Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 And Microsoft Windows Azure New Zealand Launch

Microsoft New Zealand will be launching Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure next month in Auckland and Wellington.

For those working in the software development area you might already be using Visual Studio 2010 RC and the production ready Windows Azure. This half-day event provides an insight into Visual Studio 2010 as well as an understand of Cloud Computing and Windows Azure. To help with this launch Microsoft New Zealand has lined up some excellent keynote speakers.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Our keynote presenter is Microsoft’s Sam Guckenheimer, author of Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. Sam is the Group Product Planner for the Microsoft Visual Studio product line. In this capacity, he acts as chief customer advocate, responsible for the end-to-end external design of the next releases of these products.

Microsoft Windows Azure

In this presentation, David Chappell looks at the Windows Azure platform and what it means for organisations that create, use, or sell software. The topics he’ll cover include:

• An overview of the Windows Azure platform: Technology and business model
• Using the Windows Azure platform: Application scenarios
• The cloud platform context: Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com, and more

David Chappell is Principal of Chappell & Associates in San Francisco, California. Through his speaking, writing, and consulting, he helps software professionals around the world understand, use, and make better decisions about new technologies.

Details for the Auckland and Wellington launches is as follows:

Auckland
Sky City Convention Centre
Auckland Room 2
88 Federal Street

Wellington
Holiday Inn Wellington
Grand Space
75 Featherston Street
Wellington

Both launches will follow the following schedule:

9 AM Registration
9:30 AM Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Keynote
10:45 AM Morning Tea
11 AM Microsoft Windows Azure Keynote
12:30 PM Concludes

You will have to register to attend these launches. Full information along with registration and speaker bio’s can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/nz/… I have registered and am looking forward to these launches. I have already been using both Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Windows Azure. Both are outstanding products that are on the cutting edge of technology so definitely head along to have a look and learn more if you don’t already use either of these.

It will also be great to hear David Chappell. David spoke as a keynote speaker at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 which has just ended. His talk at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 was around Cloud Computing as well so this will make for a great talk!