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Learn how Bing Maps and Windows Azure were used to provide mapping for the London 2012 Olympic games website enabling millions of visitors to explore the games.
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Brian NormanMicrosoft Bing Maps V-TSPfrom Earthware
Mapping a Games In ‘The Cloud’
Defining ‘the cloud’…A buzzword made up by those marketing types, applied automatically to any technology product or service launched since 2009
Gathering The Team
ShoothillWindows Azure
Bing MapsEarthware
Days to deliver first map
Estimated map loads per day
Countries participating
Servers needed for peak load
~4M+
204
Facing The Challenges
~35
15
Cloud Based Solutions
Search Scalability Rapid Delivery Global Availability Platform Quality
Search ScalabilityThe right database for the jobQuick editing using ASP.net dynamic data & SQL Server withfast and infinite scaling of searches using the document database Lucene.net
Automatic & instant scalabilityLucene.net services constantly monitored and scaled
automatically to handle unpredictable load
Fast & scalable geocodingBing Maps geocoding services provided instant fast and scalable geocoding with zero setup time and 99.9% uptime SLA
SQL Server AzureAzure Web Roles
Rapid DeliveryTiles in minutes not hoursUsing multiple on-demand servers, street level torch routes were re-generated in 40 minutes
Storing & serving millions of tilesWindows Azure’s blob storage allowed automatic deployment and massively scalable storage and retrieval of multiple tile sets
Rich mapping platformBing Maps up to date imagery, geocoding, add-on modules and road maps saved development effort.
Azure Blob Storage, Azure Worker Roles
Global Availability
Uptime and supportWith one hour fix times required during months running up to games there was no room for failure
Global deliveryBing Map and the global Azure CDN network ensured rapid delivery
of base maps, imagery and geocoding services no matter
where in the world you were
Platform Quality
Imagery & flexible map stylesBing Maps Global Ortho Project ensured high quality, relevant imagery was available for the games
Bing Maps unique map style and OS style gave great flexibility
Security & maintainabilityAzure’s network monitoring and intrusion detection, Virtual Network connections (VPN) and automatic security patching gave enterprise level hosting service with no setup, management or resources
What Actually Happened?
Saving at peak
82%
Peak concurrent map users
12k
2 Servers averageEst
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35
Peak
8 Hours downtimeor support calls
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Learn more at…
www.microsoft.com/maps
www.windowsazure.com