Learn more about Microsoft Azure cloud platform
We are facilitating ‘Azure Campus Days’ for those who are interested in learning more about Microsoft Azure. A number of short focused talks will be held from 8:30am–1:30pm on May 23 at the UW Red Gym. The selected agenda topics will provide a deeper dive into Azure strategy, best practices, development and resources. UW-Madison technologists and Microsoft Azure technologists will lead the sessions.
Attending from Microsoft will be:
Mary Paulson – Microsoft Academic Account Executive
Sundar Ramakrishnan- Microsoft Academic Technologist
Jeff Lawson- Microsoft Azure Specialist
Chad Story- Microsoft Azure Architect
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:45am - Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy and the Business Value of Azure Cloud Services
- The Business Value of Migrating to the Cloud
- Azure Overview and Building Blocks
- Privacy and Security
- Microsoft Hyper-scale Data Centers
9:45 – 10am - Break
10am – 11am – Best Practices in moving Applications and Databases in Azure.
- Business Value of running your application within Azure
- Architecture and Building Blocks
- Why migrate applications and databases in Azure?
- Best Practices
- Operations
11:30 – 12:15 – Lunch (On your own)
12:15 – 1:15pm - Development in Azure
- IaaS and PaaS
- DevOps and Automation
1:15 -1:30 - Close and next steps
- Next Steps, Resources, POC’s
- Deep-dive workshops – networking, security, automation, etc.
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