Windows Azure POC (Proof Of Concept) News, Examples
Some companies participated at the event and proposed a couple of ideas/architectures which have been merged in a single, layered, multi-platform application with the help of Roberto:
- a web site, hosted on Windows Azure (WebRole)
- back-end based on Windows Azure Storage and/or a web service
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- a web service hosted on Windows Azure
- back-end based on Windows Azure Storage
- active collaboration with a WorkerRole service
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- a web service hosted on an on-premise IIS server
- back-end based on Windows Azure Storage and/or a web service
- active collaboration with a WorkerRole service on Windows Azure
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- a desktop / embedded client application, which works with cloud data and features
- directly on Windows Azure (Storage / Queue / SQLAzure) and/or via a web service
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- n-tier architecture (data access, business logic, UI, services)
- unit testing
Software architecture has been deeply analyzed (even tough it was a two-day workshop only) and the solution has been designed following the best practices and guidelines. The key concept was that adopting a good n-tier, modular, loosely-coupled and testable architecture, it is relatively easy to extend system functionalities or handle new technologies/platforms following the natural IT evolution.
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