PDC Keynote starts
Ray Ozzie walks on.
Notes from session
- excited
- transformation in industry
- new trends turns to opportunities
- lots of choice in platform
3 things
- Microsoft builds it owns key apps on the platform
- Critical Mass
- Microsoft understand that in order for it to be successful, the partners/ISV
PDC - hear about revolution, combining software and services
Tues - front end stuff.
Keynote today about backend services
What's the big deal with the "cloud" - concepts have been around for awhile since 60s. Virtualization in same era by IBM
Virtualization making a strong comeback.
Systems greatly expanding - Externalization of systems.Regardless of industry, the web has become important
Talking about challenges about maintaining web infrastructure
Cloud is different - systems designed for the web rather than for apps built internally.
Microsoft building lots of expertise but not packaged for developers to leverage
3 Tiers
- internal
- enterprise
- web
Few years ago new team created at MS to create a new offering in the web tier. fention's Amazon's EC2 and pays tribute to it.
Announce - Windows Azure
New Windows offering at the Web Tier - "Windows in the Cloud"
offers scalable storage, provisioning, new service based offering for cloud design point
can develop using Visual Studio leveraging skill you have.
developing in the cloud is different. Windows Azure
Azure released as CTP today. Microsoft betting on Azure as well.
Azure Services Platform
- Live Services
- Microsoft .NET Services (workflow, auth etc)
- SQL Services (looking to extend to OLAP, Reporting)
- Sharepoint
- CRM
Demo Time !!! (well I thought so but first some talk!)
Azure
- Scalable Hosting
- Manages complexity in data center
- Automated Service Management - seperates app from OS
- heart of Azure is a "fabric controller"
Fabric controller manage services not just servers
Azure works with native and managed code.
DEMO TIME !!! Hello World using Azure
Visual Studio Templates
Cloud on your desktop - can be used to test your app.
Then deploy to the cloud
Guy from Bluehoo.com
interesting social app that uses Bluetooth to connect people.
Interop is cool.
Bob Muglia is one - talking about the various services
.NET Services -made up of service bus, access control and Workflow services
Demo from Red Prairie - shows product recall scenario
Talked about management (system center Atlanta) and also a bit on Oslo/modelling - not too much details
David Thompson