Mario SzpusztaPrincipal Program ManagerOptions for building Hybrid Cloud Solutions with Microsoft Azure as a Platform

Designing and ImplementingHybrid Cloud Solutions for Architects(with Microsoft Azure)

3-632Important Disclaimer:

This session is not about Azure Pack, System Center and IaaS. Most of the content is related to Microsoft Azure Platform-as-a-Service.The target audience are solution architects and development leads.Code examples (C#) are part of it to demonstrate scenarios based on real-world projects.

What?Hybrid Cloud outlined

Hybrid Cloud outlined

Service orientedMessaging orientedData-drivenInfrastructure-basedTechnology-specific approaches

General approaches

Hybrid and Microsoft Azure technologies

Things are not always a nail and not every tool is a hammer... Pick the right choice for your challenge!

Directly relevantazure services

Cross cutting concernsIdentity and

access

Connectivity

(optional)

Operations(optional)

Infrastructure-driven

Virtual networkSite-2-site VPNPoint-2-site VPNVM endpoint acls

Windows Azure Active Directory

and Access Control

Azure express route

AzureService

Management and monitoring

APIS

System Center, any 3rd-party

tools

Data-driven

Azure SQL linked serversSQL always-on(Azure SQL data sync)Storsimple appliance

Service oriented Service bus relay

Messaging oriented

Service bus queues and AMQPService bus topics(Azure queues)

Service usage-driven Any Azure-Service, e.g. HDInsight, scheduler etc.

Technology-specific

Microsoft HPC PackCassandra multi-dc setupMongodb multi-dc setup...

Any technology-specific approach offered by the platform of choice

Your IT can benefit from public cloudPay-per-use, scalability, elasticity

You cannot move all to a public cloudExisting investments, legal constraints etc.

Hybrid = best of bothRun in public cloud and your own data center

Why Hybrid Cloud?

Don‘t limit yourself just because of one piece not being

a fit for a public cloud!

Why and How?Microsoft Azure and Hybrid Cloud

Service-Oriented Hybrid CloudAzure Service Bus Relay

Messaging-Oriented Hybrid CloudAzure Service Bus Topics, Queues

AdvantagesAllows for custom connectivity semanticsNo infrastructure config. Requirementse.g., Firewall port openings, NAT, proxies

DisadvantagesCustom development effort requiredRelay – Latency, availability of your DCRelay – tight coupling between servicesMessaging – more complex (async. nature)

Service & Messaging Driven Hybrid Cloud

Data-Driven Hybrid CloudAzure SQL Data Sync & SQL Linked Servers

Advantages:Not much development effort requiredEasy to setup and get running

Disadvantages:Limits on additional semantics & logicData-Sync – Limits on data types, schedulesData-Sync – Still in PreviewLinked Servers – one direction (to Azure)Linked Servers – Latency for fan-out queries

Data-Driven Hybrid Cloud

Infrastructure-Based Hybrid CloudAzure VNET, Site-2-Site VPN, Point-2-Site VPN

Advantages:No development effort requiredEasy to setup and get running

Disadvantages:No additional semantics and extensionsLatency through VPN!?Today: only single VPN connection/VNETLimits on additional semantics and logic

Infrastructure-Driven Hybrid Cloud

Identity managementAuthentication and SSOConnectivityUnified operations management

Always a Topic: Cross cutting concerns…

Azure Active DirectoryUser/organization/application managementYour directory in the cloud

Synchronization with on-premises possibleSimple: using same identities across premisesAdvanced: single-sign-on across On-Premise and Cloud

Some neat side-effectsApplications get user management “for free”Windows Azure AD can bridge towards “open authentication standards”

Identity & Authentication

Two types of connectivityThrough exchange provider facilitiesVia network service providers

Supported providersEquinix, Level 3AT&T, Level3 MPLS VPN

Today – U.S. onlyWashington D.C.Silicon Valley

Improving connectivity with ExpressRoute

Azure Service Management and monitoring API

Enables integrating Azure monitoring data into ANY monitoring solution

Microsoft’s solution: System Center 2012 R2Ops Manager and App Controller and Orchestrator

Azure management packs (Azure core, SQL DB)Azure integration pack for orchestrator

Unified VM provisioning and operations acrossMicrosoft Azure/public cloudOn-Premise/private cloud (Hyper-V + VMWare)3rd-party hosters (especially with Azure Pack)

Operations management and Hybrid Cloud

SummaryQandA, Resources

Hybrid CloudBest of Public and Private CloudDon’t limit yourself by one bit not a fit for public clouds!

Different approachesInfrastructure-driven: VNET, VPNData-driven: SQL Sync, Linked ServersService-driven: Service Bus RelayMessaging-driven: Service Bus Queues/AMQP/Topics

Cross-Cutting ConcernsIdentity and access: Windows Azure ADConnectivity: ExpressRouteOperations: Service Management API, System Center

In Summary...

What we built as part of our demos…

Azure Virtual Network and VPNhttp://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/services/virtual-network/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156007.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156075.aspx (!!)

Azure Service Bushttp://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-dotnet-how-to-use-relay/ http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-dotnet-how-to-use-queues/http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-dotnet-how-to-use-topics-subscriptions/ http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-dotnet-advanced-message-queuing/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh532261.aspx (!!)

Azure Active Directoryhttp://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/active-directory/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj573653.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn151121.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn532272.aspx

ExpressRoutehttp://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/expressroute/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn606309.aspx

System Center 2012 R2http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38414 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg276383.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/jj721956.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2011/12/01/managing-and-monitoring-windows-azure-applications-with-system-center-2012.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/10/23/configmgr-and-endpoint-protection-support-for-windows-azure-vms.aspx

My bloghttp://blog.mszcool.com

Hybrid Cloud on Technethttp://blogs.technet.com/b/in_the_cloud/archive/tags/hybrid+cloud/default.aspx

Resources

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