<s>
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
provides	O
an	O
in-memory	O
,	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
cache	I-Operating_System
platform	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
developed	O
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
and	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
AppFabric	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
stores	O
serialized	B-Application
managed	O
objects	B-Language
in	O
a	O
cache	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	B-Language
are	O
stored	O
and	O
accessed	O
using	O
an	O
associated	O
key	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
features	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
each	O
server	O
in	O
the	O
cache	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
installation	O
,	O
the	O
AppFabric	B-Application
Configuration	O
Wizard	O
must	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
join	O
each	O
server	O
to	O
the	O
cache	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
PowerShell	I-Application
commands	O
for	O
Caching	O
provides	O
administration	O
capabilities	O
on	O
the	O
cache	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
samples	O
in	O
this	O
section	O
are	O
shown	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
task	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
code	O
that	O
puts	O
,	O
retrieves	O
,	O
and	O
removes	O
objects	B-Language
from	O
the	O
cache	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
had	O
several	O
beta	O
releases	O
under	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
Velocity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
officially	O
released	O
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
AppFabric	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
more	O
detailed	O
information	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
history	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
AppFabric	B-Application
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
is	O
related	O
to	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
caching	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caching	O
Technology	O
Target	O
Installed	O
By	O
Description	O
AppFabric	B-Application
Caching	I-Application
On-premises	B-General_Concept
AppFabric	B-Application
Distributed	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
cache	O
that	O
uses	O
servers	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
provisions	O
and	O
manages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
Azure	O
Caching	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Windows	O
Azure	O
SDK	O
Caching	O
is	O
distributed	O
across	O
the	O
instances	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
role	O
in	O
a	O
Windows	O
Azure	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
Azure	O
Shared	O
Caching	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Windows	O
Azure	O
SDK	O
Caching	O
is	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
multitenant	O
service	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
Windows	O
Azure	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
