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You can apply for Azure Awards every two months, comprising 180,000 compute hours and 20TB storage for 12 months - see http://research.microsoft.com/en-US/projects/azure/awards.aspx
   
 
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 workshop is intended specifically for active scientists who can code, who will soon code, or 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.
 
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 workshop is intended specifically for active scientists who can code, who will soon code, or 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.

Revision as of 11:02, 1 September 2014

Introduction

This workshop is part of the Microsoft Azure for Research programme - http://www.azure4research.com

You can apply for Azure Awards every two months, comprising 180,000 compute hours and 20TB storage for 12 months - see http://research.microsoft.com/en-US/projects/azure/awards.aspx

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 workshop is intended specifically for active scientists who can code, who will soon code, or 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


Preparation

  • Install the following software, if you have time:

Software on Linux and Mac: =

  • Python and Windows Azure Python SDK

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python/common-tasks/install-python/

Software on Windows:

Storage tools on Windows:

Putty (ssh client) on Windows:

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