: Self Service Portal

Tenant DataAzure Tables & BLOBs

SQL Azure DBs

Config DataT1, T2, T3

T4, T5, T6

Tenant Config

T1, T2, T3Member SelfService

PortalLoyalty

MemberLoyalty

Membership Services (WCF)

ASP.NET Web App

SelfService AppCustom fields

Dynamic data bindingThemes

Custom XAMLCustom XAP

XAP

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Design Considerations & Best Practices

Deep UI customization beyond meta-data driven layout

Custom code in the Cloud?Custom code in Silverlight and browser sandbox

Themes, IconsCustom Property BindingLoose XAMLCustom XAP: HTTP handler, Azure Blob storage

Design Considerations & Best Practices

Custom domain nameWeb services securityWindows Live ID

AuthenticationAnd Beyond: Messenger API, Live Mesh (future)

Huron: Data Hub in the CloudE.g. Sync member data to on-premise DB for mass mailing

question & answer

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Sessions On-Demand & Community

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Resources for IT Professionals

http://microsoft.com/msdn

Resources for Developers

www.microsoft.com/learning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resources

Resources

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• INT305 - 11/10/2009 13:30-14:45 [Kurt Claeys]Code Walkthrough of a Cloud Application Running on the Windows Azure Platform

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