Are you looking for practical, immediate and usable real answers examples and scenarios? Then don’t miss this session as we look at the best practices for managing and running Kentico CMS on Windows Azure. Speaker: Dominik Pinter, Group Product Manager/SaaS and Cloud

1. Windows Azure Best practices
Dominik Pinter, dominikp@kentico.com

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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Break
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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Break
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. Scenario
I need to run my brand new website using
Kentico CMS. The will be hosted in Windows
Azure cloud. I decided to use PaaS (cloud
services) because:
- I don‘t have any legacy components
- I want to have as much control as I can but I
still don‘t want to maintain operating system

4. Development
• Which project type should I use for
development of my website?
• Coding best practices (APIs, Customizations,
…)
• Adding production data into my website
(content, images, …)
• Where to store files (database vs. filesystem)?
• How to achieve best performance?

5. Configuration
• Conversion of project to Azure
• Choosing webfarm notification mechanism
• Choosing session state storage provider
• Where should I put configuration files?

6. Deployment and maintenance
• How should I deploy?
• Remote desktop configuration
• Staging vs. production
• Windows Azure dashboard
• Don‘t be afraid to ask

7. Summary
• Start development with website
• Always use CMS.IO for accessing file system
• Store files in file system
• Store configuration in service definition files
• Accelerate your web using CDN and output
caching
• Configure remote desktop for live
deployments

8. Thank you
dominikp@kentico.com
@DominikPinter