5. Windows Azure Hybrid and Connectivity Options
Data
Synchronization
SQL Data Sync
Application-Layer
Connectivity & Messaging
Service Bus
Secure Machine-to-Machine
Network Connectivity
Windows Azure Connect
Secure Site-to-Site
Network Connectivity
Windows Azure Virtual Network
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156007.aspx
6. Windows Azure Virtual Network
• Your “virtual” branch office / datacenter in
the cloud
• Enables customers to extend their Enterprise
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Networks
into Windows Azure
Networking on-ramp for migrating existing
apps
and services to Windows Azure
Enables “hybrid” apps that span
cloud/premises
A protected private virtual network in the cloud
Enables customers to setup secure private IPv4
networks fully contained within Windows Azure
IP address persistence
7. Virtual Network Features
• Customer-managed private virtual networks within Windows Azure
• “Bring your own IPv4 addresses”
• Control over placement of Windows Azure Roles within the network
• Stable IPv4 addresses for VMs
• Hosted VPN Gateway enables site-to-site connectivity
• Automated provisioning & management
• Support existing on-premises VPN devices
• Use on-premise DNS servers for name resolution
• Enables customers to use their on-premise DNS servers for name resolution
• Enables VMs running in Windows Azure to be joined to corporate domains running
on-premise (use your on-premise Active Directory)
10. Supported VPN Device List
• IKE v1
• AES 128, 256
• SHA1, SHA2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj156075.aspx
11. Gateway redundancy and availability
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Only single IPsec tunnel supported per Virtual Network
Gateway tenant on Azure side has 2 instances (active-passive mode)
Only one public IP(v4) address for tunnel establishment
A pair of VPN devices can be a redundant pair using industry standard
protocols
• HSRP
• VRRP
21. Some tips on BYO Images
• Sysprep and “Generalize” is expected
• Do NOT put unattend.xml on the disk
• Do NOT install the Windows Azure Integration Components!
23. Active Directory (on a VM) in Azure? (1)
• AD is Supported in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
• Capture/Imaging is not supported with DCs
• To make a new DC provision a VM and run promote it to be a DC
24. Active Directory (on a VM) in Azure? (1)
Contoso.com Active Directory
Extranet Active Directory
AD Auth
Load Balancer
Public IP
26. Windows Azure Backup
• Peace of mind – your server is backing up to the cloud!
• Simple to manage
• familiar backup tools in Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials,
and the System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
• Efficient and flexible
• incremental backups – only changes to files are transferred to the cloud
• efficient use of storage, reduced bandwidth usage, offers point-in-time recovery of
multiple versions of data
• configurable data retention policies, data compression and data transfer throttling
• How-to („a bit out-of-date” )
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2012/11/12/configuring-onlinebackup-for-windows-server-2012.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0