Got questions? Well the Kentico Cloud development team has answers! Join this session to see the most common questions and answers. Of course… make sure to bring your own questions! Speaker: Kentico Cloud and SaaS Development Group

1. Windows Azure FAQ
Jiri Slapak, Jiri Kusak, Dominik Pinter

2. Azure Kentico Virtual Conference Agenda
Time Session Information Register
7:00 –8:00 AM PST
10:00-11:00 AM EST
3:00-4:00 PM BST
Are you ready? Introduction to Cloud Computing and Windows Azure
Speaker: Vince Mayfield, CEO Bit-Wizards
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Break
8:30-9:30 AM PST
11:30–12:30 PM EST
4:30-5:30 PM BST
Get set.. Introduction to Windows Azure Development
Speaker: Brian McKeiver, Kentico MVP and Partner/Senior Developer at BizStream
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Break
10:00–11:00 AM
PST
1:00 –2:00 PM EST
6:00–7:00 PM BST
Go…Running Kentico CMS on Windows Azure
Speaker: Thom Robbins, Chief Evangelist Kentico CMS
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Break
11:30–12:30 PM PST
2:30–3:30 PM EST
7:30 –8:30 PM BST
Deployment options for Kentico CMS on Windows Azure
Speaker: Bryan Soltis, Kentico MVP and Director of Technology and Research at Bit-Wizards
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Break
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
PST
4:00–5:00 PM EST
9:00–10:00 PM BST
Best Practices for Kentico CMS and Windows Azure
Speaker: Dominik Pinter, Group Product Manager/SaaS and Cloud
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2:30–3:30 PM PST
5:30–6:30 PM EST
10:30–11:30 PM
BST
Advanced development with Windows Azure
Speaker: Bryan Soltis, Kentico MVP and Director of Technology and Research at Bit-Wizards
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4:00–5:00 PM PST
7:00–8:00 PM EST
12:00–1:00 AM BST
Common questions for Windows Azure and Kentico CMS
Speaker: Kentico Cloud and SaaS Development Group
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3. GENERAL QUESTIONS
Jiri Slapak

4. How to start?
• How do I want to use Windows Azure?
Kentico CMS Azure Guide
5 Things When Deploying Kentico CMS to Windows Azure
Kentico CMS on Windows Azure WebSites
Kentico+ documentation

5. Which license is required for Kentico on cloud?
• Perpetual licensing
• Pay as you go

6. Kentico on Windows Azure vs. Kentico +
Azure WebRoles Azure WebSites Kentico +
• Remote desktop
• Network isolation
• Startup tasks
• Staging environment
• Instant deployment
• Deployment from Git,
FTP, WebMatrix …
• Pay as you go licensing
• Automated backups
• Hotfix from web
• Automated licensing

7. Windows Azure vs. Amazon cloud

8. SCALING
Jiri Kusak

9. I want to scale my Azure application. Should I
use vertical or horizontal scaling?

10. What is the optimal size of an instance?

11. How many instances should I use for my
application?

12. TROUBLESHOOTING
Dominik Pinter

13. Files are not accessible directly from blob
storage / content delivery network. What‘s
wrong?

14. • Files just are not there
– Files storage
• Error message says: “Resource not found”
– Container permissions
• Files are not served through blob/CDN:
– Media files
– Redirect files to disk

15. I‘m running on multiple instances on Windows
Azure. My webfarm tasks are not synchronized.
What‘s wrong?

16. • License limitations
– Number of instances
– License edition
• Tasks are not generated
– Webfarms configuration
• Tasks are not synchronized
– Webfarm update mechanism
– Windows Azure load balancer

17. SmartSearch module doesn‘t work. What‘s
wrong?

18. • It just doesn’t work
– SmartSearch worker configuration
• Event log says: “Lock obtain timeout”
– SmartSearch timeout configuration
• Event log says:”Stream doesn’t support
writing”
– Package inspection

19. Thank you
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http://devnet.kentico.com