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“Kevin.. I’ve heard a lot of great things about Windows Azure But how secure is it?”

Great question. And in fact, when I speak to people and audiences about Windows Azure, and I ask them “So, what are your biggest concerns about cloud-based services such as Windows Azure?”, the bet is so sure that someone will yell “Security!” that this my next slide in the deck:

So of course I want to share with you additional resources around Security and Microsoft’s online offerings whenever I become aware of them. And this blog post is no exception. I’ve recently learned about a new Whitepaper that delivers a clear overview of the state of security in

FREE Boot-Camp for Windows Phone 7 Developer Wannabe’sJuly 30

…and if you’re a developer, you definitely wannabe.

Microsoft is holding some free “boot camp” style events soon for developers interested in learning Windows Phone 7 development .

“Boot camp? What’s that?”

It’s a full day of intense introductory training; in this case training on how to get started building applications for Windows Phone 7. Here is the description from the registration page:

Event Overview

Join us for a day of Windows Phone 7 hands-on training. You’ll learn how to build Silverlight-based applications that take advantage of the many Windows Phone 7 platform features.

We’ll introduce all the basic concepts required to get started building Silverlight applications including the Windows Phone 7 platform and frameworks as well as the designer and developer tools. We’ll also cover the process for submitting your application or game to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. B

Geeky-Cool: Slide on down the StreetJuly 29

Saw this in a tweet today. Watched the video. All I can say is “Wow!”.

Street Slide

This is some more geeky-cool tech from Microsoft Research (Here is the LINK to their article about this.) Can you imagine how cool this will be on a GPS/3G smartphone? …like the Windows Phone 7 I’m going to get later this year?

(Credit where due: The tweet was to this article on The Wall Blog.)

Are you “what’s next”?July 26

Dear blog,

Yes, I know… it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. True, I shared some of my personal videos from TechEd, plus some resources for attendees to series of presentations I did a little while ago.. but nothing really from the heart; from my personal thoughts or opinions. And isn’t that what a blog (web log) is supposed to be? A journal of sorts?

“No, Kevin. I like the technical information. Don’t get all personal on me here.”

Well.. you’ll just have to oblige me a little bit. As I write this, it’s Saturday, July 24, 2010, and I’m sitting at the airport in Atlanta, Georgia. And while I confess that I’m a little tired after celebrating with thousands of other Microsofties attending Microsoft’s MGX conference (Microsoft Global eXchange – an annual, global sales conference), the week has left me reinvigorated for the company, and for the solutions that IT Pros and their businesses are going to want to take advantage of.

“Isn’t that the point of those kinds of corporate rah-rah events?”

Well.. yes… of course. And so I thought it might be worthwhile sharing with you some of what I have learned, as well as what I’m going to do about it.

1. “Be What’s Next”

Kevin's Angelbeat Event Resources (July 2010)July 9

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