eek! I’m often presenting on Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform to enterprise developers and IT pros. I’m usually asked to do an overview of the “message from Microsoft” and here’s my pitch (in case you have to do this). To see it in action, download my slides and follow along…

Happy Azure!

  • Microsoft is innovating and investing in data centers (the video is cool as geek stuff goes) (slides 2-9)
  • What you can buy from Microsoft today in terms of cloud or online services e.g. Business Productivity Online Suite. We know a few things about the cloud (slides 12-18)
  • The not too shabby name drop (slide 19):

GSK and Microsoft Online

  • Hybrid and Federation and why it matters more (slides 20-22)
  • Live Meeting – why Windows Azure makes sense given the challenges they face – ripped from the PDC 2008 session (slides 22-35)
  • Wikipedia Explorer – one team’s case for Windows Azure elastic computing (slides 36-37)
  • Under the hood – a pointer to the PDC 2008 session describing Windows Azure under the covers (slide 39)
  • The Developer Experience – reuse and leverage your .NET skills (slides 40-46)
  • The Developer Services that make up the Azure Services Platform - .NET Services, SQL Services, Live Services (slides 47-52)
  • The Roadmap Slide that elicits the tough questions :) (slide 56)

P.S. Check out the training kit for Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform and if you are in Hartford next week, check this free developer event  (Windows Azure infused). Registration is required and space is still available.

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