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Office 14 Web Applications PDC 2008 Video Demo

stoey — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:43:31 GMT

Here’s a snippet from the Day 2 keynote at PDC showing Office 14 Web Applications:

PDC 2008 – Day 1 Wrap Up – Videos, Fact Sheets, Channel 9 Videos, and Speech Transcripts

stoey — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:41:45 GMT

Wow. What a day! I’ve attempted to pull together a summary of materials and videos from Day 1. I’m now in the keynote for Day 2 so will have more later on that later.

Fact Sheets – Live Services, Azure Services Platform, Windows Azure, .NET 4.0 and “Dublin”, Oslo, SQL Data Services, Sql Server

Live Services Fact Sheet (.doc file, 36 KB)
Azure Services Platform Fact Sheet (.doc file, 40 KB)
Windows Azure Fact Sheet (.doc file, 33 KB)
Windows Communication Foundation 4.0, Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 and Windows Server “Dublin” - Fact Sheet (.doc file, 73 KB)
Oslo Fact Sheet (.doc file, 40 KB)
Microsoft SQL Data Services Fact Sheet (.doc file, 41 KB)
SQL Server – Developer Focus (.doc file, 33 KB)

PDC 2008 Day 1 Videos

On-Demand PDC 2008 Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia, and David Thompson (01:38:30)
Microsoft chief technology officer Ray Ozzie introduced Windows Azure, the 'Windows in the cloud' service foundation underlying the Azure Services Platform, Microsoft's end-to-end software-plus-services approach to computing. Los Angeles, Oct. 27, 2008

Clips from the day 1 keynote

Introducing Windows Azure
Ray Ozzie introduces the new Windows Azure platform and discusses how it’s key to the future of cloud computing and software plus services.

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Key Features of Windows Azure
Ray Ozzie provides an overview of Windows Azure and the key benefits it brings to cloud computing.

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Key Services of Azure & cloud functionality
Ray Ozzie discusses some of the key services that make up the Azure Services Platform, including the new .NET Services and SQL Services.

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Windows Azure and Developers
Bob Muglia talks about the relationship between .NET Services and Windows Azure.

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Walid Abu-Hadba: The Developer Opportunity (02:05)
The Corporate Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism on the PDC, customer and developer choice and the Azure Services Platform.
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Bob Muglia discusses Microsoft’s Services Platform (01:24)
Bob Muglia, Sr Vice President of Server and Tools Business, discusses Microsoft’s next generation Services Platform.
Show Off Contest Video 1 - ACE Lab
Developers from around the world showed off their coding, soldering, hacking and sculpting skills for the Professional Developers Conference 2008 show off contest – here are some of our favorites.
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Show Off Contest Video 2 - Brian the Build Bunny
Developers from around the world showed off their coding, soldering, hacking and sculpting skills for the Professional Developers Conference 2008 show off contest – here are some of our favorites.
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Show Off Contest Video 3 - Silverlight 2 Spectrum Emulator
Developers from around the world showed off their coding, soldering, hacking and sculpting skills for the Professional Developers Conference 2008 show off contest – here are some of our favorites.
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Azure Customer Video (03:03)
Sentient, Full Armor, Lake Quincy Media and others discuss the opportunities possible through the Azure Services Platform.

Channel 9 Interviews

Speech Transcripts

Professional Developers Conference 2008 Day 1 Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia, Dave Thompson
Remarks by Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, Corporate Vice President, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Amitabh Srivastava; Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business, Bob Muglia; Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Online, Dave Thompson. Oct. 27, 2008, Los Angeles

Windows Azure website is now live – microsoft.com/azure

stoey — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:35 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/azure

You are also able to register to try the Community Technology Preview.

Here’s a copy paste from the “What is Windows Azure?” section on the www.microsoft.com/azure

What is the Azure Services Platform?

The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. Azure’s flexible and interoperable platform can be used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. Its open architecture gives developers the choice to build web applications, applications running on connected devices, PCs, servers, or hybrid solutions offering the best of online and on-premises.

Azure reduces the need for up-front technology purchases, and it enables developers to quickly and easily create applications running in the cloud by using their existing skills with the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment and the Microsoft .NET Framework. In addition to managed code languages supported by .NET, Azure will support more programming languages and development environments in the near future. Azure simplifies maintaining and operating applications by providing on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web and connected applications. Infrastructure management is automated with a platform that is designed for high availability and dynamic scaling to match usage needs with the option of a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Azure provides an open, standards-based and interoperable environment with support for multiple internet protocols, including HTTP, REST, SOAP, and XML.

Microsoft also offers cloud applications ready for consumption by customers such as Windows Live™, Microsoft Dynamics™, and other Microsoft Online Services for business such as Microsoft Exchange Online and SharePoint® Online. The Azure Services Platform lets developers provide their own unique customer offerings by offering the foundational components of compute, storage, and building block services to author and compose applications in the cloud.

