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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font size="2">If you have ever attended a conference and wondered how you can translate a visionary statement like Cloud First (note: Absence of Mobile First), and how does that strategy play out all the way down to individual cloud services?</font></p><p><font size="2">If you have, like me, this strategy map might help. I pieced it together from public statements at the recent Build conference so that our team talks strategy, rather than technology, first with our partners.</font></p><p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image109.png"><img width="832" height="222" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb87.png" border="0"></a></p><p><a href="https://ncmedia.azureedge.net/ncmedia/2017/05/Build-2017-Satya-Nadella-transcript.pdf"><font size="2">Satya at Microsoft Build 2017</font></a><font size="2"> highlighted an augmented set of strategies aligned to the </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/default.aspx"><font size="2">Microsoft mission</font></a><font size="2"> and vision. In the June end of year </font><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000156459017014900/msft-10k_20170630.htm#ITEM_1_BUSINESS"><font size="2">US Fiscal report</font></a><font size="2"> we see this highlight that research and development efforts focus on three interconnected ambitions: </font></p><ul><li><font size="2">Reinvent productivity and business processes. </font></li><li><font size="2">Build the intelligent cloud platform.</font></li><li><font size="2">Create more personal computing.</font></li></ul><p><font size="2"><strong>Productivity</strong> is the first and foremost objective. <strong>Invent</strong> new scenarios that in turn create opportunity for our partners and help businesses accelerate their digital transformation . Cloud computing is foundational to enabling any organization’s <strong>digital transformation. </strong>Cloud computing is foundational to enabling any organization’s digital transformation</font></p><p><font size="2">Cloud computing is drawn out into two related categories <strong>Intelligent Cloud</strong> and <strong>Intelligent Edge</strong>.</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="2">In this age of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence, we need compute capabilities that extend the power of the cloud to mobile and IoT devices. Microsoft wants to empower developers to build applications for this new era of intelligent cloud <i>and</i> intelligent edge.</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="2">At the Build conference Microsoft announced many new Azure data and cloud services to help developers more easily build modern and intelligent apps. These services were designed to enable intelligent app principles (multi-device, artificial intelligence and serverless) and built with Microsoft software design principles (empowering people, inclusive design, and building trust in technology).</font><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="217" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Strategies</font></b></p></td><td width="244" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Principles</font></b></p></td><td width="162" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Source</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="217" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Intelligent app principles: </font><p><a href="https://cloud.microsoft.com/en-us/"><font size="2">Intelligent cloud</font></a><font size="2"> and </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-of-things/intelligentedge"><font size="2">intelligent edge</font></a><u></u><p><font size="2">Software </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/design"><font size="2">design</font></a><font size="2"> principles: </font><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/empowering/"><font size="2">Empower people</font></a><font size="2">, </font><a href="https://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/whatis/whatis.html"><font size="2">Inclusive design</font></a><font size="2"> and building trust in technology.<b></b></font><p><font size="2">· Underscored by </font><a href="https://fluent.microsoft.com/"><font size="2">Fluent Design</font></a><font size="2"> to </font><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/05/10/microsoft-build-2017-microsoft-ai-amplify-human-ingenuity/#sm.0001uoaindlupco2pg82kpzpaxx0r"><font size="2">Amplify human ingenuity</font></a><font size="2"> (Harry Shum)<b></b></font></p></td><td width="244" valign="top"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image52.png"><font size="2"><img width="383" height="251" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb51.png" border="0"></font></a><p align="center"><font size="2">· See inclusivity </font><a href="https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/0/D/B0D4BF87-09CE-4417-8F28-D60703D672ED/Inclusive_Toolkit_Activities.pdf"><font size="2">Activity Cards (PDF)</font></a></p></td><td width="162" valign="top"><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY01"><font size="2">Day 1 Keynote </font></a><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY02"><font size="2">Day 2 Keynote </font></a><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L30"><font size="2">Day 3 Keynote: The Business of Code</font></a><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L01"><font size="2">Keynote Recap with Scott Guthrie</font></a><p><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L10"><font