What we’re about
This group is for anyone interested in a discussion with others local to the Houston area around any aspect of Microsoft Azure and it's rapidly-growing, surrounding (non-Microsoft) ecosystem. Non-locals are also very welcome to join!
We meet each month or so - usually the second Tuesday of each month - and talk about some aspect of Azure that might be of interest to as many people as possible. Topics range across both all Azure services and 3rd-Party solutions that are deployed upon it so there should be something for everyone.
Attendees to our events usually cover a wide range, and often include students, project managers, infrastructure-focused IT professionals, Developers, Solution, Application or Enterprise Architects, Security practitioners, "Big Data" Scientists, and business leaders. We also sometimes discuss solutions that 3rd Party (i.e. non-Microsoft) software vendors build on top of Azure to fill in feature gaps (via the Azure Marketplace).
The one thing we try NOT our events to be a 'sales pitch' of any kind: we are just about community, learning about technology and gaining experiences in using them from one-another.
Each event will usually focus on just one Azure area or Service or 3rd Party (Marketplace) solution, and typically have a guest speaker, a high-level overview followed by technical demonstration(s), and a Q&A session so we can not only share stories but everyone can learn from each other's experiences.
We do record our events and post them on our YouTube Channel.
Our Code Of Conduct, which applies to all attendees to all our events, can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Enabling Digital Transformation in the Energy industry with NetApp and AzureMicrosoft Office Houston, Houston, TX
Energy companies continue to face exponential growth in data that is generated by an increasingly diverse set of applications while still maximizing value from legacy data, and all while IT budgets shrink.
NetApp and Azure allow energy companies to unlock capabilities in data management to enable faster business outcomes by accelerating data analysis, exploration modeling, seismic processing and much more.
In tonight’s presentation, we’ll explore the key features of Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and real-life customer use cases across some of the largest multi-national datasets in the world.
Demos will include how we help customers accelerate migrating data to the cloud, how our tools ensure the most efficient operations for running your data infrastructure and how to optimize your storage footprint to save the business money.
Come ready with questions!
Our speaker tonight is Edmond Vahedi, Global Technology Specialist at NetApp. He is based in Houston and will be presenting in person! Also helping remotely is Greg Earl, Azure Technical Specialist at NetApp.
Food and soft drinks will be served at ~5:30pm on the 10th floor - we will kick off the discussion there @6pm after everyone has had a chance to eat, meet anyone else you'd like to and have a chat :-). Feel free to start arriving from 5pm on if you are nearby. PLEASE RSVP so we have an accurate food count.
PARKING: For free parking please park across the street on the third and fourth floors of the parking garage at 12711 Queensbury; parking in the Microsoft building is not free.
In-person: 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000 · Houston, TX
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup
