November 27, 2014

Azure for Research Workshop 2014 – Cape Town

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

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Microsoft Azure is a general, open, and flexible global cloud platform supporting any language, tool, or framework—including Linux, Java, Python, and other non-Microsoft technologies. It is ideally suited to researchers’ needs across disciplines. The tutorial is intended specifically for active scientists who can code, who will soon code, or who are interested in coding in a modern computing context. Attendees will be able to access Microsoft Azure on their own laptop during the training and for evaluation purposes for up to three months after the event. The attendee’s laptop does not need to have the Windows operating system installed—Microsoft Azure is accessed via your Internet browser.

This workshop will allow you to:

  • Gain an understanding of cloud computing and why and when you would use it in scientific or other research
  • Acquire hands-on experience in the major design patterns for successful cloud applications, including virtual machines, web sites, cloud storage, big data, streaming data, and visualisation
  • Develop the skills to run your own application/services on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure for Research Award program

Attendees will learn more about applying for our Azure Awards that offer large allocations of Azure storage and compute resources to use on research projects for a period of one year.