Spanning a week of activities, the Microsoft Cloud Week will get you up to speed with the Windows Azure Platform. Things to look out for.
- Mon, April 12 – Microsoft Hosting Day (0900-1630)
- Mon, April 12 – SCS Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG (1800-2000)
- Tue – Wed, April 14-15 – Metro Windows Azure Deep Dive Workshop (registration closed early though)
And the main event:
Tue, April 13
MSDN Presents: Windows Azure Platform
Speakers, David Chappell of Chappell & Associates and Chris Auld of Intergen Ltd will be present to deliver their own insights into the world of Windows Azure.
Today, over twenty million businesses and a billion people use Microsoft’s cloud services. The Windows Azure Platform is a key component within the Microsoft cloud, and we are happy to announce that it is now commercially available in Singapore. Windows Azure offers a flexible, familiar environment designed to create applications and services for the cloud. With Windows Azure, you can shorten your time to market and adapt as demand for your service grows.
We invite you to come to this event, and discover your potential with Windows Azure.
- 0900 – Registration & Breakfast
- 0945 – Opening Keynote
- 1000 – The Windows Azure Platform: A Perspective – David Chappell looks at the Windows Azure platform and what it means for organizations that create, use, or sell software.
- 1130 – The Windows Azure Platform – Technical Drill Down – In this high energy 90 minute session Azure expert Chris Auld will present a lap around the technical components of the Azure Platform.
- 1400 – Visual Studio 2010: A Perspective – In this presentation, David Chappell takes a look at Visual Studio 2010 and what it means for people who create software.
- 1500 – A Partner’s View on the Microsoft Cloud: Accenture and Avanade – Find out about the cool stuff that Accenture and Avanade are doing with Microsoft’s Windows Azure Platform, and how they are helping customers optimize their existing IT capabilities by transitioning into the cloud.
- 1615 – A Partner’s View on the Microsoft Cloud: NCS – As a cloud computing pioneer in Singapore, NCS will show us how they are thinking about cloud computing and what they are doing with Microsoft’s cloud offerings, including the Windows Azure Platform
- 1715 – Closing
More information and detailed agenda at http://www.microsoftazureweek.com/microsoft/