How do organizations fully leverage the advantages of cloud platforms like Azure? By thinking differently.

Migrating workloads to Microsoft Azure is just the beginning of your cloud journey. A well-managed Azure environment should continuously improve, while maximizing ROI and security. Companies that successfully use Azure also keep up with active monitoring, security, scaling, and ongoing planning.

Join this webinar for actionable recommendations on: • Reducing Azure costs • Utilizing features and tools within Azure for effective management • Meeting industry and regional compliance regulations • Maximizing security and protecting sensitive data in Azure • Keeping Azure environments aligned with changing business goals and demand

RSVP: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6683993159946280715?source=Morgan

Questions? Morgan Robinson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgannrobinson/

Presentation at the Azure User Group:

In this presentation Dustin McCumber with Level 3 will discuss the Cloud Connect service provided by Level 3.

Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions offer a private network ecosystem that connects your enterprise with cloud and data center providers globally providing improved application performance, increased security and more flexibility which enables you to realize all the benefits of the cloud without compromising productivity or revenue.

Dustin will provide technical details about the options of these services: connection types, architecture, configuration, and prerequisites. Dustin is the Principal Solution Architect at Level 3.

Agenda:

• 11:30am-12pm, General Azure Q&A, catering served.

• 12pm-1pm, main presentation.

Catering provided by sponsors.

The Cloud’s business model allows your organization to leverage existing infrastructure and platform investments for greater convenience, but developing a secure Cloud strategy involves numerous considerations and planning. Join us for this free webinar on October 29th, 2014 at 11am PT where we we will explore Microsoft Azure and Cloud Security.

This presentation will focus on how Azure and Azure Stack enable developers to “write once” and have the flexibility to deploy in private or public clouds. Developers can create applications based on a variety of technologies such as Windows, Linux, .NET, PHP, Ruby or Java all of which can be deployed and operated the same way across on-premise, hosted and public Azure deployments. Atmosera will provide some insights into the upcoming Azure Stack release and how best to take advantage of all its features to create a consistent platform regardless of how it is deployed. In this presentation you will learn:

1. How Azure Stack enables seamless deployments on both public and private Azure clouds.
2. Limitations to take into consideration.
3. Specific use cases for addressing application latency, backups, and Disaster Recovery (DR) across hybrid clouds.

Speaker: Scott Harvey, Vice President of Engineering at Atmosera Scott Harvey leads Atmosera's engineering team driving innovation and efficiency into the products and services Atmosera offers. Scott is focused on defining and executing the development of new hybrid services including the evolution towards an increasingly software-defined cloud service platform. Scott previously held leadership positions at APCON, Overture Networks, Fujitsu, Siemens, and Gilbarco. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and one US Patent. https://www.linkedin.com/in/5036090017

Agenda: 11:30am registration and lunch - general Q&A 12:00pm presentation 12:30pm discussion and networking 1:00pm event ends

Ready to hack the future of hardware?

The Hackster Hardware Weekend is a celebration of makers, open source hardware and the Hackster community across America. From Seattle to NYC and everything in between, we are hitting the road driving an original DeLorean DMC 12 to run the coolest Hackathon & Meetup series of the year, with loads of free hardware kits, amazing speakers, software freebies and great people.

Best yet, you also get to hack our Time Machine. Update our DeLorean with the latest sensors, electronics, radios and data service. Make Doc Emmet Brown proud and #HackToTheFuture!

What will you build with the DeLorean? Share your ideas on the DeLorean hacks page.

Interested in expanding your professional network and talking to other IT professionals working with Microsoft Cloud technology? Join us on Nov 7th @ BridgePort Brewery for this multi-user group event. Come to ask questions, share experiences, and grow your network.

MIX10 last month had a plethora of amazing announcements for the .NET world, including Windows Phone 7 development with Silverlight and XNA, Internet Explorer 9 with support for HTML5, the Open Data Protocol (OData), new developments with Windows Azure, and more. Come check out the latest and greatest with plenty of demos!

Brian Benz will show you the latest tools for developing with Java on Azure, including the latest updates to our Plugins for Eclipse and IntelliJ, options in Windows and Linux for authentication, security, and continuous integration, an introduction to the Azure Java Developer Center, the Azure SDK for Java, and other tools and materials we've developed for Java developers with help from the community. Expect lots of working examples showing tips and tricks for building, deploying, connecting, and maintaining Java applications on Azure, including multi-tier, and multiplatform Web applications that access data, servers and services in the cloud.

About the Speaker: Brian Benz is a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. These days Brian spends his time helping open source software developers and customers recognize the value and benefits of working on the Cloud with Microsoft Azure, open source software and devices.

Lunch will be provided by Riverbed

Topic

Serverless Bot Development on AzureChatbots are becoming ubiquitous. From customer service to personal assistance chatbots have come to the forefront because of the natural feel of conversational interfaces backed by AI, big data, and ML.

In this Meetup we’ll discuss how to put all of these elements together in a serverless way using Azure functions, the bot framework, and AI through cognitive services.

