One of the really exciting technologies coming out of PDC 2008 is Live Mesh “Developer Experience”. I plan to start posting more on this subject after I do my first public presentation on Mesh in NJ next week. For now though here is more info on my upcoming presentation and links to all the Live Mesh PDC 2008 sessions on Channel9! (Recording and PowerPoint Decks!)

My Presentation – Thursday November 6th, 2008. Microsoft Office, Iselin NJ

Cloud Computing! Windows Azure and Live Mesh – (Presenters: Sujit D'Mello & Dmitry Lyalin)

Wikipedia defines Cloud Computing as a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services from the Internet ("in the cloud") without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.

Cloud Computing introduces many new challenges for traditional development platforms such as a global audience, fluctuating capacity requirements, dozens of consumers devices and platforms to support, and much more. In direct response to these challenges Microsoft has announced its Cloud Computing solutions at the Professional Developer Conference 2008. This presentation will cover two of these offerings at a high-level: Windows Azure and Windows Live Mesh.

At the lowest architectural level Windows Azure Services Platform offers a virtualized computing service that leverages a familiar set of tools, languages and frameworks such as ASP.NET , C#, .NET 3.5, LINQ, WF and much more. With Windows Azure developers can create custom Web applications and/or Services that are globally hosted, easy to upgrade and meet the ever changing web capacity demands that is both financially practical and efficient.

Built on top of Windows Azure the Windows Live Mesh Services Platform (now part of Live Framework) offers a higher-level of functionality exposed through a Framework SDK. Using Mesh Services developers can leverage the powerful, cross-device synchronization and file delivery platform to reach user desktops and devices with ease. Mesh Services also offer new capabilities not seen before Professional Developer Conference such as Silverlight 2 applications that live in the cloud and data services for those applications that work in both connected and disconnected scenarios.

Windows Azure and Windows Live Mesh are not only Microsoft developer friendly through Visual Studio integration but also open to other developers. Examples of this includes the REST API's available as part of Live Mesh and support for third party languages/platforms in Windows Azure such as PHP and Eclipse.

If you're a developer with a passion for Cloud Computing be sure to come see this high-level presentation as it will give you a good foundation on what Microsoft has to offer. We will do a few demos as well.

Meeting Location:
Microsoft NJ - Iselin, NJ

Timeline:
• Food/Refreshments served at 5:30 PM
• Presentations begin at 6:00 PM

PDC 2008 Links

Live Mesh Session List (Recording of Sessions + PowerPoint decks!):