Speaker: Chris Auld

Gain the skills to architect and develop real-world applications using Windows Azure. Going beyond 'demo-ware' we examine the theory and technical implementation of large scale elastic applications. It is expected that attendees have some prior experience with Windows Azure and experience building ASP.NET applications. During this half-day workshop, we discuss approaches to delivering the best raw performance from our Windows Azure applications, and how to achieve linear scale-out through the use of additional instances. We also discuss data management approaches using Windows Azure and SQL Azure's partitioning capabilities. Lastly, we examine patterns for deploying Windows Azure applications reliably and with minimal or no impact on the end user experience, and the security environment within which Windows Azure operates, along with ways to provide a bridge between on-premises and cloud-based identity assets and applications. This session will provided a detailed discussion of the economics of cloud computing and how the Windows Azure pricing model presents opportunities to startups and enterprises alike to solve previously intractable problems such as massive elastic scale.