January 2011 ~ Azure in the cloud

How to Develop for Windows Server 2008 and Azure Simultaneously by Alex Culp

We're excited to invite you to Dallas' premier User Group featuring Windows Azure. Our next session will spotlight a presentation by Alex Culp, Application Development Consultant at RBA. He'll lead a discussion by exploring techniques and patterns to move your applications from Windows Server 2008 to Azure and back.

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Why Azure?

1. Business continuity
2. Operational agility
3. Cost

Why not? ...

What is Azure?

The fabric controller and Cloud OS create a new level of abstraction. The fabric is to the cloud as the kernel is to an OS.

Where is Windows Azure?

Windows Azure exists in multiple data centers worldwide. You are looking at the inside of the cloud/shipping container; this one, is in Chicago.

How?

The fabric controller dynamically manages the resources of the infrastructure just as kernel manages the resources of an operation system.

Join us for our kick-off event

Azure in the Cloud User Group, facilitated by RBA Consulting
Kick-off Lunch Event
Thursday, March 3, 2011
11:30am – 1:30pm
Location: Microsoft Irving Office Room: EBC 4107N
To Register: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=153957

Kick-off Event Agenda

Lunch, Welcome and Introductions
Remarks by Microsoft Specialists
Vision of Azure in the Cloud User Group
Azure Forming a Cloud: Ask Why, What, Where, When, and How
By Greg Cowin, RBA Consulting

We meet to...

Understand Windows Azure as it evolves
Share techniques, patterns, trends, and practices
Connect with people that have a cloud strategy

Azure in the cloud