size="2">Keynote Recap with Kevin Gallo</font></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="2"> </font><p><br></p><p><em><font size="2">In case you missed Build and related areas this is my recap, aggregating much of what is out there:</font></em></p><h2>Microsoft Build 2017 announcements: </h2><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"><blockquote><p><font size="2"><strong>NOTE</strong>: </font></p></blockquote></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px"><p><font size="2">This is not an exhaustive list – for more announcements see the </font><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/tag/build-2017/"><font size="2">Build 2017 blog</font></a></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font size="2">Each reader may take away different perspectives from the hundreds of announcements. This summary is intended to capture major new services.</font><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="236" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Services</font></b></p></td><td width="349" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-cosmos-db-microsofts-globally-distributed-multi-model-database-service/"><font size="2">Cosmos DB</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Globally-distributed, multi-model database service (super low latency) </font><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a-technical-overview-of-azure-cosmos-db/"><font size="2">Technical Overview</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="https://youtu.be/aAy635iBB50"><font size="2">Video</font></a></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-extends-azure-managed-database-services-with-introduction-of-mysql-and-postgresql/"><font size="2">MySQL and PostgreSQL</font></a><font size="2"> as a service</font></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Managed Database Services - Public Preview</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/cloud-shell/"><font size="2">Azure Cloud Shell</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Get authenticated shell access to Azure from virtually anywhere (including in portal in browser and in mobile)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/"><font size="2">Visual Studio for the Mac</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">The “IDE loved by millions”, now on the Mac. Video:</font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4187"><font size="2">.NET Core and Visual Studio for Mac</font></a></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/campaigns/cortana-skills-kit"><font size="2">Cortana Skills Kit</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Allows developers to build or integrate already created “skills” into their apps so that users can interact with their services using Cortana commands</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/live-player"><font size="2">Xamarin Live player</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">iOS and Android emulation straight from the IDE</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/at-build-microsoft-expands-its-cognitive-services-collection-of-intelligent-apis/"><font size="2">New Cognitive Services</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Intelligent APIs extended by Bing custom, Custom vision, Decision service and Video indexer</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="236" valign="top"><p><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/?p=23040"><font size="2">Azure IoT Edge</font></a></p></td><td width="349" valign="top"><p><font size="2">A service that enables Microsoft and third-party offerings at the edge and distributes cloud intelligence across a wide range of IoT devices.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Other Preview announcements</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font size="2">There are a few announcements that were not released, not major or not “new”. Some were updates to an existing announcement.</font><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="245" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Service</font></b></p></td><td width="350" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="245" valign="top"><p><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/managed-application-overview"><font size="2">Azure Managed Applications</font></a></p></td><td width="350" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Customer or partner managed applications deployment from Azure marketplace. See </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8107#time=36m"><font size="2">Video</font></a><font size="2"> and </font><a href="https://github.com/Azure/azure-managedapp-samples/tree/master/samples"><font size="2">Samples</font></a></p></td></tr><tr><td width="245" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Azure Apps (See </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY01#time=64m5s"><font size="2">keynote</font></a><font size="2"> too)</font></p></td><td width="350" valign="top"><p><font size="2"> See </font><a href="https://buildazure.com/2017/05/11/azure-portal-goes-native-on-ios-and-android/"><font size="2">detail</font></a><font size="2">s</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="245" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-database-migration-service-announcement-at-build/"><font size="2">Azure Database migration service</font></a></p></td><td width="350" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Simplifies the migration of existing on-premises SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases to