Windows Azure Sessions at //BUILD/ 2012 - Quick Reference Guide

The following list of 24 sessions was extracted from Channel9’s Build 2012 article of 10/30/2012 filtered by Windows Azure:

• Building data centric applications for web, desktop and mobile with Entity Framework 5.

  • Rowan Miller
  • October 30, 2012 from 2:15PM to 3:15PM
  • Never tried Entity Framework before? Or long term Entity Framework developer? Come learn how Entity Framework 5 makes it very simple to keep both your code and database in sync as you make changes using Code First and Migrations. Plus learn about many other enhancements including Designer improvemen...
    

• Connecting C++ Apps to the Cloud via Casablanca

  • Niklas Gustafsson, Artur Laksberg
  • October 30, 2012 from 5:45PM to 6:45PM
  • In this presentation, we will introduce you to Casablanca, a Microsoft incubation effort to explore how to best support C++ developers who need to take advantage of the radical shift in software architecture that cloud computing represents. With Casablanca, C++ developers get modern ...
    

• Windows Azure Overview

  • Scott Guthrie
  • October 31, 2012 from 11:15AM to 12:15PM
  • Windows Azure is a flexible and open cloud platform for a wide variety of applications ranging from web sites to enterprise and mobile applications. In this session Scott Guthrie will demonstrate how to quickly build and deploy applications using the new Windows Azure features and services including...
    

• Introduction to Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  • Mark Russinovich
  • October 31, 2012 from 1:45PM to 2:45PM
  • Join Mark Russinovich for a tour of the features that make up the Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks offerings, which collectively make up Windows Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) support. Using demonstrations throughout, he explains the Virtual Machine storage architectur...
    

• Building Rich Media Applications on Windows 8 with Windows Azure Media Services

  • Mingfei Yan
  • October 31, 2012 from 1:45PM to 2:45PM
  • In this session we will provide an overview of the latest release of Windows Azure Media Services. With this set of video services built on top of Windows Azure, you can create and deliver rich media with a high-quality viewing experience on a global scale, to various platform and devices. We will i...
    

• Advanced Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  • Michael Washam
  • October 31, 2012 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
  • Learn from a developers perspective how to use Windows Azure Virtual Machines to run your workload in the cloud. You will see how to automate virtual machines with the service management API and with tools from the Windows Azure SDK, PowerShell and the cross platform command line tools. Additionally...
    

• Building Big: Lessons learned from Windows Azure customers - Part I

  • Simon Davies, Mark Simms
  • October 31, 2012 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
  • Millions of requests per day. Global coverage. Rapid feature deployments. Zero down time. These are the requirements of Windows Azure’s top customers. Using key Windows Azure features, such as compute, cache, CDN and traffic manager, you can quickly build services that meet the most demanding of wor...
    

• Developing Mobile Solutions with Windows Azure Part I

  • Josh Twist
  • October 31, 2012 from 3:30PM to 4:30PM
  • Join us for a session packed with live coding as the presenter builds a Windows 8 application and brings it to life with the connected power of Windows Azure Mobile Services. We’ll look at how easy it is to add authentication, secure structured storage and even send push notifications to update live...
    

• Building Big: Lessons learned from Windows Azure customers - Part II

  • Simon Davies, Mark Simms
  • October 31, 2012 from 5:15PM to 6:15PM
  • Millions of requests per day. Global coverage. Rapid feature deployments. Zero down time. These are the requirements of Windows Azure’s top customers. Using key Windows Azure features, such as compute, cache, CDN and traffic manager, you can quickly build services that meet the most demanding of wor...
    

• Developing Mobile Solutions with Windows Azure Part II

  • Chris Risner
  • October 31, 2012 from 5:15PM to 6:15PM
  • Now that you know about Windows Azure Mobile Services join us for this demo packed session to learn how to take your Windows Store and Windows Phone 8 apps to the next level. Learn how to extend your existing applications to support common scenarios such as geo-location, media, and cloud to device m...

• Building end-to-end apps for SharePoint with Windows Azure and Windows 8

  • Rob Howard, Donovan Follette
  • November 1, 2012 from 8:30AM to 9:30AM
  • With the deep SharePoint 2013 API set, coupled with the new app models for SharePoint and Office, the opportunity to build innovative end-to-end solutions that span cloud services and devices is just plain breathtaking. Devices can seamlessly reach into SharePoint via REST to retrieve data and Share...
    