Presenter

Christopher Davis, Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft

Pizza and Beverages provided

In this session, first we will overview Microsoft Azure and how it fits into PaaS, IaaS and SaaS offerings. Next we will discuss the option of deploying web applications to a PaaS feature named ‘Azure Web Apps’. We will discuss the differences between Azure Cloud Service web applications (web/worker roles) and Web Apps. We will delve in to continuous deployment, diagnostics, monitoring and WebJobs.

This will be presented by Ivan Bondy, Senior Microsoft Consultant and Microsoft Certified Master, and Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer as a Azure Solutions Architect.

Ivan will also be raffling off some high-quality SharePoint books, and there will be some Windows 10 tshirts.

Catering will be provided by Riverbed.

Encryption has traditionally been the hardest part of data security, with key management being the hardest part of encryption. Join Patrick Townsend, Founder & CEO of Townsend Security, as he discusses these technologies and how they no longer deserve the reputation they have earned for being difficult and expensive.

This session will cover:

• Encryption and key management simplified

• Securing data in Azure

• Encrypting data on SQL Server

• Encryption and key management in the cloud

• Encryption best practices Meeting compliance requirements

Agenda:

11:30am - Catering served, general Q&A

12:00pm - Main presentation.

Catering provided by Townsend Security

PLEASE RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Azure-User-Group/events/236360645/

This is an informal get together with no specific presentation, but it's perfect time to talk with other Azure professionals in Portland to ask questions, share experiences, and grow your network. People of all experience levels are welcome to join!

At this meeting of the Portland Azure User Group we will be talking about extending Azure's Disaster Recovery capabilities with a 3rd party tool called Zerto.

Learn how Zerto 5.0 software supports replication to Microsoft Azure with enterprise class features that fully automate the recovery of VM’s in minutes or seconds. Learn how to build Virtual Protection Groups for guaranteed consistency and how to recover files and VM’s from increments to seconds protecting you from logical failures, ransomware attacks and other disaster events.

11:30am-12pm, Lunch, announcements, general Azure Q&A.

12pm-1pm, main presentation.

Please RSVP on our Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Azure-User-Group/events/236076098/

Learn how Zerto 5.0 software supports replication to Microsoft Azure with enterprise class features that fully automate the recovery of VM’s in minutes or seconds. Learn how to build Virtual Protection Groups for guaranteed consistency and how to recover files and VM’s from increments to seconds protecting you from logical failures, ransomware attacks and other disaster events.

Brian Drew, Zerto Systems Architect
Brian joined Zerto most recently from Dell / EMC where he specialized in Storage solutions and provided subject matter expertise on a wide variety of virtualization projects. Living and working in the Seattle area, Brian also worked for IBM, Microsoft & Amazon in a variety of IT and consulting roles and was also a Chief Warrant Officer in the US Army where he was a helicopter pilot.

11:30am-12pm, Lunch, announcements, general Azure Q&A.

12pm-1pm, main presentation.

Please RSVP Here: https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Azure-User-Group/events/237682024/

Java Applications on Microsoft Azure

Curious about what Microsoft has to offer the Java community? Join us to explore the tools and technologies Microsoft provides Java developers get in the cloud with Azure. We'll demonstrate how to deploy Java web applications and become familiar with cloud service configurations for load balancing, session affinity, in-memory caching, and remote debugging. We'll also discuss the logistics of managing Azure deployments with firewall rules, environment variables, and remote access. Finally, we'll walk through coding exercises using the Azure SDK for Java to demonstrate how to use cloud services for message queuing and data persistence. At the end of this talk, you will have a basic understanding of how to develop, deploy, and manage Java applications for the Azure ecosystem.

Speaker

Ian Downard is a polyglot programmer with a penchant for C++ and Java. His career has focused on developing tools for optimizing the performance of networks and applications. He is employed by Riverbed Technologies as a technical marketing engineer and holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri. His participation with social media is primarily at @iandownard on Twitter.

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

It's Nerd Dinner time again! We'll gather at Washington Square Mall in the food court. Be There and Be Square!

The Enterprise is under attack, and knowing the identity of your users is a critical part of any network security plan. David Harding, CTO of ImageWare Systems, Inc., will discuss using multi-factor, out-of-band, multi-modal biometric identity authentication to control access into the network security perimeter. Topics will include biometric identity management, centralized vs. decentralized biometric storage and matching, and enablement with the Windows domain architecture.

Please register here: https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Azure-User-Group/events/238122283/

Cheers to 2019! We are starting the year off talking about Security!

According to a 2018 survey from The New Stack, over 75% of organizations are using or plan to use serverless in the next 18 months. But it does not come without security risks. In this talk, Sonya will discuss key components of serverless architecture and potential risks organizations need to be aware of, such as: visibility and monitoring challenges, denial-of-service attacks, dependencies on external resources, access control risks, and best practices for serverless security both as functions are built and at runtime.