Azure, </font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="245" valign="top"><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/snapshot-debugger-for-azure/"><font size="2">Visual Studio Snapshot Debugging</font></a><font size="2"> for Azure</font></p></td><td width="350" valign="top"><p><font size="2">A snapshot of your in-production Azure app when an exception occurs or at other points of interest</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Service updates</h3><ul><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-devtest-labs-updates-at-build-2017/"><font size="2">Azure DevTest Labs updates at Build 2017</font></a></li><li><font size="2">Visual Studio Mobile Center Preview </font><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/05/11/more-platforms-more-choices-more-power-visual-studio-mobile-center-at-build/"><font size="2">Improvements</font></a><br></li></ul><b></b><h3>Sound bites quotes and numbers</h3><ul><li><font size="2"><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/bythenumbers/">Microsoft by the numbers</a></font></li><li><font size="2">Windows 10 Operating System (OS) is now present on </font><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-touts-500-million-windows-10-devices-active-monthly/"><font size="2">500 million devices</font></a></li><li><font size="2">100 million commercial Office 365 Active Monthly Users</font></li><li><font size="2">90% of Fortune 500 using Microsoft Cloud – grown from 85% last year</font></li><li><font size="2">12 million organisations using Azure Active Directory</font></li><li><font size="2">Cognitive Services include a set of 29 cognitive services and 22 APIs </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/apis"><font size="2">categorized</font></a><font size="2"> across Vision, Speech, Language, Knowledge, and Search. Now used by 568,000 developers from more than 60 countries </font></li><li><font size="2">More than 130,000 developers have registered to build with the Bot Framework</font></li></ul><h3>Demos</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><blockquote><p><font size="2">A few keynote or other significant examples </font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L03"><font size="2">Project Emma – Empowering people with Parkinson’s</font></a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGfC7agThrE"><font size="2">Microsoft Build 2017 // Demo: How Services Work Across Contexts and Devices</font></a></li><li><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/events/build/2017/microsoft-graph-project-rome-bring-app-flow"><font size="2">Microsoft Graph &amp; Project Rome bring app flow</font></a></li><li><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/events/build/2017/device-intelligence-with-microsoft-graph"><font size="2">Device intelligence with Microsoft Graph</font></a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/MZBECUHd1nA"><font size="2">Microsoft Build 2017 - HoloLens Reality Mixer App of the Year</font></a></li></ul><h3>OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS</h3><h4>Windows</h4><p><font size="2">There was a swathe of updates to the Windows platform. Many had impacts on the intelligent app services and design principles. Most of the Windows announcements could be found on the Day 2 Keynote. These include</font><ul><li><font size="2">Keynote </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY02#time=5m36s"><font size="2">[05:36]</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upcoming-features"><font size="2">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update</font></a><font size="2"> (and </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0be6z-Zl8"><font size="2">Windows Story Remix</font></a><font size="2">). See </font><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/05/11/build-2017-sparking-the-next-wave-of-creativity-with-the-windows-10-fall-creators-update/#YcXsiwsiczs2kkvb.97"><font size="2">Terry Myerson’s notes</font></a></li><li><font size="2">Keynote [</font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY02#time=23m22s"><font size="2">23:22]</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="https://fluent.microsoft.com/"><font size="2">Microsoft Fluent Design System</font></a></li><li><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/hu-hu/windows/projects/events/build/2017/windows-timeline-cortana-project-rome-pptx"><font size="2">Windows Timeline</font></a><font size="2"> – Pick up where you left off, across devices. Install apps and retrieve what you were working on. View details on </font><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/events/build/2017/introducing-adaptive-cards?playlist=Universal-Windows-Platform-UWP-and-more"><font size="2">Adaptive cards</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="https://adaptivecards.io"><font size="2">and your activities</font></a></li><li><font size="2">Keynote </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY02#time=31m36s"><font size="2">[31:36]</font></a><font size="2"> Windows and Microsoft Graph</font></li><li><font size="2">Keynote </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/KEY02#time=46m"><font size="2">[46:00]</font></a><font size="2"> Cloud powered clipboard</font></li><li><a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-onedrive-is-finally-getting-the-feature-you-want"><font size="2">OneDrive Files on Demand</font></a><font size="2"> Access all your files in the cloud without having to download them</font></li></ul><p><u></u><h4>Other</h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/115948/microsoft-announces-windows-10-iot-core-improvements"><font size="2">Windows 10 IoT Core Improvements</font></a></li></ul><h4>Hardware</h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-brings-your-hands-into-mixed-reality-with-surprisingly-affordable-controllers"><font size="2">Mixed Reality motion controllers</font></a></li><li><a href="https://aka.ms/wmr"><font size="2">Pre-order Windows Mixed Reality dev kit</font></a></li><li><a href="https://www.harmankardon.com/invoke.html"><font size="2">Harman Kardon Invoke – Voice Activated Speaker with Cortana</font></a><br></li></ul><b></b><h3>Serverless</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><blockquote><p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/what-s-new-for-serverless-at-microsoft-build-2017/"><font size="2">What’s new with Serverless?