Hey, you. Yes, you! Do you have at least $7000*(see bottom of post) to pay as an entry fee to a Microsoft .NET 4.0 conference (and that’s the early bird offer; it’s a cool $8000*(see bottom of post) if you wait)? Are you willing/able to travel to Indiranagar, Bangalore, India to attend said conference? Well, if so, then you will be one of very few to be given the opportunity to attend an incredibly dense cloud-computing course (amongst other courses, but for the intentions of this article, the cloud-computing course is one of particular interest) – of which, Windows 8 Server will be a focus!

Facilitated by Mubarak Abdulla on behalf of Vertical Divers, the aim of the upcoming December 10-11, 2009 .NET 4.0 conference is:

“…to provide participants with concepts, techniques and lessons from experience that will help them be more successful. The training starts by explaining the emerging trends like Cloud, Grid, Mesh and Parallel, and then continues to discuss in depth how to develop applications which harvest the potential of these emerging technologies. You will not only Dotnet 4.0, but also relevant design guidelines, best practices, and pitfalls.”

Check out the following breakdown of all the coverage you can expect from this course (emphasis on Windows 8 Server by yours truly):

Introduction to Cloud computing
Cloud Architecture
Cloud v/s Grid v/s Mesh
Introduction to Windows Azure
Windows Azure v/s Windows Server 8
Azure Services
.Net Services
.Net Service Bus Architecture
Limitations of Service bus
SQL Services
Azure Storage v/s SQL storage
Limitations of SQL Services
Live Services, Live Mesh and Live Framework
Creating Mashup Applications
Design Strategies for developing applications for the Cloud

Currently, all that is mostly known publicly about Windows 8 or Windows 8 Server can be found right here on Microsoft Kitchen. What I find of particular interest, though, is the juxtaposition of Windows Azure and Windows 8 Server. I could understand Windows 7 Server (aka Windows Server 2008 R2), but to compare/contrast the two implies Mr. Abdulla is privy to Windows 8 information the public currently is not. If I had the money to blow and the time off to take, I would attend just for that session alone!

Just in case they remove it, here’s a screen shot of the course list with Windows 8 Server in it:

Source: Vertical Divers by Colossal Technologies

*UPDATE: Thank you for the individual who commented to let me know that the monetary figure is more than likely set to their locale, which would make the cost in USD approx. $150-$200, depending on which price you paid.

-Stephen
http://msftkitchen.com

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