Bob Maclean's Page

Thanks to everyone in attendance this month. We had a great turnout for the March TCCCUG meeting. A special thanks goes to David Williams (Strategy Advisor for Microsoft) who led us in a great discusson on various cloud computing models and their impacts on organizations.

Here are a few links to David's work....enjoy!

http://tomorrowfromtoday.wordpress.com/

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http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/benriga/Windows-Azure-Lessons-Learned-RiskMetrics/

If you haven't checked these out, they are worth a look. Some good videos on MSDN for the Azure platform.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx

This blog post on MSDN outlines the pricing model for Azure services. Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services will be commercially available at the Professional Developer Conference 2009 later this year.

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2009/07/14/confirming-commercial-availability-and-announcing-business-model.aspx

I know we haven't had our first meeting yet, but I want to start soliciting topics for the May meeting. Here's a list of ideas...please respond with your thoughts. Thanks!

• Windows Azure
• Microsoft SharePoint Services
• Microsoft .NET Services
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services
• Microsoft SQL Services
• Live Services
• Business Productivity Online Suite
• Microsoft Exchange Online/Exchange Hosted Services
• Microsoft Office Communications Online