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Ryan Crawcour is an adventure sports junkie that also has a passion for IT. With over fifteen years’ experience architecting, designing and implementing solutions on the Microsoft platform, he has achieved a solid track record in all things distributed & connected. A large focus for Ryan has been on…[more] [slideshare id=9780043&doc=mstechdays2011-tothecloudalaparoundtheentirewindowsazureplatform-111019230449-phpapp01]

Niger has more than 20 years’ experience in senior executive roles. He founded and grew 13 companies in various industries including semiconductors, information technology and finance. Niger’s businesses focus mainly on early revenue realization: microprocessor testing and wafer process & testing… [more] [slideshare id=9875560&doc=mstechdays2011-generaterevenueonazure-111025104847-phpapp01]

Hammad Rajjoub works as an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft Singapore. In his previous role he was a Vice President at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. His areas of interest include Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, Design Patterns… [more] How to Run Middleware in the Cloud? Story of Windows Azure AppFabric [slideshare id=9779972&doc=mstechdays2011-howtorunmiddlewareinthecloudstoryofwindowsazureappfabric-111019230021-phpapp01]

I heard about Umbraco during MIX11 and was recently reminded of it when I was doing my research on CMS for Azure. What I really like was the availability of an Azure accelerator that allows you to setup Umbraco on Azure easily. Well, I’m not too sure if its just me, but the setup process wasn’t really smooth sailing, so I thought it will be helpful to share my experiences and hopefully it will help you guys who encounter similar road blocks. I highly recommend you watch this video from MIX11 to preview the entire setup process. Go on, I’ll be waiting right here when you are done ;) Welcome back, time to start cracking, download the following: ...

The guys from Microsoft Redmond put together a code project that illustrate how to build multi-tenancy Azure applications. Below is an abstract of the project, “The Cloud Ninja Project is a Windows Azure multi-tenant sample application demonstrating metering and automated scaling concepts, as well as some common multi-tenant features such as automated provisioning and federated identity. This sample was developed by the Azure Incubation Team in the Developer & Platform Evangelism group at Microsoft in collaboration with Full Scale 180. One of the primary goals throughout the project was to keep the code simple and easy to follow, making it easy for anyone looking through the application to follow the logic without having to spend a great deal of time trying to determine what’s being called or have to install and debug to understand the logic.” ...

Microsoft Cloud Day was held on April 27th 2011 with 170 attendees representing 130 companies. It was a full day event with the aim of updating our community on Windows Azure Platform. We had extensively covered a mix of business and technical contents, from introducing the importance of cloud computing to deploying and monitoring Windows Azure application on the cloud. Highlights of the event includes the participation of Windows Azure AppFabric product team sharing the roadmap which was beneficial to our customers. We had excellent speakers from our SI Partner aZaaS, NCS and we also invited our customer Yolk for showcasing its Azure solution. All training partner booths (aZaaS, NCS and NetAsset) showcasing MS learning and cloud courses were well received. ...

Deep dive into the world of Cloud Computing with Microsoft as we bring you across a series of topics ranging from Web Applications on Cloud, Implementation & Security as well as Cloud Computing Architecture. Seize this golden opportunity to speak to Alex Chan, one of the leading minds in Cloud Computing, and let him shed some light on your burning questions about the Cloud. ****Alex Chan joined Microsoft in 2005 to help establish the Server and Tools Business (STB) in China. He currently serves as the Product Unit Manager of the AppFabric Developer Experience (ADX) team based out of Shanghai, responsible for global product development and local customer and partner engagement in the region.****Come and find out for yourself the power of Cloud Computing. Click here to view the full agenda with session abstract. ...

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Just in case you haven’t gone through the updates for Windows Azure announced at MIX 11, below is a summary of the new services and functionalities that will be available / is currently available for Azure. New Services and Functionality An update to the Windows Azure SDK that includes a Web Deployment Tool to simplify the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. This new tool integrates with Visual Studio 2010 and the Web Platform Installer. This update will ship later today. ...

There are tons of technical resources out there detailing how to implement/code ACS, which I will share at the end of this post. So I’m not going to go through those. The goal here is to give you an understanding of what ACS is on a high level and why you might need it when securing a part of your site. It is for those who may have heard of ACS before but not entirely sure what it is and what it’s for. Also we have an upcoming Cloud Day event so it’s just appropriate that we post this ...