</font></a></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font size="2">The idea of building powerful solutions without worrying about infrastructure, is another intelligent application principle highlighted at Build. There were many preview announcements which will help developers, including:</font></p><ul><li><h5><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2017/05/10/azure-function-tools-for-visual-studio-2017/"><font size="2">Visual Studio 2017 Tools for Azure Functions</font></a></h5></li><li><h5><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2017/05/10/application-insights-integration-with-functions-now-in-preview/"><font size="2">Application Insights integration with Functions now in preview</font></a></h5></li><li><h5><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-export-api-to-powerapps-and-flow"><font size="2">Express export to PowerApps and Flow</font></a></h5></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-azure-functions-runtime-preview/"><font size="2">Introducing Azure Functions Runtime preview</font></a></li><li><a href="https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-of-azure-functions-for-the-common-data-service/"><font size="2">Azure Functions templates for Common Data Service</font></a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-and-certify-your-powerapps-flow-logic-apps-and-connector/"><font size="2">Build and certify your PowerApps, Flow &amp; Logic Apps Connector</font></a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azcopy-on-linux-preview/"><font size="2">AzCopy on Linux Preview</font></a></li></ul><h4><font size="1">Build Sessions</font></h4><ul><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/T6003"><font size="2">A day in the life of an Azure serverless developer</font></a><font size="2"> – Donna Malayeri, Chris Anderson </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8061"><font size="2">How to build serverless business applications with Azure Functions and Logic Apps for PowerApps</font></a><font size="2"> – Jeff Hollan, Eduardo Laureano </font></li><li><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8039"><font size="2">Design for serverless success on Microsoft Azure</font></a><font size="2"> – Yochay Kiriaty, Daria Grigoriu </font></li><li><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L05"><font size="2">Azure Functions</font></a><font size="2"> – Charles Torre, Nir Mashkowski, Chris Anderson </font></li><li><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L11"><font size="2">Cloud Developer Advocacy</font></a><font size="2"> – John Papa, Brian Peek, Shayne Boyer, Bernd Verst, Bryan Liston </font></li><li><font size="2">· </font><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8006"><font size="2">Azure networking for developers</font></a><font size="1"><font size="2"> – Yousef Khalidi</font> </font></li></ul><h5><font size="1">Other</font></h5><ul><li><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=1439"><font size="2">Serverless Azure with Jeff Hollan</font></a><font size="2"> via .NET Rocks!</font></li></ul><h3>Artificial Intelligence</h3><blockquote><p><font size="2">Microsoft is aiming to make the power of AI available to everyone, from developers and data scientists to tech enthusiasts and students. A core part of bringing AI to developers is Cognitive Services. Harry Shum talking about a paradigm shift to conversational AI - “Moving away from a world where we’ve had to understand computers to one where computers understand humans” </font></p></blockquote><p><font size="2">With many new Microsoft Cognitive Services, it is now the industry’s broadest offering of AI services. New services include:</font><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="387" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">New service</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><p><a href="https://labs.cognitive.microsoft.com/"><font size="2">Cognitive Services Labs</font></a><p><font size="2">Try soon to be available services</font></p></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><p><a href="https://customvision.ai"><font size="2">Custom Vision</font></a></p></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><p><a href="https://aka.ms/gestures"><font size="2">Project Prague</font></a><p><font size="2">an SDK which enables gesture-based controls in your applications</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><h5><a href="https://videoindexer.ai/"><font size="2">Video Indexer</font></a></h5><p><font size="2">The Video Indexer combines several existing Cognitive Services into a neat service that provides insights into videos</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><p><a href="https://aka.ms/powerpointtranslator"><font size="2">PowerPoint Translator</font></a><p><font size="2">Office add-in for PowerPoint that enables presenters to display translated subtitles in real time</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="387" valign="top"><p><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/05/10/cortana-skills-kit-empowers-developers-build-intelligent-experiences-millions-users"><font size="2">Cortana Skills</font></a><p><font size="2">Allows developers to easily create intelligent, personalized experiences for Cortana.