The document discusses building scalable and robust solutions using Service Bus in cloud and server environments. It describes how Service Bus can be used to connect applications, enable hybrid configurations, and support connected client scenarios. Examples are provided around using Service Bus for game stats integration, retail integration, enterprise application integration, and connected client notifications. The key capabilities of Service Bus around messaging, queues, topics, and relays are also summarized.

1. Building Scalable and Robust
Solutions with Service Bus in Cloud
and Server
Clemens Vasters (@clemensv)
Principal Technical Lead / Architect
Windows Azure Application Platform Team – Service Bus

2. Appliances Phones & Tablets PC SaaS Cloud app

Queues Topics Relays Notifications
Team SharePoint
LOB Apps Event Aggregator site ....

3. *cloud-only for now **cloud-only for the forseeable future

4. • Building cloud services
• Enable Hybrid configurations
• Connected client scenarios

5. XBox Leaderboard Game Stats
Devices Devices
XBox
Gateway Role Service Bus Queues Halo Backend Role Xbox Live
XBox
1. Game scores fan-in to Queues
2. Sessions used to correlate games
3. Scheduled messages to track completion
XBox 4. Halo backend produces finalized stats

6. Retail Services ISV
POS
POS
Retail Web Services
Service Bus Queues IT Admin
POS
Service Bus Topics Marketing
Sales data fan-in to Queues
Messages processed and appropriate messages sent
Topics used to support Publish-Subscribe for messages
POS Real-time monitoring as well as decoupled inventory updates

7. Enterprise Services ISV
Service Bus Relay
ISV
Suite
Policy Updates Remote
Management
Enterprise Private Cloud
Central
Repository
ISV Private Cloud • ISV Suite offers a turn-key solution for security & management of
BYOD
• Deployed on enterprise networks behind firewalls/NATs
• Uses Service Bus Relay to push policy updates/templates and
perform remote management of the Suite

8. CRM Online
CRM Online
Service
Windows 8 1. Devices Authenticate with CRM
2. Registration sent to Notification Hub
3. Message initiated by CRM Online Service
4. Customized Notifications to all devices
Service Bus
Notification Hub
Win Phone 8
WNS
Filter w/ Tags Broadcast Scale Templates
iOS
APNS

14. Apps
.NET WCF Service Model
C/C++ Java/JMS
(incl
Embedded) Node.j Any
Python PHP
NetMessagingBinding Apache Qpid s HTTP
client client
Apache JMS AMQP client client
Proton-C 1.0
.NET Service Bus Messaging API
SB Messaging Protocol
AMQP 1.0 HTTP(S)
(net.tcp, proprietary)
Service Bus

18. © JPMorgan Chase & Co.

20. Sender
Replay Buffer
Idempotence Barrier
Receiver

24. Service Bus Message
Sys Properties
Key Value
Key Value
Key Value
Custom Properties
Key Value
Key Value
Key Value
Key Value
Body
Body
(Bag of Bytes)

25. Broker
Receive and Delete
Broker 1. Peek/Lock
2. Delete/Unlock

28. Service Bus 1.0 for Windows
Server

29. Why & What
On-Premises pub-sub •Enterprise applications developed and deployed on-premise.
Develop&
Deploy •Scale ; HA ; Manageability ; Rich messaging feature set
Develop On-premise •High fidelity develop, test, debug experience
Develop Deploy •DevBox deployment (HW&SF pre-reqs) ; Tools (VS); debug mode ;
symmetry
Flexible Deployment •Driven by enterprise desire for deployment choice (or perception
Deploy
Deploy thereof)
•Full symmetry ; Ease of migration
Tiered Deployment •Maintain control of mission critical data / systems
Data
App •Unable/unwilling to migrate legacy systems
•Gradual migration to cloud
•Message Federation ; Store-and-Forward

30. • Clustered deployment
Node
• Identical nodes SB Gateway
SB Messaging
Backend Message
• Stateless gateways Store
Node
SB Messaging Message
SB Gateway
Backend Store
• Backend Node
Message
Store
SB Messaging
SB Gateway
Backend
Message
• Databases Store
Gateway DB

32. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2012
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 SQL
Server 2012
Web PI-based

33. Hardware
Measured performance for flow rates
20,000 messages/s
14,200 messages/s
26 messages/s
Always able to get more by using faster machines.

