Sessions tagged as Cloud Computing

Overview of Windows Azure & Collaboration

The Windows Azure platform is a set of high-performance cloud computing services that can be used together or independently and enable developers to leverage existing skills and familiar tools to develop cloud applications. In this session, we’ll provide a developer-focused overview of this new online service computing platform. We’ll explore the components, key features and real day-to-day benefits of Windows Azure. Highlights include: • What is cloud computing? • Running web and web service applications in the cloud • Using the Windows Azure and local developer cloud fabric • Getting started – tools, SDKs and accounts • Writing applications for Windows Azure.