February 2009 - UNPLUGGED MSDN Update – Microsoft PDC, Windows 7 and Azure

February 2009 - UNPLUGGED MSDN Update (South Island)

Take your Applications to the Cloud and Beyond – PDC, Visual Studio, Azure,
Office 14 and Windows 7

MSDN UNPLUGGED continues this session into February 2009 with South Island locations. We will be sharing principles, practices, patterns and tools announced at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, October 2008.
	Using computers in the cloud can make a great deal of sense. Instead of provisioning part or all of your infrastructure you can instead exploit Internet-accessible servers and let others worry about keeping systems up to scratch. But why just stop at the cloud? Some applications may have their code and data both operating in the cloud, others may run inside an organisation storing data in the cloud or relying on other cloud infrastructure services. Applications that run on desktops and mobile devices can use services in the cloud to synchronise information across many systems or in other ways. Whatever approach makes sense exploiting and extending the cloud’s capabilities can open up new choices for applications hosting, storage and interoperability. Come and join us to start your applications journey to the cloud and beyond. Presented by Microsoft Developer Advisor Mike Zeff and Microsoft Architect Mark Carroll. We will be giving away PDC 2008 Top Session DVDs to attendees too.
This event is free to register.
Should you experience difficulties registering online, please call 0800 222 320 or email events@mss.co.nz to register.

Recorded Session Content

Locations & Registration

Venue	Date		Map

INVERCARGILL	Tue 17 February		Ascot Park Hotel
Ascot Park Hotel Aparima Room Corner of Tay Street & Racecourse Road, Invercargill	3:45pm 4.00pm 5.30pm	Registration Presentation begins Event Concludes


DUNEDIN	Wed 18 Febraury		Scenic Circle Southern Cross Hotel
Scenic Circle Southern Cross Hotel Speight Room 118 High Street Dunedin	3:45pm 4.00pm 5.30pm	Registration Presentation begins Event Concludes


CHRISTCHURCH	Thu 19 February		Christchurch Convention Centre
Christchurch Convention Centre Room 1 and 2 95 Kilmore Street, Christchurch	3:45pm 4.00pm 5.30pm	Registration Presentation begins Event Concludes


NELSON	Fri 20 February		Rutherford Hotel
Rutherford Hotel Waimea Trafalgar Square, Nelson	3:45pm 4.00pm 5.30pm	Registration Presentation begins Event Concludes


AUCKLAND	Mon 8 December		COMPLETE

HAMILTON	Mon 8 December		COMPLETE

TAURANGA	Tue 9 December		COMPLETE

HAWKES BAY	Wed 10 December		COMPLETE

PALMERSTON NORTH	Thu 11 December		COMPLETE

WELLINGTON	Fri 12 December		COMPLETE

Speakers -

Mike Zeff

Mike is a Microsoft Development Advisor working with Independent Software Vendors to help them adopt Microsoft’s latest technologies in their own products and services. In his 17 years in the IT industry, Mike has worked with a range of technologies including various flavours of Unix, Mac OS/X and Windows since version 3.1 as well as a wide range of development languages and tools. Outside of work Mike loves flying (when finances, family and free time allow), photography and writing code for fun.

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Mark Carroll

Mark Carroll has worked as a software developer, software development team leader, project manager and architect. He joined Microsoft NZ five years ago where he holds the title of National Architect for the Developer and Platform Strategy group.

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