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><h4>Build sessions</h4><ul><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4060"><font size="2">How your applications can benefit from AI using Bing APIs on Microsoft Cognitive Services</font></a><font size="2"> – Ansuman Kar, Brian King</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/T6022"><font size="2">Custom Vision from Cognitive Services: easily build a custom image classifier</font></a><font size="2"> – Anna Roth, Chris Sienkiewicz </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/T6021"><font size="2">Use Bing and Microsoft Cognitive Services to create unique domain and site search</font></a><font size="2"> – David Simpson</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8092"><font size="2">Using Microsoft Cognitive Services to bring the power of speech recognition to your apps</font></a><font size="2"> – Panos Periorellis</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8090"><font size="2">How Microsoft Cognitive Services can help your apps communicate with people</font></a><font size="2"> – Darren Jefford</font> </li></ul><h4>Other related</h4><ul><li><font size="2">Guggs’ Blog: </font><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stevengu/2017/05/10/build-2017-ai-and-my-new-role/"><font size="2">Microsoft Build 2017: Redefining Business with AI and My New Role</font></a></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8071"><font size="2">Navigating the AI Revolution</font></a><font size="2"> – Bill Barnes </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L02"><font size="2">Microsoft AI</font></a><font size="2"> – Seth Juarez, Steven Guggenheimer </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8068"><font size="2">Machine Learning for developers, how to build even more intelligent apps and services</font></a><font size="2"> – Daniel Grecoe </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8038"><font size="2">Deep learning with Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit</font></a><font size="2"> – Sayan Pathak</font> </li></ul><h3>Bots</h3><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><blockquote><p><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FB8097&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=eEssRS%2BAw%2F2R%2F3niMksSzMIQCkw44oiX0PRejwHK%2Bis%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">What’s new with the Microsoft Bot Framework</font></a><font size="2">?</font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font size="2">Bots, as part of the artificial intelligence principle, took an impressive step forward beyond the previous years “conversations as a service” strategy. The new announcements enabling scenarios for enterprise and well as more general intelligence applications. Now bots appear to be more capable, pointing towards more composable applications that service multiple channels.</font></p><a></a><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="235" valign="bottom"><p><font size="2"><b>Feature</b><b></b></font></p></td><td width="189" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></p></td><td width="151" valign="bottom"><p><b><font size="2">BUILD Sessions</font></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Adaptive cards</font></p></td><td width="132"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image53.png"><font size="2"><img width="99" height="168" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb52.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><font size="2">An </font><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fadaptivecards.io%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=tM9BEY0tJVIPGGwyOkficVFsIMYdc6CaZtMHXBPfhvM%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Adaptive Card</font></a><font size="2"> is made of composable visual building blocks, described in JSON that automatically adapt to the host’s branding, UX, theme, layout and modality.</font><p><font size="2"> </font><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FP4066&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=6GslXlPMi2chKs7Xiiakn0nkYF%2FmxRuA98oiUPUbVME%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Designing conversational UI for bots (and humans)</font></a><ul><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FB8010&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=zcu8TJT%2BtMPFHcDFr4n%2BQ8pT00Y%2FSLqf8oOjSyP6vDM%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Bot capabilities, patterns and principles</font></a></li><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FB8033&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=eB0JP7qMq786CFD2aRO332SYtRJQWcx0%2BMd8u7jmXDk%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Give your conversations superpowers: Building intelligent bots for Skype</font></a></li><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FP4160&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=TAdUlAtuMzk2lF%2FXv6SKcYsRlBfqMxKsGCsx3QF6Wwk%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Bot Analytics Dashboard</font></a></li><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FP4075&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=GQfwwZBJ87IA3IBZHuM3ZzjmwJslw0sqB2BbFqU1khw%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Bot