The goal of this VC is to make it one of the best online resources to get to know the anything and most everything about SQL Azure.

We have meetings on the second Wednesday of every other month.  Our group meets online via Netmeeting and can be attended from anywhere in the world.

The general Schedule for this event is

12:00 - 13:00 PT

In an ongoing attempt to make the content presented useful to our members we start each meeting with a short introduction of the speaker followed by last 5mins in Q&A session. 

We'll be inviting dignitaries from Microsoft as well as Several other notable speakers including (MVP's and SME's)

Note:

There will be no dial in Number unless specified. Please have your headset/Speaker Ready!

We'll try to record the presentation for the benefit of the participants.

Topic:	Azure Connect
Date:	Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:00 PST (20:00 GMT)*
Description:	Azure connect is one of the new features of Windows Azure. Azure Connect allows the creation of a virtual network that includes a machine running on-premises with deployed instances of your Azure Roles. In this session we will look at the basic capabilities provided by Azure Connect and learn how to configure it to create a virtual network allowing our Azure Roles to utilize components deployed within our own data centers. This will provide a means of accessing a SQL instance running on-premises and not require a deployment to SQL Azure.
Speaker:      BIO:	Mike Erickson Mike Erickson has worked professionally in the technology industry for the past 21 years. He has worked on many different platforms and with many programming languages. He has focused mostly on Microsoft tools and technologies for the past 14 years and holds several Microsoft certifications. He has worked as a consultant, architect and trainer for the past 12 years. He has worked in various industries for clients both throughout the United States and internationally. Mike started the Salt Lake City Azure User Group in January 2009 and continues to lead the group today. He currently works for Neudesic as a Principal Consultant.
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Overview:	This will be a level 100 Session for the people who have beginner to fair knowledge of SQL Azure

Want to try SQL Azure for yourself. Here is an opportunity to Try it free of cost for One Month!

Refer Blog post by Wayne Walter Berry on SQL Azure team blog here

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