Training Workshop Windows Azure Platform

Presentation Outline (hidden slide): Technical Level: 200 Intended Audience: Developers & Technical Decision Makers Objectives (what do you want the audience to take away): 1. Understand what the Microsoft information service offering is. 2. Understand the impact to data providers. 3. Understand the impact to developers. Presentation Outline (including demos): Intro to "Dallas" Developers Information Workers Content Providers Wrap-up

3 Intro to Microsoft Codename “Dallas” Name Title Organization

4 Agenda Intro to "Dallas" Developers Information Workers Content Providers Wrap-up

Microsoft Codename “Dallas” Information Service Marketplace Standardized APIs Analytics and Reporting All powered by the Windows Azure platform

Data What do you mean? Authoritative data, weather, demographics, financial, images, community reviews… Commercial & trusted public domain Relational, blob, web services

7 Lap Around Dallas

8 Service Architecture Cloud Storage WA Blobs Schema Management APIs & Portal Web Roles Integration Pipeline 3 rd Party Web Services 3 rd Party Store 3 rd Party Store ACS SA Database SA Databases

Developer Challenges “Remove friction for building applications leveraging 3 rd party data” Data discovery Clean consistent APIs Flexible business model

Planning a Night Out Scenario Show times Predicative parking Restaurant reviews Real-time weather …

11 Building Apps with Dallas

Developer Benefits One marketplace & billing relationship Access to multi-million dollar datasets and web services Use from anywhere.NET, PHP, Java, iPhone

>>FUTURE Dallas Futures For Developers Enhanced query support Integration with Visual Studio Additional formats: JSON, CSV and more

Information Worker Challenges “Help me use data in my workflow to better understand my business” Data discovery and trust Consumption through Office On-prem apps leveraging cloud scale

Analyzing Business Performance Scenario My data + Demographics Business analytics New businesses Weather User generated content …

16 PowerPivot & Dallas

>>FUTURE Dallas Futures For Information Works Integration with Reporting Services Integration with Office Availability through enterprise licensing

Content Provider Opportunities “Help me reach more customers” Marketplace Billing platform & business model Reporting to understand data usage Microsoft scale

>>FUTURE Dallas Futures For Content Providers Smoother on boarding Self-managed updates to data

Business Model What to Expect: Free trials Transaction and subscription pricing Pay-as-you-grow and fixed costs Friction free access regardless of size Easy to understand licensing Details MIX

Roadmap Today – Limited Free PDC! Q1 CY2010 – More content & business details H1 CY2010 – Commercial availability

Call-to-Action Developers Request an invitation code NASA Pathfinder Innovation Challenge Content Providers Contact us!

Resources + Q&A Windows Azure Platform Dallas Team Blog Channel 9

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