How to Jumpstart Your Move to the Cloud - Gov Edition

As we enter the New Year, many government agencies continue to resolve to take advantage of cloud computing. However, oftentimes, agencies find that they are stuck, unprepared and seeking ways to help them transition to the cloud.

With these challenges in mind we are kicking off 2017 with this can't-miss Meetup featuring a speaker lineup of cloud experts who will help you figure out where to begin and what valuable training resources are available. You will also see demos and get insight to government use cases and best practices for cloud onboarding success.

And, as always, there will be great networking, food and beverages to enjoy. Be sure to RSVP to join us. There is no cost to attend the Meetup. We look forward to seeing you!

Agenda & Directions

6:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Networking, pizza & beverages

6:35 – 6:45 p.m. – Welcome & Introductions

• Meet Up Organizers: Vishwas Lele, CTO, AIS, & Microsoft Azure MVP; and Karina Homme, Azure Gov Market Lead, Microsoft

6:45 – 8:00 p.m. – Presentations

• Getting Past Go: Accelerate Your App Deployment to the Cloud (Level 100)

David Simsik, Cloud Practice Manager, Accelera

Real-world experiences and insights for successful enterprise onboarding to government cloud; along with ways to ease and accelerate deployment of workloads to the cloud.

• Azure Gov Training Resources and Strategies (Level 100-200)

Dan Patrick, Chief Cloud Strategist, Opsgility

Get insight to training resources and strategies from an industry-leading instructor to help ensure your cloud success.

• Tech Demos: Getting Started on Azure Gov—It's Quick and Easy! (Level 200)

Brian Harrison, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

Brian will demo how to get up and running in a dev environment as quickly as possible, and show options for various projects (software, web, mobile) to deploy in Azure Gov.

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer, AIS

Vishwas will demo of Service Catalog, designed to ease cloud adoption for federal agencies.

8:00 – 8:30 p.m. – Wrap-up & Networking

Directions to 1776 (http://www.1776.vc/)

1133 15th St. NW, Washington, DC

Check in on 1st floor / Meetup on 12th floor

1776 is located only a few blocks from both Logan Circle and the White House. The building is across the street from the Washington Post and is home to Strayer University on the first floor. A sign is visible on the exterior of the building.

Parking

There’s a parking garage to the building. Rate is $6 after 5 p.m.

Metro

Closest metro stops are McPherson Square (blue and orange lines) and Farragut North (red line).

1776 is about a 5- to 7-minute walk from each station