| I would like to invite you or the appropriate developer resource within your organization to a Free 3-Day Windows Azure platform instructor led training. The training will be held in the Microsoft San Francisco office on June 7-9. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the Windows Azure platform and I hope that you can attend. Seating is limited. Please bring your notebook computer – see system/software requirements below Windows Azure Platform - Training Workshop
Abstract The Microsoft Developer & Platform is pleased to announce a Metro Workshop event focused on Developers covering the Windows Azure Platform, for Microsoft partners and customers. Delivered through workshop style presentations and hands-on lab exercises, the workshop will focus on three key services of the Windows Azure Platform – Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services. Attendee Prerequisites This workshop is aimed at developers, architects and systems designers with at least 6 months practical experience using Visual Studio 2008 and C#. Agenda Day 1 Introductory Day Windows Azure Platform Overview Presentation Windows Azure Compute Presentation Windows Azure Storage Presentation Intro to Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Intro to SQL Azure Presentation Lab Intro to SQL Azure Hands-on Lab Intro to the Windows Azure AppFabric Presentation Intro to AppFabric Labs Hands-on Lab Day 2 Architecture Focus Scalability, Caching and Elasticity Presentation Asynchronous Workloads Presentation Asynchronous Work and Azure Instance Control Hands-on Lab Storage Strategies and Data Modeling Presentation Exploring Windows Azure Storage Hands-on Lab Day 3 Development Focus The Azure Platform Application Lifecycle Presentation Deploying Applications in Windows Azure Hands-on Lab Windows Azure Diagnostics Presentation Building ASP.NET Applications for Windows Azure Presentation Building Web Forms/MVC Apps with Windows Azure Hands-on Lab AppFabric Deep Dive Presentation Service Remoting with Windows AppFabric Service Bus Hands-on Lab Fees This event is free of charge. However, delegates are responsible for booking and paying for their own travel and accommodation. Both breakfast and lunch will be provided for session days. System Requirements: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7;Windows Server 2008;Windows Server 2008 R2 Please Download prior to class: Visual Studio 2010 – Download Trial Here The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - April 2011 release has the following system requirements. · .NET Framework 4.0 · Visual Studio 2010 · ASP.NET MVC 2.0 · Windows Powershell · Microsoft Internet Information Server 7 · Windows Azure SDK 1.4 · Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.3 · Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK V1.0 - October Update · Windows Azure platform AppFabric SDK V2.0 CTP - February Update · Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 (or later) · SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 Express Edition · Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation Runtime · Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation SDK |