Windows Azure Day

The global Windows Azure community is coming to Calgary on Saturday, April 27th to host several Windows Azure Boot Camps all around the world. It truly is a Global Windows Azure Boot Camp!

What do I need to bring?

This is a hands on event. You will need to bring your own laptop and have it preloaded with the software listed below. Please do the installation upfront as there will be no time to troubleshoot installations during the day.

You have a Windows Azure account or you’ve created a Windows Azure account by signing up for the 90 Day FREE trial (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/free-trial?WT.mc_id=otc-n-ca-loc-easttorontoug-40725) or activating your MSDN Windows Azure benefits (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/msdn-benefits?WT.mc_id=otc-n-ca-loc-easttorontoug-40725). Laptop with the following software installed Windows 7 (Home Basic not supported), Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012 Visual Studio 2012 (http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads?WT.mc_id=otc-n-ca-loc-easttorontoug-40725) (full version or Express - note if you use Express, you may not be able to complete all the labs) Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=254364&clcid=0x409&WT.mc_id=otc-n-ca-loc-easttorontoug-40725) Windows Azure Training Kit (http://bit.ly/WAZTrainingKit?WT.mc_id=otc-n-ca-loc-easttorontoug-40725)
Is this for beginners?

Yes and no. The local trainers will use the Windows Azure Training Kit to guide you to the basics. We’ll also be running a massive scalability experiment that may bring one of the Windows Azure datacenters down!

Event Agenda

8:30am - 9:00am Registration, socialize and refreshments
9:00am - 9:45am Introduction to Windows Azure (David Paquette)
9:45am - 11:00am Creating Web Apps for deployment to Windows Azure (David Paquette)
11:00am - noon Access data from Azure SQL (Richard Reukema)
noon - 12:45pm Lunch (pizza provided)
12:45pm - 1:45pm Using table storage (Simon Timms)
1:45pm - 2:45pm Using blob storage (Simon Timms)
2:45pm - 3:00pm --break--
3:00pm - 4:00pm Using queues (Simon Timms)
4:00pm - 5:00pm Worker processes (Simon Timms)