Azure November 2011 Openhouse - BrainScale

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What we cover

We'll cover Windows Azure, Windows Azure platform AppFabric, SQL Azure and you'll learn how to start building applications using each one through a series of hands-on labs. Along the way we'll discuss cloud computing tradeoffs and help you understand the constraints and limitations imposed by the cloud computing model offered by the Windows Azure Platform today.

Who should attend

Architects, developers, and technical decision makers who need to learn about cloud computing and are specifically interested in the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform.

Laptop Specs

Pentium processor or faster
2 GB RAM
10 GB Hard drive space
Networked with TCP/IP
Internet connection (high-speed)

Software requirements in your laptop

Operating System
- Windows 7 Professional or higher
Common Prerequisites
- Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher
- Windows PowerShell
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 7
Windows Azure Platform SDK & Tools
SQL Server & Tools
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
- SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2
Windows Identity Foundation
- Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation Runtime
- Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation SDK

Where

Location: Hyderabad (Location details will be emailed to all the participants)

Dates:November, 2011 (Dates available soon)

Price: 9,000 INR / Participant. Group Discounts on a group of 3 or more

Speaker

Speaker

Vineet Bhatia is a co-founder of BrainScale. He comes from Microsoft Consulting Services and holds around 11 years of wealthy experience working on the latest Microsoft technologies. He consults on Windows Azure, Microsoft SharePoint Server. Vineet obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Agenda

Day 1
Cloud Computing	What is cloud computing? Utility computing: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Microsoft's strategy: Software + Services (S+S) Azure Services Platform
Introduction to Windows Azure tools and architecture	Windows Azure development fabric and VS tools Windows Azure SDK tools Understanding configuration Deploying to Windows Azure
Windows Azure roles	Understanding roles Configuring roles Working with endpoints
Windows Azure web and worker roles	Creating new web applications Migrating an existing web application Configuring web roles Creating worker roles Hosting WCF Services Communicating between web and worker roles using WCF
Windows Azure Storage - Tables and queues	Understanding Windows Azure storage services Table Storage Blob Storage Queue Storage Programming storage services
Windows Azure Storage – Blobs and REST interfaces	Blob Storage Programming storage services using WCF Data Services and REST
Deployment and diagnostics	Deploying applications to production Understanding diagnostics in the cloud Configuring diagnostic collection Retrieving and consuming diagnostic data

Day 2
Advanced Roles & Additional stuff	Multiple Bindings RDP & Azure Connect Traffic Manager
Introduction to SQL Azure	Understanding SQL Azure architecture What's different between SQL Azure and SQL Server Architectural choices with SQL Azure
Programming SQL Azure	Using SSIS to migrate data to the cloud Synchronizing data between the cloud and on-premise databases Consuming SQL Azure data from on-premise
Introducing Windows Azure platform AppFabric	Understanding Windows Azure platform AppFabric Service Bus Access Control Service A lap around Windows Azure platform AppFabric
Service Bus Programming	Relay addressing and the Service Registry Connectivity options: one-way, multicast, publish/subscribe, etc WCF programming model
Advanced Service Bus Programming	One way and event-based messaging Message buffers
The Identity Landscape	Federated identity Claims
Programming the Access Control Service	Hello Access Control Federating with Active Directory (Theory and Demo)

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