documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Service_WindowsAzure.xml

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   3 <sect1 id="zend.service.windowsazure" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   4     <title>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</title>
   5
   6     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.introduction">
   7         <title>Introduction</title>
   8
   9         <para>
  10           Windows Azure is the name for Microsoft’s Software + Services platform, an operating
  11           system in the cloud providing services for hosting, management, scalable storage with
  12           support for simple blobs, tables, and queues, as well as a management infrastructure for
  13           provisioning and geo-distribution of cloud-based services, and a development platform for
  14           the Azure Services layer.
  15         </para>
  16     </sect2>
  17
  18     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.sdk">
  19         <title>Installing the Windows Azure SDK</title>
  20
  21         <para>
  22             There are two development scenario's when working with Windows Azure.
  23         </para>
  24
  25         <itemizedlist>
  26             <listitem>
  27                 <para>
  28                     You can develop your application using
  29                     <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> and the Windows Azure SDK,
  30                     which provides a local developent environment of the services provided by
  31                     Windows Azure's cloud infrastructure.
  32                 </para>
  33             </listitem>
  34
  35             <listitem>
  36                 <para>
  37                     You can develop your application using
  38                     <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname>, working directly with the
  39                     Windows Azure cloud infrastructure.
  40                 </para>
  41             </listitem>
  42         </itemizedlist>
  43
  44         <para>
  45             The first case requires you to install the <ulink
  46                 url="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6967ff37-813e-47c7-b987-889124b43abd&displaylang=en">Windows
  47                 Azure SDK</ulink> on your development machine.  It is currently only available for
  48             Windows environments; progress is being made on a Java-based version of the SDK which
  49             can run on any platform.
  50         </para>
  51
  52         <para>
  53             The latter case requires you to have an account at <ulink
  54                 url="http://www.azure.com">Azure.com</ulink>.
  55         </para>
  56     </sect2>
  57
  58     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.apiDocumentation">
  59         <title>API Documentation</title>
  60
  61         <para>
  62             The <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> class provides the PHP wrapper to
  63             the Windows Azure <acronym>REST</acronym> interface. Please consult the <ulink
  64                 url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179355.aspx">REST
  65                 documentation</ulink> for detailed description of the service. You will need to be
  66             familiar with basic concepts in order to use this service.
  67         </para>
  68
  69     </sect2>
  70
  71     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.features">
  72         <title>Features</title>
  73
  74         <para>
  75             <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> provides the following functionality:
  76         </para>
  77
  78         <itemizedlist>
  79             <listitem>
  80                 <para>
  81                     PHP classes for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables and Queues (for
  82                     <acronym>CRUD</acronym> operations)
  83                 </para>
  84             </listitem>
  85
  86             <listitem>
  87                 <para>
  88                     Helper Classes for HTTP transport, AuthN/AuthZ, REST and Error Management
  89                 </para>
  90             </listitem>
  91
  92             <listitem>
  93                 <para>
  94                     Manageability, Instrumentation and Logging support
  95                 </para>
  96             </listitem>
  97         </itemizedlist>
  98     </sect2>
  99
 100     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.architecture">
 101         <title>Architecture</title>
 102
 103         <para>
 104             <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> provides access to Windows Azure's
 105             storage, computation and management interfaces by abstracting the REST/XML interface
 106             Windows Azure provides into a simple PHP API.
 107         </para>
 108
 109         <para>
 110             An application built using <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> can access
 111             Windows Azure's features, no matter if it is hosted on the Windows Azure platform or on
 112             an in-premise web server.
 113         </para>
 114   </sect2>
 115 </sect1>