Boston Azure User Group The oldest Windows Azure user group in the world meets right here at NERD! Hosting monthly meetings, hackathons, and bootcamps since October 2009 www.bostonazure.org Twitter: @bostonazure RSVP for events via Meetup.com: www.meetup.com/bostonazure

Upcoming Boston Azure Meetings Thu Feb 23: Solving Access Control in the Cloud (with Claims, WIF, & ACS) by Brock Allen Internet Scale Federated Identity (AuthN) Beyond RBAC (AuthZ) Buzzword soup: Claims, Tokens, SAML, Oauth Why AD and the Membership Provider are so last year Thu Mar 29: Hands-on Introduction to Windows Azure SDK by Jason Haley

3rd Annual Boston Azure Bootcamp Fri-Sat June 22-23 Two full Windows Azure-packed days Lectures interspersed with Labs HANDS ON! Bring your Windows Azure-ready laptop Will cover Cloud Basics, Windows Azure Core Services (including SQL Azure), and more Considering modules for: Hadoop, Node.js, Java, Ruby, Windows Azure SDKs for WP7/Android/iOS, PHP, others Sign-up here: meetup.com/bostonazure Last two years this event sold out early NERD sponsors our space; seeking food sponsors

Windows Azure: Focus on Your Application. Not Your Infrastructure. Microsoft Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure enable you to build, host and scale applications in Microsoft datacenters. They require no up-front expenses, no long term commitment, and enable you to pay only for the resources you use. Windows Azure is about flexibility and adaptability; whether your application can or should run 100% in the cloud, or leverage components on-premise in a hybrid cloud, Windows Azure is the most comprehensive cloud platform. The #1 question we hear, from our customers, is “How can my business benefit from Windows Azure?”. Come join us in Waltham, MA on Thursday, March 8, 2012 to learn the business benefits of Windows Azure and SQL Azure and hear real world customer examples of how Windows Azure improves your business Agility while directly Reducing your Costs. The target audience for this event includes BDMs, TDMs, Architects, and Development leads. The sessions are targeted at the 100-200 level with a mix of business focused information as well as technical information. How can my business benefit from Windows Azure? March 8, 2012 in Waltham, 8:30 AM - noon