Human Handoff</font></a></li><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FT6972&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=AgwkN40RNLfIxAldgKLEq2Bd791zOezKoyoda%2B%2FqsdE%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Advanced LUIS models enabling rich query support in bots and Cortana skills</font></a></li><li><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchannel9.msdn.com%2Fevents%2FBuild%2F2017%2FB8002&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=U8RXKSMNTVnSKONvFu5H93pLbLGj7RqpXZBnSsrsJaQ%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Introducing Adaptive Cards</font></a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/bot-framework/dotnet/bot-builder-dotnet-request-payment"><font size="2">Bot payments</font></a></p></td><td width="132"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image54.png"><font size="2"><img width="90" height="151" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb53.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Allow bots to buy with an API and streamlined checkout process</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Bots speech</font></p></td><td width="132"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image55.png"><font size="2"><img width="141" height="96" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb54.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Natural language understanding</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Bots and </font><a href="https://aka.ms/CortanaSkillsDocs"><font size="2">Cortana Skills</font></a></p></td><td width="132"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image56.png"><font size="2"><img width="159" height="65" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb55.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Bots can be part of personal and corporate digital assistance across devices (and 145 Million users)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Bots and </font><a href="https://azure.com/cognitive"><font size="2">Cognitive Services</font></a></p></td><td width="132"><p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image57.png"><font size="2"><img width="140" height="78" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb56.png" border="0"></font></a></p></td><td><p><font size="2">Bots now see hear, interpret and action</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><a href="https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/DPEPortal/ISV/Enablers/Shared Documents/Events/Build 2017/docs.microsoft.com"><font size="2">New SDKs</font></a></p></td><td width="132" valign="top"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image58.png"><font size="2"><img width="96" height="39" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb57.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FMicrosoft%2FBotBuilder-RealTimeMediaCalling&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDavid.McGhee%40microsoft.com%7Cec1798fb91cc442b8d7808d4a206c7a3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636311597404822502&amp;sdata=bI33DQnmyPI6X8qpPYjdMYTkjcRyuxrvtDkvKE5tNBQ%3D&amp;reserved=0"><font size="2">Microsoft Bot Builder – Real Time Media Calling SDK</font></a></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Bot Analytics</font></p></td><td width="132"><p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image59.png"><font size="2"><img width="92" height="121" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb58.png" border="0"></font></a></p></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Metrics for developers on usage of Bots</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="103" valign="top"><p><font size="2">Channels</font></p></td><td width="132" valign="top"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image60.png"><font size="2"><img width="116" height="74" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor;margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;float: none" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2017/08/image_thumb59.png" border="0"></font></a></td><td width="189" valign="top"><p><a href="https://koukia.ca/cortana-as-a-new-microsoft-bot-framework-channel-718361dd9934?source=rss----7f379a7eedcd---4"><font size="2">Cortana, as a new Microsoft Bot Framework Channel</font></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><h5></h5><h4>Other</h4><ul><li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jennifer/2017/05/09/the-bot-framework-my-favorite-samples/"><font size="2">The Bot Framework: My Favorite Samples</font></a></li></ul><h3>IOT Edge</h3><p><b></b><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><blockquote><p><font size="2">Deliver cloud services to your edge devices</font></p></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p><font size="2">Enabling intelligence on IoT edge devices means enabling analytics and insights to happen closer to the source of the data. The IOT Edge principle talked about enabling intelligence on a range of devices with local intelligence. The primary announcement was the </font><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/campaigns/iot-edge/"><font size="2">Microsoft Azure IoT Edge</font></a><font size="2"> which extends the </font><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-iot-gateway-sdk-general-availability-release/"><font size="2">existing IoT gateway offering</font></a><font size="2">. Some announcements on the edge include:<b></b></font><ul><li><a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2017/05/10/microsoft-azure-iot-edge-extending-cloud-intelligence-to-edge-devices/"><font