Elizade University

Sanami Tunmiyenwei Benjamin

Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

EU150102-495

CSC 433-Emerging Technologies

First Semester, 400 Level

Lecturer
Dr Mrs Bolanle Ojokoh
 Questions
1. What is Microsoft Azure?
2. Find out how Microsoft Azure is installed.
3. Find out about the installation requirement(i.e Hardware and Software
requirement).
4. Find out about Microsoft Azure function.

Answers

1. Meaning of Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure) is a cloud computing service
created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications
and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers.

Microsoft Azure, formerly known as Windows Azure, is Microsoft's public

cloud computing platform. It provides a range of cloud services, including those
for computing, analytics, storage and networking. Users can pick and choose
from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing
applications, in the public cloud.

2. How Microsoft Azure is installed

1. Deploy a Windows Server 2012 R2 GUI server and join it to the domain.
2. Install the following prerequisites:
3. Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security.
1. Install Microsoft Web Platform Installer 4.6 (can be downloaded
from here if the WAP server has no Internet follow this blog post)
2. In Windows Server 2012 R2, install the following software through
Web Platform Installer, in this order:
1. Enable Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1 in Server Manager.
2. .NET 4.5 Extended, with ASP.NET for Windows 8.
3. IIS recommended configuration.
4. Launch WEB PI Installer.
5. Select Products from the top menu.
6. Type: Windows Azure Pack in the search field in the left side.
7. Click Add Windows Azure Pack: Portal and API Express.
8. Click Install at the bottom of the WEB PI windows.
9. Read the terms of use, Click I Accept.
 10.When the Wizard completes the installation, it will present a screen as the
one described in the picture below asking to Continue. When clicking in
the Continue button, an Internet Explorer Window will be launched.
11.In the recently opened Internet Explorer page, copy the URL, and launch
a new browser with administrative privileges. When the new browser is
opened, paste the URL you obtained before (https://localhost:30101/).
12.In the browser, if you are presented with warnings related to the
certificate, click in continue. Then the Windows Azure Pack Setup will
be displayed.
13.In the Database Server page, provide the following information:
1. Server Name: an instance that accepts SQL Authentication (for
example db01.contoso.com).
2. Authentication type: SQL authentication (Windows Authentication
can also be used).
3. Database server admin username: sanamiben
4. Password: ********
5. Passphrase: ********
14.Click on the arrow for next.
15.In the Customer Experience Improvement program select one option and
click on Next.

16.In the Features Setup page click on the to finish the wizard.
17.Once the setup has completed, click in the arrow button.
18.Sign out and Sign in from WAP01 (this needs to be done for the user to
be registered correctly in WAP).
19.Open a browser and go to: https://wap01:30091.

3. Hardware and Software Requirements of Microsoft Azure

Hardware Requirements

 RAM: 8 GB (don’t use dynamic memory)

 HDD Space: 40 GB

Software Requirements

 Windows Server® 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2

 Microsoft Web Platform Installer 4.6
  Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack (SP) 1
 Internet Information Services (IIS) 8 (built in component of Windows
Server® 2012) or IIS 8.5 (built in component of Windows Server 2012
R2
 .NET Framework 4.5 Extended, with ASP.NET for Windows 8

4. Microsoft Azure Function

Azure Functions is the serverless computing service hosted on the Microsoft
Azure public cloud. Azure Functions, and serverless computing, in general, is
designed to accelerate and simplify application development.

The idea behind serverless computing, also known as function as a service, is to

eliminate those infrastructure considerations for the user. With serverless, a user
can simply create and upload code, and then define the triggers or events that
will execute the code. Triggers can come from a wide range of sources,
including another user's application or other cloud services, such as databases
and event and notification hubs.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/privatecloud/2013/12/06/windows-azure-
pack-installing-configuring-series/
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Windows-Azure
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Microsoft-Azure-
Functions