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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Dr. Z's Blog : Microsoft Partners</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/tags/Microsoft+Partners/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Microsoft Partners</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Windows Azure Briefing at Microsoft DC Office on Jan. 14, 2010</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/2010/01/04/windows-azure-briefing-at-microsoft-dc-office-on-jan-14-2010.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:01:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9943578</guid><dc:creator>zxue</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/comments/9943578.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9943578</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;AIS will present a half-day briefing on Windows Azure. Registration is available &lt;a href="https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=144037" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;01/14/2010, 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM   &lt;br /&gt;Welcome Time: 08:30 AM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Corporation   &lt;br /&gt;5404 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 700    &lt;br /&gt;Chevy Chase, MD 20815    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.clicktoattend.com/directions.aspx?code=144037"&gt;driving directions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured Product/Topic:&lt;/b&gt; Windows Azure platform&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended Audiences:&lt;/b&gt; Technology Executives, IT Managers, IT Professionals, Business Executives, Vice Presidents, CEO, CIO, COO, CFO, IT Directors, Software Developers, Technical Decision Makers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground&lt;/strong&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;Featured Products/Topics: Microsoft Windows Azure Platform &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground   &lt;br /&gt;Do you want to know how to:    &lt;br /&gt;• Leverage the different aspects of the Windows Azure Platform including Windows Azure, SQL Azure and Azure AppFabric    &lt;br /&gt;• How to assess your organization for Azure and help them determine your cloud strategy?     &lt;br /&gt;• Understand the cloud charges and determine the ROI of migrating to the cloud?     &lt;br /&gt;• Determine what best practices to apply in migrating applications to Azure?     &lt;br /&gt;At this briefing you will:    &lt;br /&gt;• Receive a recap of key highlights and announcements about Windows Azure     &lt;br /&gt;• Hear about real projects and the kinds of applications that should be considered for deployment to the cloud    &lt;br /&gt;• See a demonstration of a reference application we developed using Silverlight and Windows Azure     &lt;br /&gt;Attendees most likely to benefit from this briefing include:    &lt;br /&gt;• Executive Technology/ Business Liaisons     &lt;br /&gt;• Technology Decision Makers     &lt;br /&gt;• Development and Architecture Leaders &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9943578" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/tags/Microsoft+Partners/default.aspx">Microsoft Partners</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/tags/Windows+Azure/default.aspx">Windows Azure</category></item><item><title>RDA Architecture Team Blog</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/2008/07/23/rda-architecture-team-blog.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8767346</guid><dc:creator>zxue</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/comments/8767346.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8767346</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;David Makogon is a co-lead for RDA’s Architecture Guidance evangelist team. According to him, they have just&amp;nbsp;created a team blog at &lt;A href="http://rdaarchitecture.blogspot.com/" mce_href="http://rdaarchitecture.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rdaarchitecture.blogspot.com&lt;/A&gt;. Check it out when you get a chance.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8767346" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/zxue/archive/tags/Microsoft+Partners/default.aspx">Microsoft Partners</category></item></channel></rss>