• Windows Azure Active Directory: enabling single sign on and directory services for cloud SaaS apps

  • Vittorio Bertocci
  • November 1, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM

  • Active Directory enabled generations of developers to focus on their business applications features rather than worrying about identity management. Windows Azure Active Directory is Active Directory reimagined for the cloud, designed to solve for you the new identity and access challenges that come ...

• Continuous Integration with Windows Azure Websites

  • Johnny Halife,Justin Beckwith
  • November 1, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM

  • Windows Azure enables developers to use a variety of workflows to automatically deploy code from the tools you’re already using, like TFS, CodePlex, and GitHub. This talk will focus on the various ways to deploy your projects to Windows Azure Web Sites, including git deployment, TFS deployment, cont...

• Windows Azure Internals

  • Mark Russinovich
  • Mark Russinovich goes under the hood of Microsoft’s cloud OS, Windows Azure. Intended for developers who have already gotten their hands dirty with Windows Azure and understand its basic concepts, this session gives an inside look at the architectural design of Windows Azure’s compute platform. Lear...
    

• Developing Big Data Analytics Applications with JavaScript and .NET for Windows Azure and Windows

  • Matt Winkler
  • November 1, 2012 from 2:30PM to 3:30PM

  • In this session we will discuss key aspects of using non-JVM languages in the Hadoop environment. First, we will show how we can reach to a much broader set of developers by enabling JavaScript support on Hadoop. The JavaScript API lets developers define Hadoop jobs in a style that is much more natu...

• Getting Started with Cloud Services Development

  • Paul Yuknewicz
  • November 1, 2012 from 4:15PM to 5:15PM

  • Come to this session to learn how to create Platform-as-a-Service style (PaaS) cloud services in Windows Azure. See how to have simplified application deployment and configuration, high availability and scale and see how the platform can take care of administrative tasks such as OS patching and mach...

• Javascript from client to cloud with Windows 8, Node.js, and Windows Azure

  • Nathan Totten
  • November 1, 2012 from 4:15PM to 5:15PM
  • We are currently experience an exciting shift for JavaScript developers. For the first time, the Node.js and WinRT platforms along with modern browsers enable developers to write end-to-end applications in a single language that run on virtually any device. In this talk you will learn the fundamenta...

• Windows 8 Connectathon with Windows Azure Mobile Services

  • Josh Twist
  • November 1, 2012 from 4:15PM to 5:15PM

  • Join us for a session packed with live coding, as Josh Twist builds a Windows 8 application and brings it to life with the connected power of Windows Azure Mobile Services. We’ll look at how easy it is to add authentication, secure structured storage and even send push notifications to update live t...

• Advanced Cloud Services Development

  • Haishi Bai
  • November 2, 2012 from 8:30AM to 9:30AM

  • Come to learn how to build blazingly fast Cloud Services using new techniques and best practices. In this demo-loaded session, you’ll see how to put .Net 4.5, Windows Azure Caching, Windows Azure SDK, Server 2012 + IIS 8, CDN, Traffic Manager, as well as Service Bus at work to improve and mainta...

• Data Options in Windows Azure. What's a developer to do?

  • Dave Campbell
  • November 2, 2012 from 8:30AM to 9:30AM

  • Remember the “good ‘ol days” when most developers developing data centric apps could take it for granted that they were going to use a relational database? Back then, the biggest question was, “What data access stack am I going to use?” Developers have a bewildering array of choice today – SQL, noSQ...

• Bootstrapping your Startup with Windows Azure
  

  • Johnny Halife, Michael Washam, Nathan Totten
  • November 2, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM
  • Learn how to launch your next big idea on Windows Azure with a shoestring budget. Through real-world examples and live coding you will see how composing your application with Windows Azure services empowers you to build quickly and release sooner all while keeping costs to a minimum.
    

• Developing for Windows Azure Web Sites and SharePoint Online
  

  • Yochay Kiriaty, Thomas Mechelke
  • November 2, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM
  • Windows Azure Web Sites is a simple and powerful hosting platform that allows developers to easily build and rapidly deploy web applications on Windows Azure using their favorite languages, frameworks, and tools. SharePoint Online brings the collaboration and productivity benefits of SharePoint to t...
    

• Windows Azure Storage – Building applications that scale
  

  • Joe Giardino
  • November 2, 2012 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM
  • Are you interested in learning how to efficiently store petabytes of data? Write a social app that scales to billions of users? Build messaging that scales in distributed applications? Build a Windows 8 Application that stores data? If yes then this session is for you. It will cover what, when and h...

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