Passionate about the Cloud? Interested in the Cloud? Never heard of the Cloud? Regardless of where you standing with the trend of cloud computing, you are not going to want to miss these outstanding events coming to the central region of the US later this month.

Microsoft TechNet and MSDN Events are please to offer you an entire day of Windows Azure for IT professionals and developers in a city near you. These events will answer the big questions about Windows Azure, such as:

• What is Windows Azure?
• When should you use Windows Azure?
• How does it apply or impact your day-to-day work?
• As an architect, how will Windows Azure impact my system design?

Here is a summary of the sessions.

TechNet Windows Azure for the IT Professional
Time: 8:30 AM to noon
Session Summary:

• Azure architecture from the IT professional’s point of view
• Why an IT operations team would want to pursue Azure as an extension to the data center
• Configuration, deployment, and scaling Azure-based applications
• The Azure roles (web, web service, and worker)
• Azure storage options
• Azure security and identity options
• How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premises applications
• How operations teams can manage and monitor Azure-based applications

MSDN Windows Azure for the Developer and Architect
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Session Summary:

• Cloud computing architectures in general and the Azure architecture in particular
• Several aspects of Azure from the developer’s and architect’s perspective
• Azure roles (web, web service and worker)
• Azure storage options
• Azure security and identity options
• How Azure-based applications can be integrated with on-premise applications
• Configuration, deployment and scaling Azure-based applications
• How development teams can optimize their applications for better management and monitoring