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Windows Azure – Gear Up

Version 1, March 2014

Enterprise Alliance Partner Capability

Windows Azure Platform

• Windows Azure delivers a 99.95% compute SLA and enables you to

run solutions on the same cloud that powers Skype, Office 365, Bing,

and Xbox.

• Azure provides built-in software patching, network load

balancing and high-availability features.

• Azure offers 24x7 technical support with engineers constantly

monitoring service health.

Solutions

• Infrastructure Services

• Develop Modern Applications

• Insights from Data

• Identity and Access Management

Learning Resources

• Enterprise Alliance Partner Practice Building Series

• Microsoft Partner Network

– Learning Paths

– Partner Learning Center

• Microsoft Virtual Academy

• Windows Azure Conference

• Windows Azure on Channel9

• Patterns and Practices – Cloud Design Patterns

• Forums

Enterprise Alliance Partner Practice Building Series

Windows Azure

Microsoft Cloud Strategy and components of the Cloud OS Story View Recording 3 hrs

Key Considerations for Migrating and Managing Workloads with

Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks (IaaS)View Recording 3 hrs

Data Management Services in Windows Azure View Recording 3 hrs

Building SharePoint Applications on Azure IAAS View Recording 3 hrs

Building Your Dev and Test Environments with Windows Azure

Infrastructure ServicesView Recording 3 hrs

Microsoft Cloud Strategy and components of the Cloud OS Story View Recording 3 hrs

Building Media Solutions and Mobile Solutions with Media Services and

Mobile Services in Windows AzureView Recording 3 hrs

Microsoft Enterprise Integration Stack : Patterns of Cloud Integration View Recording 3 hrs

Automated deployments, Scaling, Monitoring for Cloud Services View Recording 3 hrs

Building solutions with SharePoint and Azure View Recording 3 hrs

Cloud OS: Windows Azure IaaS, Virtual Networks and Azure Server pack View Recording 3 hrs

Microsoft Partner Network – Learning Paths

Find and select Learning Paths• Sharpen your skills with training for the latest Microsoft technologies.

• Partner learning paths specify the training courses that can help you reach particular goals. Select learningpaths according to Microsoft products, competencies, partner type and your role. After you select apath, you can add it to a learning plan to help you track your progress toward achieving your goals.

• You can watch a video demo of learning paths here.

• Use learnings paths and help your organization get credit for your learning within the Enterprise AlliancePartner Readiness Reports.

• Note: If you are experiencing issues viewing the Learning Path and/or the Learning Plan pages, pleaseremove "Microsoft.com" from the "Compatibility View Settings" in Internet Explorer.

To access courses within the Learning Paths:

• Your organization must be a member of the Microsoft Partner Network.

• You must have a Microsoft ID and associate it with your partner organization.

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Learning plans and company learning paths

Create team learning plans

Team learning plans can help you to get a team of people trained or certified. You can use the

tool to create a plan for your team and assign members, and track your team’s progress.

– Creating a learning plan is simple:

– Create a plan title and description

– Add one or more learning paths to the plan

– Assign people to the plan by using name and email address

– Track progress and encourage people to achieve their goals

You can also create company learning paths that highlight the learning paths that are relevant

to your company and makes them easily accessible to everyone within your company.

Note: If you are experiencing issues viewing the Learning Path and/or the Learning Plan pages,

please remove "Microsoft.com" from the "Compatibility View Settings" in Internet Explorer.

Partner Learning Center

Your Microsoft Partner Network membership includes access to low-cost and no-cost

training. Get these benefits through the Partner Learning Center (PLC).

Use PLC courses and help your organization get credit for your learning within the

Enterprise Alliance Partner Readiness Reports.

Unable to access the Partner Learning Center?

To use the Partner Learning Center:

• Your organization must be a member of the Microsoft Partner Network.

• You must have a Microsoft ID and associate it with your partner organization.

Partner Learning Center Courses (Windows Azure)

What is MVA?

Successful technologists never stop learning and great technology never stops evolving.

Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) offers online Microsoft training delivered by experts

to help technologists continually learn, with hundreds of courses, in 11 different

languages. Our mission is to help developers, knowledgeable IT professionals and

advanced students learn the latest technology, build their skills, and advance their careers.

MVA is free of charge, and the entire service is hosted on Windows Azure.

MVA- Windows Azure Courses/Events

Enterprise Developer Camp Jump Start ~5 hrs

Windows Azure IaaS Deep Dive Jump Start ~5 hrs

Designing Applications for Windows Azure Jump Start ~4.5 hrs

Windows Azure SQL Database ~3 hrs

Building Modern Web Apps Jump Start ~5.5 hrs

Mobile Apps to IoT: Connected Devices with Windows Azure ~3 hrs

Windows Azure Storage - Design and Implementation Jump Start ~2 hrs

Get Started with Windows Azure Today Jump Start ~1.5 hrs

For more click Here

Events - Windows Azure Conference

Windows Azure Conf 2013

• Welcome to Windows AzureConf, a free event for the Windows Azure community. This

event features a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie, along with numerous sessions

executed by Windows Azure community members. After the keynote, two concurrent

sets of sessions will be streamed live for an online audience right here on Channel 9,

which will allow you to see how developers just like you are using Windows Azure to

develop applications in the cloud. Community members from all over the world join

Scott in the Channel 9 studios to present their own ideas, innovations inventions and

experiences. These presentations will provide you the opportunity to see how your

peers in the community are doing great things using Windows Azure offerings like

Mobile Services, Web Sites, Service Bus, virtual machines, and more. Whether you're

just learning Windows Azure or you've already achieved success on the platform, you

won't want to miss this special event.

Windows Azure Conf 2013

Keynote: Scott Guthrie Scott Guthrie

1.36 hrs

Essential Iaas for Developers

59 min

Taking Control of Your Windows Azure Services

56 min

Developing Cross Platform Mobile Solutions with Azure Mobile Services Chris Woodruff

56 min

Windows Azure Web Sites -Things They Don't Teach Kids in School

57 min

Debugging and Monitoring Windows Azure Cloud ServicesEric D. Boyd1.3 hrs

From Collocated Servers to Windows Azure Web Sites in Three Days

32 min

Real World Architectures using Windows Azure Mobile ServicesKristof Rennen

1 hr

For more click Here

Windows Azure on Channel 9

Featured Shows

Featured Video Series

For more click Here

Pattern Categories

Availability Data Management

Design & Implementation

Messaging Management & Monitoring

Performance & Scalability

Resiliency Security

Cloud Design Patterns

Pattern Category

Cache-aside

Circuit Breaker

Compensating Transaction

Competing Consumers

Compute Resource Consolidation

Command & Query Responsibility Segregation

Event Sourcing

External Configuration Store

Federated Identity

Gatekeeper

Health Endpoint Monitoring

Index Table

Pattern Category

Leader Election

Materialized View

Pipes & Filters

Priority Queue

Queue-Based Load Leveling

Retry

Runtime Reconfiguration

Scheduler Agent Supervisor

Sharding

Static Content Hosting

Throttling

Valet Key

Guidance

Asynchronous Messaging Primer

Auto scaling Guidance

Caching Guidance

Compute Partitioning Guidance

Data Consistency Primer

Data Partitioning Guidance

Data Replication and SynchronizationGuidance

Instrumentation & Telemetry Guidance

Multiple Datacenter Deployment Guidance

Service Metering Guidance

Code Samples

Windows Azure Forums

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THANK YOU

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