Windows Azure also offers a store. The store includes services from partners.
There's single sign ons, so your Azure account will be used directly
through, things that you purchase through the store as well as billing.
So all of these services will appear directly on your bill.
I'm going to go to the top and click back on portal.
And then at the bottom command bar I'm going to
hit New, and I'm going to go over to Store.
Now as we move
through here, you'll notice all sorts of different types of services.
We've got both App services as well as data
services, things like Bing and Clear DB MySQL Database.
As well as ways to send out emails and other things like
MongoLabs, if you were interested in doing some of the MongoDB services.
I'll use MySQL as an example. So let's go up to ClearDB MySQL Database.
You'll see over here
on the right, we'll get some information about that service, as well
as a link if we want to get more information about the company.
We're going to hit Next.
And I'm going to use the Free tier.
So this is going to give us the ability to use a MySQL Database, fully
managed in the Azure cloud with up to four connections for free, per month.
I have the ability to also choose where I want to run that MySQL Database.
I can do it
in the West Coast, East Coast, Europe or West Europe.
We're going to keep it on West US and hit next.
You'll see that the SQL Database name checked out and everything is good.
We're going to go ahead and agree to the license terms.
You'll see there will be no charge per month and confirm.
Now, right now as you're setting up a My SQL
Database for us in the Cloud, through ClearDB's partner service.
You can see the subscription
is our current subscription.
The plan I am on is free, and if I go down to the
bottom right on the command bar, you'll
remember that all this is happening asynchronously.
So if I click on this bar, you'll see it's purchasing the add on.
But I can in fact come up here and look at
my Websites, my Virtual Machines as well as all of my items.
And it would not impact at all the creation of that service.
It looks like our service is now
fully created.
I'm going to hit OK, and I'm going to click on the Service.
I get some information about my service, and
you're going to notice two tabs at the top.
Throughout the Azure portal, whenever you see this
blue cloud with the little thunder lightning bolt.
This is going to give you documentation, information, and
ways to get started with that current service.
We're going to be looking at this thundercloud as
we move through the course, and it's important
to remember you can always get help whenever you click on that tab.
Let's move over to Dashboard, and you'll see I
get information about Database Storage,
Available Connections, and Hourly Transactions.
At the bottom, I also have the ability to Upgrade.
Whats important to know about the Azure store, is
that any of your upgrades will happen in place.
Meaning that any third party services you are
using, will be immediately upgraded and available.
None of your users will be impacted while you upgrade.
I also have the ability to get connection info, as well as manage this service.
So, if I hit Manage, you'll see I am taken to the
ClearDB website, and I am automatically logged in with my Azure account.
I didn't have to do anything on ClearDB's website.
All of the billing and
all of my identity information will automatically be passed
back and forth between the third-party service and Windows Azure.
You can also see here, is my Database, its maximum size of
20 megabits, and I can also upgrade directly from here within the portal.