April San Diego Azure User Group Meeing – April 9

The meeting information is here http://www.azureusergroup.com/events/san-diego-cloud-computing-user-2 

1. Azure Update
Summarize and discuss recent announcements
Change of direction for SQL Data Services
Overview of Windows Azure March CTP released at MIX
Full-trust support
Fast CGI support
2. Full Trust Support
Implication - you can now access .NET libraries you couldn't previously.
Demo: Azure Perf Counters and real-time application monitoring
Demo: hosted native code sample
3. FastCGI Support
Demo - FastCGI (existing demo, SDK sample)
Pizza and drinks are served 6 pm to 6:30 pm. The session will start at 6:30 pm.
Please, register via http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137155 to help us to plan for attendance

Future Topics for Azure User Group Meetings

The Dec and Jan meetings of San Diego Azure User Group included:

• Introduction to Azure Platform and Services
• Cloud Storage

The future topics will include:

• Windows Live Services - Live ID
• Microsoft .NET Services - SQL Services: SDS basics (ACE, Explorer)
• Microsoft .NET Services - Service bus
• Windows Azure - Application Model / Roles
• Windows Live Services - Mesh
• Microsoft .NET Services - SQL Services: Entities, queries & LINQ
• Microsoft .NET Services - Access control
• Windows Live Services - Sync across devices
• Microsoft .NET Services - SQL Services: Sync
• Microsoft .NET Services – Workflow
• Windows Azure - Application Health Monitoring

AzureUserGroup.Com Goes Live

The new re-designed community site is available here http://www.azureusergroup.com/It will ultimately replace the www.cloudcomputingusergroup.com and will provide much better user experience with the full set of social networking features, events planning, blogs etc.

You will need to register on the site.

The site contains the regional local groups. If you are in San Diego, please, join the San Diego Azure User Group http://www.azureusergroup.com/group/sandiegoazureusergroup