Azure Overview

Azure: The Overview

Jeff BlankenburgDeveloper EvangelistMicrosoft Corporation

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Fundamentals of Test Driven Development.Sit down and walk through the basics of TDD with Leon Gersing and Phil Japikse. Leon will do one session, Phil the other. This hits the basics of TDD and is hands on with two of the most passionate advocates of TDD around. Learn TDD, evolve your critical thinking.

Value Stream Mapping Workshop with Mary PoppendieckLearn how to use Value Stream Mapping to pinpoint opportunities for improvement in your software development process.

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Come in and spend all or part of your day cranking out code in a room full of Wicked Smart People. We'll have a server application built and hosted on either a VPC or networked server. You can spend your time cranking out a front end to the app, you can extend the app's functionality, or you can just say "This sucks and I'm rebuilding it from scratch and I'm gonna do it right!" You can work in your own environment, or better yet, do the CodeMash thing and jump off into a new environment. We'll have a number of VPCs set up with all the major development environments. Concerned that you want to jump into a new environment, but won't know how to get started? We'll have experts wandering around the room just waiting to help you out. Why not sit down with someone working in a different environment and pair up with them?

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Enough about that…

Today is about S + S

Software + Services Platform

Windows Azure

Azure™ Services Platform

Using Visual Studio is like wearing glasses.

It helps you C#.

VB, or not VB?

There is no question.

Scaling issues

.NET Framework Evolution

Interoperability

Azure™ Services Platform

•Access Control• Federated Identity• Flexible, Standards Based Service• Lightweight, Developer Friendly

•Service Bus• Lowers Barriers to Building Composite Applications• Secure Design

•Workflow Service• Scalable, Lightweight Service Orchestration• Integrates with Other Services• Leverages Existing Skills

Live Services

PEOPLEDATA

DEVICES

APPLICATIONS

Jeff Blankenburg

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