OakLeaf Systems: 21 PDC 2009 Sessions Containing “Azure” as of 10/17/2009

Saturday, October 17, 2009

21 PDC 2009 Sessions Containing “Azure” as of 10/17/2009

Updated 10/17/2009 with the following three newly added Azure-tagged sessions:

Using the Microsoft Sync Framework to Connect Applications to the Azure Services Platform: Mark Scurrell • Come hear how the Microsoft Sync Framework can be used to bridge on-premises data to SQL Azure and Windows Azure storage. Learn to quickly build applications that use the cloud as a data hub for …
Lessons Learned: Migrating Applications to the Windows Azure Platform: George Huey and Wade Wegner • Come learn how other organizations have migrated real world applications to the Windows Azure Platform. Hear lessons and best practices learned based on experience from Windows Azure Platform early …
Coming Together in the Cloud: Marc Mercuri • Come hear how a public sector organization, an emerging academic community, and a major software company worked together to create a crowd-sourcing experience for large-scale data analysis. Hear each …

Following is the list of 18 sessions that are tagged or contain a reference to Azure in their title or description as of 10/12/2009. This post will be updated as the PDC 2009 team announces new sessions.

Enabling Single Sign-On to Windows Azure Applications: Hervey Wilson • Learn how the Windows Identity Foundation, Active Directory Federation Services 2.0, and the claims-based architecture can be used to provide a uniform programming model for identity and single …
Bridging the Gap from On-Premises to the Cloud: Yousef Khalidi • Hear how Microsoft views the future of cloud computing and how it is starting to deliver this vision in the Windows Azure platform. Learn how applications can be written to preserve much of the …
Storing and Manipulating Blobs and Files with Windows Azure Storage: Brad Calder • Learn about the new features in Windows Azure for storing and manipulating blobs and files in the cloud, as well as tips, tricks, and performance guidelines for using blobs.
Patterns for Building Scalable and Reliable Applications with Windows Azure: Brad Calder • Learn common patterns that will help you build applications that seamlessly scale. This session will cover topics such as data access, parallel processing, and managing work using queues.
Developing Advanced Applications with Windows Azure: Steve Marx • Go beyond "Hello, World" and see how Windows Azure supports building complex, multi-tier applications with some of the new features just released.
Windows Azure Monitoring, Logging, and Management APIs: Sriram Krishnan • Learn how to build and maintain reliable applications using the monitoring, logging, and debugging capabilities of Windows Azure using a new set of APIs being released this year.
Windows Azure Present and Future: Manuvir Das • Learn how Windows Azure has changed since its initial preview last year and what you can expect from Windows Azure in the future.
SQL Azure Database: Under the Hood: Jeff Currier • SQL Azure Database is a highly available and secure relational database service that offers customers a friction free provisioning interface while maintaining a compatible programming model with SQL …
Software + Services Identity Roadmap Update: Kim Cameron • At PDC 2008, Microsoft unveiled a comprehensive offering of identity software and services, based on the industry standard claims-based architecture, and designed to address the rapidly growing …
Windows Azure Tables and Queues Deep-dive: Niranjan Nilakantan Windows Azure Tables provide the ability to store structured, non-relational entities in the highly scalable Windows Azure Storage service. Come to this session to learn about the new features for …
Scaling out Web Applications with Microsoft SQL Azure Databases: David Robinson • Microsoft SQL Azure and the Windows Azure Platform provide all the necessary building blocks to develop and host rich Internet applications that can service an Internet-scale user population while …
Petabytes for Peanuts! Making Sense Out of “Ambient” Data: David Campbell • Today, the key to success with data is no longer about who can afford to acquire, store and process data effectively. That’s the cheap and easy part. The challenge now is to develop ways to better use …
Development Best Practices and Patterns for Using Microsoft SQL Azure Databases: Nigel Ellis • SQL Azure provides a fully relational database service that is based on Microsoft SQL Server and familiar concepts such as T-SQL, schema-based tables, and stored procedures. Learn patterns and best …
Developing xRM Solutions Using Windows Azure: Andrew Bybee • Come learn how Microsoft Dynamics CRM can be used to rapidly develop on-premises or services-based "anything" Relationship Management (xRM) applications on the Microsoft platform. See how to develop …
Lap Around the Windows Azure Platform: Manuvir Das Come hear how the Windows Azure Platform provides a scalable compute and storage environment with Windows Azure, a fully relational database with SQL Azure, and a service bus and access control.
Architecting and Developing for Windows Azure: Chris Auld • Gain the skills to architect and develop real-world applications using Windows Azure. Going beyond ‘demo-ware’ we examine the theory and technical implementation of large scale elastic applications. …
Microsoft Technology Roadmap: Michele Leroux Bustamante • Developers have increasingly more on their minds and on their plates. Though Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework both provide tools that yield an overall increase in productivity …
Software in the Energy Economy: Juval Lowy • Come learn the developer skills and expertise required to take advantage of the next boom in software – the energy economy. Understand key enabling technologies and design patterns that will prepare …