As many of you out there I wasn’t able to attend Tech Ed North America 2012 either so I couldn’t go to all the cool sessions showing off about the newly released features of Windows Azure. Luckily for you and me Channel 9 has put all the recordings available for watching and/or downloading: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012?sort=status&direction=asc&t%5B0%5D=windows%2Bazure#tab_sortBy_status.

Here’s everything directly:

• Windows Azure IaaS and How It Works 
• An Overview of Managing Applications, Services, and Virtual Machines in Windows Azure 
• Business Continuity in the Windows Azure Cloud 
• Hybrid Will Rule: Options to Connect, Extend and Integrate Applications in Your Data Center and… 
• App Deployment Options for Windows Azure 
• Making Crazy Money with Games and the Cloud 
• Application Integration Futures: The Road Map and What's Next on Windows Azure 
• Cloud-Ready Data Services 
• Web Sites on Windows Azure 
• Building Integration Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk On-Premises and on Windows Azure 
• Windows Azure Insights for the Enterprise IT Pro 
• Windows Azure Internals  
• Developing High Performing Parallel Application Services on Windows Azure 
• Overview of Windows Azure Networking Features 
• Windows Azure Web Sites: Under the Hood 
• Windows Azure Storage: How It Works, Best Practices, and Future Directions 
• Linux on Windows Azure IaaS with Partner Demos 
• Overview and Roadmap of Windows Azure Service Bus 
• Windows Azure Caching: New Capabilities in the Next Release 
• Building Connected Windows 8 Apps with Windows Azure 
• How to Move and Enhance Existing Apps for Windows Azure 
• Deep Dive into Windows Azure Virtual Machines: From the Cloud Vendor and Enterprise Perspective 
• Migrating Applications to Windows Azure Virtual Machines 
• Mobile + Cloud: Building Mobile Applications with Windows Azure 
• Deep Dive: Extending Enterprise Networks to Windows Azure - Project "Brooklyn" 
• Achieving Enterprise Integration Patterns with Windows Azure Service Bus 
• Building Software-as-a-Service Solutions on Windows Azure 
• Monitoring and Managing Your Windows Azure Applications and Services 
• Operating and Optimizing Multi-Tenant SaaS Applications in Windows Azure: An IT Pro Perspective 
• Building, Running, and Managing Workflows on Windows Azure 
• Preparing to Support Enterprise Applications on Windows Azure 
• Experiences Running OSS Applications at Scale from Real-Life Customer Deployments 
• Learn Big Data Application Development on Windows Azure 
• Node.js and Windows Azure 
• Deploying SharePoint Farms on Windows Azure Virtual Machines 
• Scott Guthrie: Meet the New Windows Azure 
• Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks 

Grz, Kris.

It was a great event in Antwerp again and now the sessions can be viewed by everyone:

I was the “Ask the experts” booth leader and you can see on the next picture that we had a good time:

From left to right: Simone Chiaretta, Kris van der Mast, Gill Cleeren, Maarten Balliauw.

My personal favorite sessions were:

• Developer Keynote with Scott Hanselman - The Microsoft Web Stack : Putting the pieces together
• ASP.NET MVC 3 - Deep Dive
• NuGet In Depth: Empowering Open Source on the .NET Platform
• Identity & Access Control in the Cloud with Windows Azure
• Developing SaaS Solutions with the Windows Azure Platform

Grz, Kris.

A lot of cool stuff's coming out soon and there are already beta bits available. With beta bits there are also already videos available to look at and get familiar with what will be available.

• Visual Studio 2010 quick hit videos
• ASP.NET 4.0 quick hit videos
• Silverlight 4.0 beta videos

Enjoy watching them.

Grz, Kris.