Sonya Koptyev is the Director of Evangelism at Twistlock. She has been driving community efforts across various development technologies since the early days of SharePoint and .NET. Sonya worked on building the Office developer community and the Microsoft AI developer community and bringing the latest in bleeding edge technologies into the hands of developers. As part of Twistlock, Sonya is looking to bring the world of secure cloud native development into the hands of every developer, ensuring that they can make the most of the best cloud native technologies in a secure way.

Schedule: Doors Open at 6 p.m. Programming to begin at 6:30 p.m. with Q&A after.

Drinks and Light Snacks will be served.

Interested in speaking at a future event? Message us and let us know! We'd love to have you.

The Hackster Microsoft Roadshow is an exploratory, first look workshop into how IoT leverages cloud technologies.

This four hour workshop is designed primarily for people working in the tech industry in companies with IoT projects and/or may find themselves needing to expand their knowledge beyond the local device and understand downstream architectures in the cloud. This workshop addresses how data from a device may be received and subsequently processed. This class is not about the device, it is about device data and cloud back ends.

This is a lecture-lab style course in which topics are presented by the instructor. Labs are completed by students during the workshop, or students may finish labs after the conclusion of the workshop. This workshop presumes no knowledge of Azure cloud products. It does presume some knowledge with making an IoT device using an Arduino or Raspberry PI and/or other such related “maker” experiences and skills.

THE INSTRUCTOR

Kent Stroker is a Senior Consultant at Microsoft IoT OEM.
THE WORKSHOP

In this workshop, we hope to introduce students to Azure Cloud, the Azure IoT portfolio, and streaming analytics and dashboards. We'll provide hands-on experience building a basic “cold” and “hot” path IoT, cloud-based, back-end processing architecture.

Here's a preview the first event that happened in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday, June 12th on YouTube: 1st half, 2nd half

Every participant attending this event will receive IoT completion certificates.

WHAT TO BRING

Since we want to make the most of our time at the workshop, please follow the instructions to prepare for the workshop before arriving. You can download everything from the github page here. It is strongly advised for students to print a copy of the lab handout for easy reference during the workshop.

Bring a laptop running Windows 10 that has wireless network capability. YES, you can use a virtual machine running on your mac or linux computer! Don't forget your power supply!

Do the following on your laptop:

Enable Developer Mode Enable Windows feature “Windows Subsystem for Linux” Make sure you can invoke a bash shell from a Command Prompt window Install Node.js v6.10.3 LTS from www.nodejs.org Install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition (it's free!)

Create a Microsoft Azure subscription. Azure accounts are free for the first 30 days and come with $250 credit.

OPTIONAL

It's a good idea to plan on being able to provide your own hotspot connectivity. Packing an extension cord is often a good idea. A mouse is often nice too.

COURSE TOPICS Lab 1: Azure Cloud IoT Hub Lab Lab 2: Store Messages to Table Lab Lab 3: Data Visualization Web App Lab

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS

This is a very cram packed 4 hours, come prepared to learn at a fast pace. Also, understand that this course will not make you an expert in Azure IoT, rather this is a first look at the depth and breadth of the Microsoft IoT technology stack and introduces to some of the major pieces of a typical IoT cloud architecture. You should come away from this workshop with a sense of “knowing what you do not know” and eager to learn more. There are many avenues for learning more and we will wrap the workshop with next steps and learning resources you may wish to explore. Look forward to seeing you at one of these workshops this summer!

PRIVACY NOTICE This event is jointly operated by Microsoft and Hackster. Any data collected may be used by both Microsoft and Hackster. Please read their full privacy statements. Microsoft’s is here and Hackster’s is here.

FAQS

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

You must be at least 18 to attend this event.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?

Parking onsite.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Email [email protected] or post your questions on the meetup page here.

What's the refund policy?

Tickets are free, but please let us know 48 hours before the event start if you can't make it, since we have to arrange catering and we'd like to be able to open your ticket to someone else.

Do I need to have a Windows machine to attend this event?

No, it's easy to run Windows on a virtual machine on your Mac or Linux computer.

Join Kirill Gavrylyuk of Microsoft to see how they've extended the Windows Azure cloud platform to provide a new service that makes it incredibly easy for mobile apps on all the major platforms, including iOS and Android, to leverage the power of Windows Azure. Kirill will explain just how easy it is to add structured storage, authentication, push notifications and more to your apps and how Windows Azure takes the pain and cost out of managing and operating a your backend services. There'll even be a live demonstration so you can see for yourself how easy it is for any type of business to connect their apps with Mobile Services.

WHEN: 6:00 p.m. Pizza 6:30 p.m. Presentation ~8:30 p.m. After Words at Morgy's Pub

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We’re having a FREE day of training for Windows Phone Development on October 11, 2013. From 8am to 5pm you’ll learn what it takes to get started, what’s needed for success, what pitfalls to avoid, and what opportunities are available to you. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a seasoned developer, whether you’ve already published apps or are looking to build your first one, what you will learn is guaranteed to inspire. Seating is limited so register now.