Notes on Sample Azure Application Fix It

Here are some experience I got when learn to Developing Apps with Windows Azure by working on The Fix It Sample Application (Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Azure)



After unzip the zip file "Fix It app for Scott Guthrie%27s Building Real World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure.zip", rename the folder name to get rid of the special character "%". It is better to use the short name such as "Fix It". Otherwise, we get an error when compile the project.



When make a web app on Azure, don't make it to long in such as "fixitdemoapponazure20160916235959" (When you make a new MVC web application project using Visual Studio 2015 template, it could be long as webapplication120160917124045). You may get an error when the PowerScript attempt to add a new storage. After I named my Azure web app 12 characters, it worked.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing today is a trend. Popular cloud computing are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, ... 

Cloud Computing like a private Local Area Network (LAN) on the internet. For most business, Cloud Computing is a cost effective. Instead of spend thousand dollars or more per month, they spend less. Instead of maintain a group of Information Technology (IT) professional, they may need only one. They don't need much of network engineer, network administrator.

So, first they are outsource software development. Then, outsource IT help desk. Now, companies outsource the IT infrastructure. 

The questions is:

1. In which scenarios, moving to Cloud Computing is cost saving?
2. How about security, privacy?