MSDN EVENTS: Take Your Applications Sky High with Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform
Join your local MSDN Events team as we take a deep dive into Windows Azure. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this brave new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build amazing applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure™, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area. Visit msdnevents.com
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Just released today on Channel 9:
New Identity Course for ASP.NET web site+WCF web services developers. Take advantage of the Windows Identity Foundation http://r.ch9.ms/idOne of our most popular PDC speakers, Steve Marx, joins Jennifer and Mike to talk about Azure and the cloud, as he reveals some hints about his PDC sessions. Think there isn’t much new in the last year, or that the news around Azure is purely going to be about the business model? Think again, and let’s get nerdy!
Watch the latest Countdown to PDC 09 video on Channel 9 >>
And don’t forget about our LIVE Countdown to PDC09 Show on Friday, November 13th at noon PST. We’ll be taking your questions from Twitter…live! More»
Meet the owner of the PDC cloud services track, James Conard. Yep, it’s true, general availability of Azure will be announced at PDC (buy a datacenter in the cloud, if you will) but don’t think that’s all we’ve got up our sleeves! The Windows Azure Platform has come a long way in the last year since it was first announced at PDC last year, and we have a lot of progress to talk about, plus new innovations that we’ll unveil at PDC this year – listen to James as he drops hints as to what those announcements will More»
Check out the latest release of PDC09 sessions just announced today. Titles include:
Developing Advanced Applications with Windows Azure Patterns for Building Scalable and Reliable Applications with Windows Azure Workflow Services and “Dublin” Windows Azure Tables and Queues Deep-dive Software + Services Identity Roadmap Update Scrum for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System AND MORE!Many, many more sessions to be announced in the coming weeks. Subscribe to the New Sessions RSS to stay on top of the latest session announcements. More»
On the latest episode of the The Knowledge Chamber, Robert Hess interviews Chris Auld about the capabilities of and considerations for Windows Azure, and about the topics he plans to cover in his PDC09 Workshop, Architecting and Developing for Windows Azure.
So much of this content is hot off the press, and Chris is still working on his Workshop content. This is your chance to let him know what you’d like to see in his Workshop – leave a comment on Channel 9 or on this PDC09 post.