1. Build Your Virtual Conference with Microsoft Azure Javier Lozano Javier@lozanotek.com

2. © DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Overview  How did we get here?  Building yourConf  Demos  In Closing

3. CAVEAT I will not be showing how to stream live video with Azure.

4. © DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com About Me  javier@lozanotek.com  @jglozano  http://jglozano.io  http://lzno.tk/aspnet5-unleashed

5. © DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Logistics  http://lzno.tk/azure-build-yourconf  Pull Source, Slides, Misc  http://lzno.tk/yourconf-code  Deployment Repository  Full Source  http://lzno.tk/yourconf-videohub  Video SignalR Hub

6. GOAL #1 Provide a solution-based look on how to use and configure Azure services.

7. GOAL #2 Implement features in your application by leveraging Azure & 3 rd party services.

8. GOAL #3 Show an ASP.NET perspective on how to build awesome applications on Azure.

9. How did we get here? It took a little luck and a lot of hard work…

11. mvcConf 1 & 2  Single shared host  Unforeseen capacity issues (Good Problem)  Better deployment story

12. MICRO SITE – MAIN & LIVE ACROSS 2 EVENTS 1 2011 THOUSAND 5 3 2012 THOUSAND REGISTERED ATTENDEES APPLICATION STATISTICS 1 3 SESSIONS 0

13. Fast and Nimble  Smaller sites, and more of them  Quick feature adoption for platform & host  Reduce overhead as much as possible

14. aspConf 1 & 2  Go bigger but stay true to core values  Outsource problems  Don’t break the bank

15. MICRO SITES – MAIN & LIVE ACROSS 2 EVENTS 8 2012 THOUSAND 5 1 2013 THOUSAND 2 REGISTERED ATTENDEES APPLICATION STATISTICS 2 7 SESSIONS 0

16. dotnetConf 1 & 2  Do more with less  Limit idle time for attendees  Have fun

17. MICRO SITES – MAIN & LIVE ACROSS 2 EVENTS 4 2013 THOUSAND 0 4 2014 THOUSAND 5 REGISTERED ATTENDEES APPLICATION STATISTICS 2 3 SESSIONS 8

18. Building yourConf A working application is worth 1000 nights of good sleep...

19. yourConf 2015  Run micro site on different US regions  Direct traffic to closest data center (DC)  Tell DC when application has failed

20. yourConf 2015  Application autonomy  Lightweight and flexible  Rolling updates are a must

21. Our Toolset  Microsoft Azure  ASP.NET  Web Matrix  GitHub  Robust DNS

22. CAVEAT Showing only some of the things we do for the conferences.

23. Demos Bringing all the pieces together…

24. In closing Hope this was useful information…

25. © DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com Logistics  http://lzno.tk/azure-build-yourconf  Pull Source, Slides, Misc  http://lzno.tk/yourconf-code  Deployment Repository  Full Source  http://lzno.tk/yourconf-videohub  Video SignalR Hub

26. © DEVintersection. All rights reserved. http://www.DEVintersection.com About Me  javier@lozanotek.com  @jglozano  http://jglozano.io  http://lzno.tk/aspnet5-unleashed