Cloud Computing

Azure Search

• How to use Azure Search from a .NET Application. Published 4/19/2018. Requires Visual Studio 2017.
• Quickstart: 1 - Create an Azure Search index in C#. Published 4/7/2019.
• Quickstart: 2 - Load data to an Azure Search index using C#. Published 3/19/2019.
• Quickstart: 3 - Query an Azure Search index in C#. Published 3/19/2019.
• Azure Search Client Library for.NET Framework. Published around 2015.

Windows Azure Mobile Services

• Announcing Windows Azure Mobile Services. Scott Guthrie.
• How to use a .NET client for Azure Mobile Services. 2/10/2015.
• Azure Mobile Services: For Those Who Just Want to Code. 9/5/2012.
• Creating beautiful cross-platform apps for iOS, Android and Windows with Visual Studio. (Part 1). 12/5/2014.

Windows Azure

• ADAL - Native App to REST service - Authentication with ACS via Browser Dialog. To authenticate via Azure Active Directory. This one is for a WPF client but can be modified for a WinForms application.
• Automating Windows Applications Using Azure AppFabric Service Bus 11/13/2010. Also see Part 2.
• SQL Server 2014 brings on-premises and cloud database together to improve data availability and disaster recovery. 4/8/2014.
• Modeling a Directory Structure on Azure Blob Storage. 5/24/2013.
• How to deploy ClickOnce Application using Windows Azure Storage in very simple steps?. 5/9/2011.
• Deploy Click Once application on Azure Blob Container with TFS Build. 4/20/2013.
• How to host a ClickOnce deployment in Azure Blob Storage.
• Azure Blob Storage, Click Once deployment, and recursive file uploads.
• An Introduction to Windows Azure BLOB Storage. 7/12/2013.
• ClickOnce From Azure Blob Storage. 8/8/2013.

Windows Azure (older)

• Microsoft Azure - Popular Solutions.
• Windows Virtual Machine Pricing. One virtual machine instance (general purpose, A4), 8 cores, 14GB of RAM, 605 Gb hard drive, approximately $540/month.
• Windows Virtual Machines - (Pay only for what you use) calculator.
• GoDaddy dedicated servers. Premium dedicated server, i7, 4 cores, 16Gb of RAM, 2 x 2 TB hard drives, 20 TB/month bandwidth, approximately $260/month for 24-month contract. GoDaddy abandoned a "cloud computing" solution in 2012, so as to focus on small and medium businesses.
• Microsoft Azure Universal Storage for SQL Server 2014. Now, you have three different ways (Azure Files, Azure Disks, and Azure Blobs) to allocate your SQL Server 2014 database files in Azure. See video Microsoft Azure Storage.

EDI-related

• Making the move to cloud based EDI Solutions. Lists the benefits to a "cloud based" solution.
• Covalent Works. EDI Software & Solutions Provider.
  See Price Quote.
  Videos to watch:
  • What is EDI?
  • What is EDI Compliance?
  • Purchase Order & Invoice Life Cycle - EDI 850, 810, & 997.
  • Advance Ship Notice and Barcode Labels - EDI 856 & 997.
  • Implementation of an EDI Interface - 10-15 business days to setup/validate.
• iConnect. Uses virtual servers deployed on fully redundant, fault-tolerant Dell PowerEdge servers in a combination of hot swappable, mirrored, load balanced and clustered configurations.
• (YouTube) The EDi Cloud for department stores. This is a quick run through for how to use The EDi Cloud to process orders with Department stores.
• Cost of EDI. In-house versus EDI Provider / VAN.
• EDI Via VAN / EDI Network. In-house versus EDI Provider / VAN. The EDI Network is simply a secure network where EDI documents can be exchanged between business partners. An organization will be provided with a mailbox. Documents are sent and received from there and the organization checks the mailbox periodically to retrieve its documents.
• VAN pricing. EDI Mailbox Setup ($550). EDI / XML Transaction Fee (up to 10kb each) $0.15. High-volume discount pricing as low as $0.04 per transaction.
• EDI VAN Costs Painful.
• Cloud based EDI hosted service plans. The cheapest is EDI-100 which includes 100 document transfers per month, costing $79/month.
• "Name Your Price"?. Today, over 80% of EDI VAN traffic is serviced by two large companies. These companies require a minimum spend (not many solutions available below $5,000/year) and long-term commitments (to cover sales, administration and implementation costs.) Many customers feel over-charged due to add-on surcharges and fees and under-served by poor customer service and technical support. Most small and mid-size customers have no leverage when negotiating with large VANs. [This company sells WebEDI with a first connection setup cost of $500 and a $500 annual maintenance fee.]
• EDI PX. Video of a system with a Microsoft Outlook look-and-feel which interacts with Wal-Mart.