The Azure Services

Windows Azure

Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage internet or cloud applications. Windows Azure supports a consistent development experience through its integration with Visual Studio. In the early stages of CTP, .NET managed applications built using Visual Studio will be supported. Windows Azure is an open platform that will support both Microsoft and non-Microsoft languages and environments. Windows Azure welcomes third party tools and languages such as Eclipse, Ruby, PHP, and Python.

Learn more about Windows Azure.
Live Services

Live Services is a set of building blocks within the Azure Services Platform for handling user data and application resources. Live Services provides developers with an easy on-ramp to build rich social applications and experiences, across a range of digital devices that can connect with one of the largest audiences on the Web.

Learn more about Live Services
Microsoft SQL Services

Microsoft SQL Services extends the capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server into the cloud as a Web-based, distributed relational database. It provides Web services that enable relational queries, search, and data synchronization with mobile users, remote offices and business partners. It can store and retrieve structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.

Learn more about SQL Services
Microsoft .NET Services

Microsoft .NET Services make developing loosely coupled cloud-based applications easier. .NET Services includes access control to help secure your applications, a service bus for communicating across applications and services, and hosted workflow execution. These hosted services allow you to easily create federated applications that span from on-premises environments to the cloud.

Learn more about .NET Services
Microsoft® SharePoint® Services & Dynamics® CRM Services

In the future, developers will have access to SharePoint & CRM functionality for collaboration and building stronger customer relationships. With the flexibility to use familiar developer tools like Visual Studio, developers will be able to rapidly build applications that utilize SharePoint and CRM capabilities as developer services for their own applications. Developers can expect a breadth of SharePoint & CRM capabilities across the spectrum of on-premises, online & the Azure Services Platform.

Who Benefits From the Azure Services Platform?

The Azure Services Platform is designed to help developers easily create applications for the web and connected devices. The services platform offers the greatest flexibility, choice, and control in reaching users and customers while using existing skills.

Easy developer on-ramp to the cloud - Millions of developers worldwide already use the .NET Framework and the Visual Studio development environment. Utilize those same skills to create cloud-enabled applications that can be written, tested, and deployed all from Visual Studio. In the near future developers will be able to deploy applications written on Rubyon Rails and Python as well.

Enables Agile & Rapid Results - Applications can be deployed to the Azure Services Platform with the click of a button. Changes can be made quickly and without downtime, making it an ideal platform for affordably experimenting and trying new ideas.

Imagine and Create New User Experiences - The Azure Services Platform enables you to create web, mobile, or hybrid-applications that use the cloud with on-premises applications. Combined with Live Services ability to reach over 400 million Live users, new opportunities exist to interact and reach users in new ways.

Standards-Based Compatibility - The services platform supports industry-standard protocols, including HTTP, REST, SOAP, RSS, and AtomPub, for consuming, exposing, and integrating with third-party services. You can easily integrate applications built on a variety of different technologies and operating systems.

How Can I Use Azure?

Explore the benefits of the Azure Services Platform for your role:

Benefits for Business

The Azure Services Platform offers a range of businesses flexibility, control, and an affordable solution for running Web-scale applications. The services reduce tedious and expensive infrastructure management and planning and are built with security and reliability in mind, along with the option of a pay-as-you-go model.

Whether you’re a software vendor, corporate IT group, or a start-up, by using the services platform you can focus on your business and the needs of your customers.

Simplify Capacity Planning – Additional computing and services capacity can be available for your needs, eliminating the need for planning, purchasing, and provisioning expensive hardware to meet unpredictable spikes in usage.

Simple Infrastructure Management – The services platform manages critical operating system updates and management tasks, giving you control of the environment while letting you focus on the needs of your users.

Give New Life To Existing Investments - The services platform can be used to provide new capabilities to existing on-premises and Web applications. The Azure Services Platform can be integrated into existing applications or used to expose on-premises application services to consumers, business partners, or other organizations.

Windows Azure – Ray Ozzie just announced Windows Azure and Windows Azure Services Platform

stoey — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:18:18 GMT

Key takeaways so far on what Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform are:

Windows Azure:

- A set of cloud-based technologies such as storage, identity, and multi-device sync that extend software development for both enterprise server and PC/browser/phone applications with services on the Web.

Azure Services Platform:

- A component of the Azure Services Platform that extends the Windows environment to the cloud for developers who want service hosting, scalable storage, and automated service management of their software applications.

PDC 2008 is underway, watch the keynote live!

stoey — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:10 GMT

Ray Ozzie has kicked off PDC 2008 and is delivering his keynote right now. You can follow along at home/work by watching the keynote live.