Please stay tuned for more details

My team needs your help over the next week or so. We would like to offer your user group $25 for each member who signs up for the Azure Introductory Special Offer and deploys an application, and we will also provide the member doing so with a $25 gift card. The entire process takes about 15 minutes and I can give you everything you need to be successful.

The process your members need to follow is documented with videos on Barry Gervin’s blog, but I’ll give you the quick rundown here. There is no development experience needed so anyone can do this.

• Download the NerdDinner application you will be deploying from here and save it on your computer. Extract the files from the ZIP file and place them in a folder that you will upload them to Azure from later.
• Go to www.azure.com and sign up for the Introductory Special offer (about 2/3 down the page). You will need a Windows Live ID (if you don’t have one get one at www.passport.net) and a credit card to complete the signup process. Don’t worry – you will not be charged for anything if you follow the steps I am outlining.
• Deploy the NerdDinner application to staging in your Azure subscription (see Barry Gervin’s blog for a video on step-by-step instructions on how to do this).
• Take a screenshot of the deployed application. Make sure the URL is visible in the screen capture so that we can tell it is deployed on Azure.
• Email me at damirb@microsoft.com (and copy cdnazure@microsoft.com) the screenshot along with your name, mailing address (so we know where to send your gift card) and the user group you want your submission to benefit – the Calgary SQL Server User Group in your case. Please include the user group name in the subject line of the email.
• To ensure you do not get billed, delete the application from Azure. Again, see Barry Gervin’s blog for a video on step-by-step instructions on how to do this.
• That’s it!! with only 15 minutes of effort!

Please get as many people as you know to take part. There is no limit to the number of submissions we will accept for your user group.

REALLY IMPORTANT: We need to receive all submissions before December 30, 2010!!

Please email me if you have any questions.

CloudCamp Calgary
Monday evening, 5:30 to 9:30, December 13 at the Stampede Park BMO Centre.

http://www.cloudcamp.org/calgary

CloudCamp is a fun, free way to learn more about Cloud Computing from your peers in Calgary. CloudCamp is structured as an unconference. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to share experiences, challenges and solutions. There will be lots of networking, food and discussion.

Check out CloudCamp - Unconventional Cloud Computing on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=122638

For more information, refer to http://www.cloudcamp.org/calgary

Twitter: @CloudCampYYC

Dave Nielsen is organizing this event. Contact him at:
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=122638
email: cloudcamp at gmail dot com

Next meeting will be on Saturday, October 2, 2010 about Windows Azure Boot Camp (full day). Check below for more details.

PASS Summit 2010 is the largest and most renowned Microsoft SQL Server and BI conference in the world. Join thousands of SQL Server professionals at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle Nov. 8-11, 2010. Learn how to cut IT costs in a difficult economy, stretch your SQL Server investments, and squeeze the most value from your training dollars.

PASS Summit 2010 will deliver 168 in-depth technical sessions across 5 tracks, 14 full-day Pre/Post-Conference Seminars, Microsoft SQL CAT and BI best-practices sessions, an “Ask the Experts” Lounge, Microsoft CSS First Aid Station, and much more.

Tech•Days is the learning conference on current technologies like Windows 7, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Windows Azure, SQL Server 2008 R2, and much more... Come and find out everything you need to know in two days with more than 50 dedicated sessions, because there's always more to learn!

Todd McDermid's slides from his two-part presentation can be downloaded from the Meeting Archive tab.

• Janis Griffin's presentation on SQL Tuning can be downloaded from the Meeting Archive tab.
• Photos are up as well! They are in the Photos Gallery.

Presenter Bio:

Scott Klein is a SQL Server MVP and managing partner of Blue Syntax, a consulting and training company focusing on the Azure technology. Scott has been working with SQL Server for nearly 20 years, working with companies large and small all over the United States, working in a wide scope of fields such as medical, finance, and retail. Scott is also a veteran author, having written a number of books including Professional SQL Server XML, Professional LINQ, Pro ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0, and the soon to be released Pro SQL Azure. President of the South Florida SQL Server Users Group and the newly formed Azure PASS Virtual Chapter. He speaks frequently as SQL Saturday and CodeCamp events as well as user groups, and was lucky enough to speak at the 2008 European PASS conference in 2008.

Scott's blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/scottklein

Agenda:

• 9:00 am - Sponsor Presentation
• 9:10 am - Feature Presentation: Windows Azure Boot Camp
• 12:00 pm - FREE Lunch by Ideaca
• 1:00 pm - Feature Presentation: Windows Azure Boot Camp
• 4:30 pm - Q & A
• 4:45 pm - Prizes/Giveaways
• 4:55 pm - Wrap up

Please RVSP @ http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=150724
Event code: 150724