Join us to learn how to leverage Microsoft Public Cloud Offerings including Windows Azure, Microsoft Dynamics CRM & ERP in the Cloud, and Office 365 on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 at 1:00pm EDT. We have a pack agenda for an hour; see below for details...

FAME, Inc. (Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering), a pre-college enrichment program that prepares and motivates traditionally underrepresented minority students and girls in grades 7-12 to enter college and complete a baccalaureate degree in engineering...

Happy Valentine Day!! Happy to share a recent price break on SQL Azure (see the table below) and a brand new option of 100MB. Thank you for your continued feedback which resulted in this price break. Database Size Price Per Database Per...

The January 2012 update of the training kit includes the following updates: [New Hands-On Lab] Building a Social Game with Windows Azure [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure Labs - updated for new portal experience [Updated Hands-On Lab] SQL Azure...

Microsoft BizSpark Plus is offering up to $60,000 worth of compute and storage on Windows Azure over a two-year period, to high-potential startups through select incubators and accelerators. Check the latest list of BizSpark Plus Incubators and Accelerators...

Do you offer any Line-Of-Business (LOB) solution today or see an opportunity to launch an application for an industry vertical, or tap a different market segment or geography . You may want to join us for this upcoming one hour webcast (Feb 8, 2012 noon...

High-School Team of FAME Delaware (a STEM Program for Minority Students) delivered an awesome Kinect Demo during FTC Robotics competition ( FIRST Tech Challenge Bowled Over ) today at Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware . It was a great experience...

In this "Hello Azure Part 2" episode of How DO I series, let's package and deploy our Hello Azure application. Key Points: You need Windows Azure SDK for .NET and Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure (download from here ) Run Visual Studio...

In this "Hello Azure Part 1" episode of How DO I series let's create a simple Windows Azure application (say Hello Azure), debug it and run it locally. In Part 2, let's package it and deploy it to Windows Azure. Key Points: You need Windows Azure...

Please join us at the Azure ‘n’ Action Café for the ‘lunch and learn’ online sessions on a series of topics related to the Windows Azure Platform. These are jump-start overview sessions including demos and best practices...

We are hosting a half-day Windows Azure Discover Event (part of world-wide series brought to you by Metro – Microsoft’s Early Adopter Program and is free of charge) in New York City on Tue 24-Jan-2012 from 9:30am – 1:30pm. Our goal...

In this How DO I series let’s see how to sign up a free 3-months trial account of Windows Azure . Key Points: · Free for 3-months · Does require a Credit Card but comes with a default spending limit of $0 ·...

Recently several Windows Azure December updates are announced to improve ease of use, interoperability, and overall value. Here are my favorites and see here for complete details. Simplified Risk Free 90-Days Free Trial ...

Windows Azure Training Kit - December Update A great readiness resource to study at your own pace and it’s available for free download. December update comes with following goodness: HPC Scheduler (3 New Hands-On Labs...

Scott Guthrie , CVP Azure Platform, is hosting an Azure Training Event on Tuesday 13 th Dec’11 at noon ET (total 8 Hours) along with Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich! Very exciting; can't ask for more.. Time Session Topic...

We are pleased to announce following Windows Azure events for ISVs to learn and develop their cloud solutions leveraging latest offerings of Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure Discover events provide both business and technology overview by Microsoft...

New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) is hosting BigData Analytics event on Thu 01 Dec 2011 in Jersey City, NJ. You can register here and if you would like to discuss how Microsoft can help you then find either me or my colleague Peter Laudati at the event...

This Saturday 24 Sept 2011, seven of us (gang of 13) completed 75-miles bike ride (rest did 45-miles) to support The Delaware Chapter of the National MS Society , who is committed to research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address...

I am looking forward to learn latest on the Cloud Computing Spectrum, meet several customers and partners and find ways we can help them by leveraging Microsoft Public & Private Cloud offerings ( Windows Azure , Office 365 , Dynamics CRM Online ,...

This Sunday 15 May 2011, we (Sanyog and I) completed 30-miles bike ride to support The Delaware Chapter of the National MS Society , who is committed to research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address the needs of people living...

Checkout my 1st Windows Phone 7 (WP7) App – Top DCRM Blogs , highlighting Top 10 Dynamics CRM Blogs. If you want to nominate any particular blog for next version of this App, please add your comment to this blog-post or drop me a note. To install...

I am getting ready to join Convergence 2011 (Atlanta during 10-13 Apr 2011), our biggest Dynamics Customer and Partner Conference. I am delivering following two sessions besides meeting several Partners and Microsoft Folks: CSCRM37 - Streamlining...

I am looking forward to experience our annual Microsoft Public Sector CIO Summit during February 22 - 24, 2011, at Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA . This summit brings together leaders from Federal, State & Local Governments, Education...

MPR for CRM , is a single-stop landing page for your team to learn, explore, develop and market your Line-Of-Business Applications leveraging xRM Framework of Dynamics CRM 2011. Here are the quick steps to get you started: Sign-In: Sign-In...

Check the full CRM 2011 Online Announcement . The key points are: Get your 30-days free trial account CRM Online Trial Account Register for CRM 2011 Launch Events First time available in 40 markets and 41 languages The on-premises and partner...