This is a 2-day deep dive program to prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Lunch will be served both days of this session. 

Day 1 – Cloud Computing 101

In the first day understand the why, what and how of Cloud Computing and what Windows Azure offers. Then in the afternoon we’ll do some hands on building of applications, deploy them to the cloud and explore some of the great functionality that is offered. The agenda will cover:

•Hello Azure – An introduction to Cloud Computing
•Architecting for Scale – Understanding Roles
•Azure Storage Options
•Deploying to Azure + Lab
•Diving into SQL Azure + Lab
•AppFabric – Identity, Caching Services and the Service Bus + Lab
•Cloud Scenarios

Day 2 – Explore the cloud on your terms

The second day you will have the opportunity work thru hands on labs with help from Microsoft experts that explore specific scenarios of cloud computing. Choices of labs include:

•Identity and Access Control Services
•Azure and Scalability
•Service Bus Scenarios
•Working with the Content Delivery Network
•Debugging and Deploying Azure Applications
•Azure and Windows Phone 7
•Windows Azure Traffic Manager
•SQL Azure
•Windows Azure Report Services
•Azure Connect