Microsoft Australia is pleased to invite you to a 3 day Architect Workshop on Windows Azure Platform.

This 3-day training will give you, the Partner Solution Architect, the extensive skills you need to be successful

with customers when specifying Windows Azure Platform solutions and has the following objectives:

• Technically qualify in or out customer scenarios.
• Lead an effective ADS.
• Make informed architectural decisions for the cloud solutions based on based practices in areas such as cost,
  scale and availability.
• Understand the impacts and best practices for ALM when developing  cloud solutions.
• Work with a customer on the architectural design of key horizontal workloads.
• Gain awareness of approaches to answer common requests Microsoft has seen in Azure-centric customer
  engagements.

Below is an outline of the training. We aim to cover many of the topics that Enterprise solution architects have
been asking for over the previous months based on our surveys of Alliance Partners, internal MCS architects,
and Windows Azure MVPs. This training also features 2 scenario based, case study activities which will help you
put what you are learning into practice. You will be assessed during these activities for basic proficiency with the
concepts. Please do bring along your own laptop for the class, making sure you have Visio and PowerPoint installed.

Prerequisite: The training has a prerequisite of passing the Microsoft Learning official
Exam 70-583: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications. Taking the exam is at your own expense and details
can be found here.

Finally, if you don’t manage to make this in person, we are recording these topics for on-demand viewing on MPN/PLC
and WindowsAzure.com.

We look forward to your participation and your subsequent partnership in jointly solving our mutual customers
business imperatives using cloud solutions and Windows Azure platform.

Agenda

Day 1

Sales Training Repeat		8:30 – 9:30
	How to talk about the cloud & Windows Azure to customers. Qualify then present.
Technically Qualifying in and out Windows Azure Deals		9:30 – 10:45
	This session will walk through the same criteria we use in cloud assessments and talk in detail about how to consider aspects such as security, compliance, code complexity, latency, feature gap identification, risk etc. and give the architects a framework for assessing the technical feasibility of a potential deal.
Activity: Technically Qualifying Deals		11:00 – 12:30
	This activity will have the architects in small groups to analyze 2 scenarios and identify ones that are good versus bad. They should also identify the questions that need to be asked to extract information that may be needed to finalize the decision. Groups should present the findings for discussion.
Conducting an successful ADS		13:00 – 13:30
	This session will talk about conducting an ADS. Everything from planning, through to execution. Who should attend, what are good goals for an ADS etc.
Designing for Cloud		13:30 – 15:00
	This session will show how to build cloud ready applications, it should cover topics such as Architecting for cost & scale, planning for compliance, using storage etc.
Architecting for Scale		15:15 – 16:15
	This session will cover how to architect Windows Azure  platform applications  to provide the best scaling solution.
Architecting for Cost		16:15 – 17:15
	This session will cover how to factor cost into architectural solutions.

Day 2

Identity Management		8:30 – 9:45
	This session will show you how to build solutions that are secured using a variety of identify providers including using AD and ACS.
Working with Data		9:45 – 11:00
	This session will cover the concepts and considerations when working with large data sets within Windows Azure.
Connecting cloud and on-premises		11:15 – 12:30
	This session will discuss using both the service bus and Windows Azure connect to build architectures that use on-premises resources including databases and encryption keys.
Architecting for High Availability		13:00 – 14:15
	This session will discuss how to build highly available applications spanning multiple data center locations. The session will also cover how to plan for DR and BC.
ALM and the cloud		14:15 – 15:45
	This session will demonstrate how teams can successfully use lifecycle management in their services, including automated builds & testing as well as upgrades.
Answers to common questions		16:00 – 17:15
	This session will show you how to solve the top 10 common tasks on Windows Azure, such as “how do I send an email”.

Day 3

Architecting HPC Solutions		8:30 – 9:30
	This will walk through a typical reference architecture for using HPC Server in the cloud. It should discuss the risks and potential issues, deal with compliance and security as well as specific scenario issues.
Architecting Website/Portal Solutions		9:30 – 10:30
	This will walk through a typical reference architecture for building Website/Portal solutions. Again, potential issues, risks, compliance, security, lifecycle, management should be discussed.
Architecting Mobile & Devices Services		10:45 – 11:45
	This will walk through a typical reference architecture for building services for mobile devices, including non-phone devices.
Architecting Social Solutions		11:45 – 12:45
	This will walk through a typical reference architecture for building social solutions on Windows Azure.
Activity: Architectural Case Studies		13:15 – 16:30
	In teams, attendees should work through scenarios and apply the knowledge in the last 3 days to produce a viable architecture.
Wrap up & Close		16:30 – 17:00
	This session should be a short recap of the event, followed by an open Q&A.

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