34. Messaging Patterns

35. Queue

36. Queue

37. Queue

38. Sub
Topic Sub
Sub

39. Broker Message
Properties
Reply Queue
Broker
Broker Message
Send Queue Properties
Body

40. Broker Message
Properties
Reply Queue
Broker Message
Properties
Broker
Send Queue
Body
Broker Message Reply Queue
Properties

41. var sender = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(cs, "test");
sender.Send(new BrokeredMessage
{
Label = "Hello"
});
// Send a message with system and application properties set
var bm = new BrokeredMessage();
bm.Label = "PurchaseOrder123";
bm.TimeToLive = new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0);
bm.Properties["PurchaseOrderID"] = 1234;
sender.Send(bm);

42. var receiver1 = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(cs, "test",
ReceiveMode.ReceiveAndDelete);
var msg1 = receiver1.Receive();
var receiver2 = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(cs, "test",
ReceiveMode.PeekLock);
var msg2 = receiver2.Receive();
try
{
// Process msg2
msg2.Complete();
}
catch
{
msg2.Abandon();
throw;
}

43. <predicate ::=
{ NOT <predicate> }
| <predicate> AND <predicate>
| <predicate> OR <predicate>
| <expression> { = | <> | != | > | >= | < | <= }
<expression>
| <property> IS [NOT] NULL
| <expression> [NOT] IN ( <expression> [, ...n] )
| <expression> [NOT] LIKE <pattern> [ESCAPE <escape_char>]
| EXISTS ( <property> )
| ( <predicate> )
<expression> ::=
<constant>
| <property>
| <expression> { + | - | * | / | % } <expression>
| { + | - } <expression>
| ( <expression> )
var filter = new SqlFilter("InvoiceTotal < 10000");

44. <statements> ::=
<statement> [, ...n]
| <action> [;]
<action> ::=
SET <property> = <expression>
| REMOVE <property>
<expression> ::=
<literal>
| <function> ::= newid()
| <property>
| <expression> { + | - | * | / | % } <expression>
| { + | - } <expression>
| ( <expression> )
var rule = new SqlRuleAction("SET FullName = FirstName + ' ' + LastName");

45. QueueDescription destinationQ = new QueueDescription("myQ2");
QueueDescription sourceQ = new QueueDescription("myQ1");
sourceQ.ForwardTo = "myQ2";
NamespaceManager nm = NamespaceManager.Create();
nm.CreateQueue(destinationQ);
nm.CreateQueue(sourceQ);

46. DeviceId = ‘123’ OR UserId = ‘clemensv’
OR Group IN (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’)
Group IN (‘A’, ‘B’,
‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’) DeviceId = ‘456’ OR UserId = ‘clemensv’
OR Group IN (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’)

48. HTTP SBMP/AMQP
HTTP
1 Entity per Socket
1 Pending Operation per Socket
60s operation timeout (NAT/Prx)
SBMP/AMQP
Unlimited Multiplexed Entities and
Unlimited Pending Ops per Socket
No fixed operation timeout
Session Support (coming in AMQP)

50. Browsers
Long Polling, Web Sockets, Server-Side Events, Forever-Frame
Connections
Key Value
IMessageBus
key1
Filtered key2
Receive …
keyN

51. Composite Cursor
Node A Node B
IMessageBus IMessageBus
Topic A B
Throughput
Topic A B
Scale-Out
Topic A B
Client Pinning

52. Node A Node B
Socket.io Socket.io
Topic A B
Throughput
Topic A B
Scale-Out
Topic A B

53. Notification Hubs

55. Client app
Platform
Notification
Service
App back-end

57. iOS app Windows Store
app
App back-end APNs WNS
Service Bus
Notification Hub

59. Tag:”Beatles”
Tag:”Beatles”
Service Bus
App back-end Notification Hub
Tag:”Wailers”

60. <toast>
<visual>
<binding template="ToastText01">
<text id="1">$(message)</text>
</binding>
</visual>
</toast>
Hello!
{ message: ‚Hello!‛ }
Service Bus
App back-end Notification Hub
Hello!
{
aps: {
alert: ‚$(message)‛
}
}

61. Thank You For
Listening!