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- Azure VMware Solution - Overview and DemoFestMicrosoft Office Houston, Houston, TX
Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a Microsoft-managed service that lets you run VMware-based workloads natively in Azure. It provides a seamless way to extend or migrate on-premises VMware environments to Azure while maintaining existing tools, processes, and skillsets.
In tonight's presentation, we will give an overview of the key features of this service and of course demo its core capabilities. Come ready with questions!
Our speaker tonight is one of this group's co-leaders, Kim Vaddi, whose day job is a Sr. Technical Specialist at Microsoft. Kim is based in Houston and will be presenting in person!
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
Livestream: Link
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup
