December 9,10,13th, 2008 - A Busy week in PHX with MSFT
December 9th Noon-5pm
Architect Council | Cloud Computing and Impact on Architecture
Details Below :: Must Register here to attend.
December 10th 11-5 (plus an after party sponsored by GoDaddy)
MSDN Events | Best of PDC
Details Below :: Must Register here to attend.
December 13th
XBox Party | Come play XBOX (Age restricted 13+)
Details Below :: Must Register here to attend.
Details about the 9th - Arch Council
Microsoft and Cloud Computing – Cloud computing represents the new wave of innovation that will significantly transform many aspects of computing as we know today. During this session, we will discuss Microsoft’s outlook and strategy in moving towards cloud computing, providing the next-generation cloud-based platform for building services in the cloud. We will also take discuss what cloud-based applications may look like, and how they need to be architected differently from today’s on-premise enterprise applications in various scenarios.
Live Services Platform – A deeper look into the Live Services component of the Azure Services Platform, designed to combine the world of the web and the world of digital devices. We will discuss the underlying service architecture behind this mass-scale cloud service and client platform, and how to build applications using Live Identity Service, Synch Service, Resource Model Service, Device Management Service, Notification Service, and Presence Service.
Azure Services Platform – Discussion on the enterprise-class components of the Microsoft Azure Services platform, with an overview of .NET Services (Access Control Service, Workflow Service, and Service Bus), SQL Services (SQL Data Services, SQL Reporting Services, and SQL Data Analysis Services), and Windows Azure (Compute Service, Management Service, and Storage Service). We will take a look at what these services provide, their long-term roadmaps, and discuss guidance on how they can used.
Details about the 10th - Best of PDC
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration, Box Lunch and Networking
- What to expect with C# 4.0 (Joe Guadagno)
- Overview of REST in WCF and The WCF REST Starter Kit (Rob Bagby presenting his session at PDC)
- ASP.NET 4.0 and the Silverlight Toolkit (Scott Cate) <<< Hey that's me :)
- Overview of Windows Azure (“The Cloud OS”) and Azure Services (Rob Bagby)
5:00 pm – 5: 15 pm Final Raffle
Details about the 13th - XBOX Get Together
Calling all IT Pros and Developers in the Phoenix area! Come join us for a fun time at the Microsoft Office. There is no PPT slide or demo involved. This is a year-end "party" for all the different User Group members to get together and have fun. If you aren't already a member of one of the local User Groups, no problem, you are still welcome to come and have fun.
There will be 4 XBox 360 consoles networked together for maximum fun. If you have your own favorite controller that you want to use, please feel free to bring it along.
I cannot validate parking for folks who chose to park in the Parking Garage. If you arrive and see that the booth is staffed and the exit arm is down, you will have to decide if you want to pay $3 / hour for parking or not. There is meter parking (free on weekends) on Catalina or I also know some folks who chose to park across the street at Park Central Mall and walk across. I cannot advocate that last option, but just letting people know that I have seen that happen. :-)