Cloud Computing
Objectives At the end of this session, you will be able to: Define Cloud Services List some popular cloud services List cloud services useful for teachers Understand Hotmail, SkyDrive and WebApps as Cloud Services Use Office WebApps Share and collaborate using Office WebApps
Skills You Will Need Before you learn the stated objectives, you should be familiar with: Common Productivity Programs Browsing the Internet Using email for communication and sharing documents
What is Cloud Service? If you re using an Internet based tool, you re using the cloud. Search Engines, Online Videos, Social Networking and even email these are all cloud services. One of the most powerful benefits of a fully realized cloud app is ubiquitous access tools that can easily be used on multiple devices. Whenever possible, I want to be able to do what I need to do whether I m using a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, or a smart phone.
Choices in the cloud When you use Microsoft cloud services, you choose whether you deploy on-premises, have the software hosted as a service, or use a combination of the two. This choice comes with the freedom to adjust or modify your infrastructure and deployment model as service demands change. You choose how to best combine: Infrastructure as a service Software as a service
Platform as a service: The Windows Azure cloud platform as a service consists of an operating system, a fully relational database, message-based service bus, and a claimsbased access controller providing security-enhanced connectivity and federated access for on-premise applications. As a family of on-demand services, the Windows Azure platform offers your organization a familiar development experience, on-demand scalability, and reduced time to market for your applications.
Software as a service: Microsoft hosts online services that provide your faculty, staff, and students with a consistent experience across multiple devices. Microsoft Live@edu provides students, staff, faculty, and alumni long-term, primary email addresses and other applications that they can use to collaborate and communicate online all at no cost to your education institution. Exchange Hosted Services offers online tools to help your organization protect itself from spam and malware, satisfy retention requirements for e-discovery and compliance, encrypt data to preserve confidentiality, and maintain access to email during and after emergency situations. Office Web Apps provide on-demand access to the web-based version of the Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint.
Activity 1. This is an Instructor lead activity, participants discuss on examples of cloud services, instructor provides his/her inputs. 2. Make list of services that can be beneficial if available on cloud/internet.
Check Your Understanding 1. If you are watching a video on a website, you are experiencing and application of cloud services. (Correct / Incorrect). 2. and are examples of 2 very popular cloud services. 3. Cloud services can be accessed using any capable of internet browsing.
Office WebApps Getting Started: Windows Live Id: Requirements hotmail id or live id i.e. and email id on hotmail.com or live.com or live.in Internet Connection A stable internet connection. 3G, DSL, Wi-Fi or broadband is recommended Hardware Any computing device like a laptop, desktop, tablet or smart phone Browser Internet Explorer, Safari or Firefox
Components Skydrive Office WebApps Word Web App PowerPoint Web App Excel Web App OneNote Web App
What is SkyDrive? An online storage space of 7 GB Available free with free hotmail account Can store documents, presentations, pictures and other files Can create folders and manage files as on your laptop or desktop Can sync files on your computer to SkyDrive automatically Files can be shared without sending as attachment in email
Features Free Online Storage Access Anywhere Create & Share Office Docs Automatically Sync Files 13
How to use SkyDrive? Log into your hotmail Click on SkyDrive Select appropriate option e.g add files, create folder You can upload files from your computer to SkyDrive by clicking here. You can create new folders on SkyDrive by clicking here.
Create New Online Documents: Point to SkyDrive Click on New Word Document or New Excel workbook or New PowerPoint presentation to create a new document or workbook or presentation. Note: Any document you create here will be stored online and can be accessed via SkyDrive.
Open and Edit Documents online: Select your document on SkyDrive A menu appears on right hand side of SkyDrive screen. Select Edit in browser to open and edit this document. Your document opens inside the browser screen and you can edit it and save your changes.
Open and Edit Documents online: You have same interface for online applications as you have for desktop applications to create and edit documents online
Share Documents: Share Link You can select a document and share with other people like your colleagues or team members by clicking on Share link under Sharing.
Share Documents: When you click on Share link, a sharing window pops up, asking you to type email ids of your team members with whom you want to share this document. You can share it with many people just by typing their email ids separated by a semicolon (;). Click on Send button
Share Documents: If your friend wants to add information to the spreadsheet at the same time you re working in the workbook, in Excel Web App you can collaborate with other people on the same workbook at the same time. Go ahead and make your changes. Excel Web App indicates if other people are also working in the workbook, on the bottom-right corner of sheet.
Word Web App Integrate seamlessly with Word Read a document in the browser Edit in the browser Print from the browser Seamlessly edit in Word
PowerPoint Web App Integrate seamlessly with PowerPoint View a presentation in the browser Print from the browser Edit in the browser Seamlessly edit in PowerPoint
Excel Web App Integrate seamlessly with Excel View a Workbook in the browser Print from the browser Edit in the browser Seamlessly edit in Excel Work with others
Terms to Remember Windows Live Id An email id on hotmail.com or live.com SkyDrive An online storage for your files available free Office Web Apps Online versions of popular office applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Check your understanding You can upload a document from your computer to SkyDrive. Yes or No? SkyDrive can be accessed by any email id. Yes or No? Many people can not work together on an excel workbook on SkyDrive. True or False? Presentations can be shared on SkyDrive. Yes or No? You can roll back to a previous version of your file on SkyDrive. Yes or No?