Three seems to be a popular number in Windows Azure – three data center regions, three types of storage, three replicas of your storage maintained at all times, and three ways to deploy an application.
In past episodes of MSDN DevRadio, I covered Web and Worker roles (the Platform-as-a-Service model) as well as Windows Azure Web Sites. In this episode, the first of two parts, I’ll introduce you to Windows Azure Virtual Machines, the Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering in Windows Azure, by showing you how to provision a VM and install a simple web server and application on it.
Jim is a Technology Evangelist for Microsoft who covers the Northeast District, namely, New England and upstate New York. He is focused on engaging with the development community in the area through user groups, code camps, BarCamps, Microsoft-sponsored events, and on-line. Currently Jim's focus is on mobile applications and their integration with cloud services.
Jim joined Microsoft in April 2008 after nearly 12 years working for Sybase in a support and sales consultant role for its developer tools, specifically PowerBuilder and EAServer. Prior to that he worked on various DoD projects at MITRE (Bedford, MA) and BDM International (in McLean, VA, now subsumed by Northrop Grumman). Jim received a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Austin Peay State University and his M.S. in Computer Science from Duke University.
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