TechNet & MSDN Events Present:

Real World Azure with Microsoft IT

Come spend a day with us to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications – from a real world point of view!

During this event, we’ll review critical lessons Microsoft IT has learned migrating internal line-of-business applications to Windows Azure™.

What is Windows Azure™? When should I use it? How does it apply to my job?  Whether you’re an IT Professional, Developer or Architect, we’ll address your top of mind questions about cloud computing.

TechNet Events Presents – for the IT Professional from 8:30am to noon

In this session, we will discuss:

· Azure architecture from the IT professional’s point of view

· Why an IT operations team would want to pursue Azure as an extension to the data center

· Configuration, deployment and scaling Azure-based applications

· The Azure roles (web, web service and worker)

· Azure storage options

· Azure security and identity options

· How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premises applications

· How operations teams can manage and monitor Azure-based applications

MSDN Events Presents – for the Developer & Architect from 1:00pm to 5:00pm

In this session, we will discuss:

· Cloud computing architectures in general and the Azure architecture in particular

· Several aspects of Azure from the developer’s and architect’s perspective

· Azure roles (web, web service and worker)

· Azure storage options

· Azure security and identity options

· How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premise applications

· Configuration, deployment and scaling Azure-based applications

· How development teams can optimize their applications for better management and monitoring

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