size="2">Microsoft Azure IoT Edge – Extending cloud intelligence to edge devices</font></a></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-launches-azure-iot-technical-training-developers-can-start-quickly-with-iot/"><font size="2">Microsoft launches Azure IoT technical training, developers can start quickly with IoT</font></a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/studentpartner/2017/05/10/microsoft-iot-ai-insider-lab/"><font size="2">Microsoft IoT &amp; AI Insider Lab</font></a></li><li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jmservera/2017/05/09/flying-with-iot-the-cognitive-services/"><font size="2">Flying with IoT &amp; the Cognitive Services</font></a></li></ul><h4>Other related content</h4><ul><li><font size="2">IOT </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL-c00M2CnI"><font size="2">Video</font></a><font size="2"> - Workplace Safety Demonstration</font></li></ul><p><b></b><h3>Microsoft Office</h3><p><font size="2">Office connected many of the intelligent app principles by providing the data discovery required through the Microsoft Graph and a productivity and bot home through Microsoft Teams.</font><h4>Microsoft Graph</h4><h5>Build sessions</h5><ul><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8025"><font size="2">Cross-device and cross-platform experiences with Project Rome and Microsoft Graph</font></a><font size="2"> – Vikas Bhatia, Carmen Forsmann </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8004"><font size="2">App Model evolution</font></a><font size="2"> – Andrew Clinick </font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4137"><font size="2">Build smart productivity apps with Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK</font></a><font size="2"> – Dan Silver</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4184"><font size="2">Catch up on Planner APIs in Microsoft Graph</font></a><font size="2"> – Eray Chou</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4180"><font size="2">What is new in Insights APIs in Microsoft Graph</font></a><font size="2"> – Mário Henriques</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4153"><font size="2">Add custom data to Microsoft Graph</font></a><font size="2"> – Dan Kershaw</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4152"><font size="2">Microsoft Graph – Delta Query and Webhooks</font></a><font size="2"> – Jeff Sakowicz</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/C9L23"><font size="2">(Q&amp;A) Microsoft Graph</font></a><font size="2"> – Andrew Coates, Yina Arenas</font></li><li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8108"><font size="1">App engagement in Windows Timeline and Cortana with User Activities and Project Rome</font></a><font size="1"> – Shawn Henry, Juan Oviedo</font> </li></ul><h5>Microsoft Teams</h5><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="6%" valign="top"></td><td width="93%" valign="top"><p><a href="https://aka.ms/teamsatbuild"><font size="2">What’s new with Microsoft Teams?</font></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li><font size="2">Microsoft Teams is open to all developers to <strong>publish apps through the Office Store</strong></font></li><li><a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/projects/events/build/2017/compose-extensions-for-microsoft-teams-app"><font size="2">Compose extensions</font></a></li><li><a href="https://aka.ms/amatbuild"><font size="2">Actionable Messages for Outlook and Teams</font></a><font size="2">.</font></li></ul><h5>Other</h5><ul><li><font size="2">Office Store is now connected to Microsoft </font><a href="https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/DPEPortal/ISV/Enablers/Shared Documents/Events/Build 2017/appsource.com"><font size="2">AppSource</font></a><strong></strong></li><li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-innovations-at-microsoft-build-2017-helping-developers-achieve-more/"><font size="2">An offer for Microsoft Azure ISV customers</font></a><font size="2"> that enables them to directly provide new PowerApps and Flow Connectors</font></li></ul><h3>Data</h3><p><font size="2">There were a wide set of data announcements, predominantly focused on new databases as a service,</font><ul><li><a href="https://buildazure.com/2017/05/10/cosmosdb-the-new-documentdb-nosql-database-in-microsoft-azure/"><font size="2">CosmosDB: The New DocumentDB NoSQL Database in Microsoft Azure</font></a><font size="2"> by Chris Pietschmann</font><li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/make_it_better/2017/05/10/public-previews-for-mysql-postgresql-dbs-as-a-service/"><font 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href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/05/11/all-things-mobile-at-microsoft-build/"><font size="2">All Things Mobile at Microsoft Build</font></a></li></ul><p><font size="2">** Don’t forget the Build tour near you.. </font><a href="https://buildtour.microsoft.com/"><font size="2">https://buildtour.microsoft.com/</font></a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:47:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its been a while. In the quiet I have been trying to get back to my Build roots. One of my recent outings was to the Microsoft Build Tour in Sydney  <p>So, you have a&nbsp; web app but you would like to enhance it and make it more friendly for your users without rewriting it to suit each platform. The hackathon day enabled me to work though this scenario, enabling a simple web app fro the cloud and making it cloud and&nbsp; multi device ready.  <p>Progressive web apps allows existing web applications to be faster, deal with offline scenarios and to be delivered on different OS’s and application stores. You can take a web app and auto generate a platform native application. You can extend it and deal with offline scenarios.  <p>The magic – An underlying service called a service worker - <a href="https://preview.pwabuilder.com/">https://preview.pwabuilder.com</a>.  <p>All you need to update your web app to be PWA aware, then add in platform specific features.  <p>Installation of new clients are generated from the web app by using a script: <a href="https://preview.pwabuilder.com/generator">preview.pwabuilder.com/generator</a>  <p>If you would like to DIY you can start here: <a href="https://bthack.azurewebsites.net/">https://bthack.azurewebsites.net/</a>  <p>Be sure you follow Andrew Coates instructions to prep yourself beforehand : <a title="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acoat/2017/06/25/build-tour-sydney-hack-are-you-ready/" href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acoat/2017/06/25/build-tour-sydney-hack-are-you-ready/">https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acoat/2017/06/25/build-tour-sydney-hack-are-you-ready/</a>  <p><img src="https://bthack.azurewebsites.net/Knowzylogo_512x512.png" width="169" height="95">  <p>What you'll be able to do within an hour or two:  <ol> <ol> <li>Deploy a web app to an Azure App Service  <li>Use the web application offline. Offline copy of pages  <li>Creating a Windows 10 native app and debugging the application in the same fashion as a web app  <li>Add to the local app Windows 10 features to extend the application. Through feature detection  <li>App linking – Demonstrating redirecting from a web site URL to your Windows 10 application  <li>In memory caching </li></ol></ol> <p>References:  <p><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/web-to-app-linking">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/web-to-app-linking</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 03:33:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://angeladuckworth.com/">Angela Duckworth</a> recently talked to our company about Grit. I love this topic, but probably more so as it reminds me of my childhood. Grit tubs at the end of the road for when it got icy and dangerous to drive.</p> <p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/07/clip_image00111.jpg"><img title="clip_image001" style="border-left-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/07/clip_image001_thumb8.jpg" width="244" height="202"></a></p> <p>Grit I discovered through Gladwell books and sports science studies. What was discovered was a core component of success is grit.</p> <p>Grit is a: </p> <ul> <li>Personality trait  <li>Passion and perseverance towards long-term goals  <li>Sustained effort and interest in a specific activity over years in spite of hardship, disappointment and plateaus </li></ul> <p>Quoted from University of Sydney, faculty of education and social work. They did a study of 400 Australian Elite youth footballers and visited various footballing teams worldwide to see how they developed elite athletes;</p> <blockquote> <p><em>While certain individuals may change goals and direction in the wake of disappointment or boredom, gritty individuals possess the fortitude to continually endeavour toward their goal even without immediate feedback or recognition. It was no surprise that grittier players invested more time than their peers, in competition and play, and performed bet</em></p></blockquote> <p>Angela described grit also as perseverance and passion (direction) <strong>over a long period time</strong>. Its related to something you are Interested in and think is important.</p> <p>So, in answer to this blog posts topic, Grit can be developed because its sustained over a long period of time.</p> <p><strong>How can you harness and develop Grit?</strong></p> <p>If you are trying to be gritty you might want to think about a role model and ask yourself who are you trying to be like?</p> <p>A growth mindset, another strong cultural meme at Microsoft, and grit are highly correlated she said, though growth mindset doesn’t guarantee other centred purpose</p> <p>Perhaps you can give yourself hypothesis to test. Do one thing better every day. Ask yourself why, so you can’t find multiple routes to&nbsp; a goal</p> <p>Curiously millennials have had the lowest score in Grit – Grit may well be related to life experience. A maturity principle.</p> <p><strong>Leadership and Grit?</strong></p> <p>In terms of leading, and even parenting&nbsp; there are ways of developing grit.&nbsp; In general, encourage finish whatever you begin. Fulfil your commitments. Choose things that are hard.</p> <p>Also recognise that passion comes from autonomy. Preserve, don't diminish autonomy. </p> <p>Angela finished our session with a warning… be careful – there can be costs and risks with Grit. It can be consuming and can be single purposed, which is not always team or socially centred.</p> <p>Recommended Books – </p> <p>o <b><a href="https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Non-fiction/Grit-Audiobook/B01E4L8E1W/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1464056680&amp;sr=1-1">Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance</a> </b></p> <p>o <b><a href="https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Non-fiction/Peak-Audiobook/B01F4D5GZ6/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1464056750&amp;sr=1-1">Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise</a>&nbsp; &lt; 10,000 hour study of Gladwell Outliers fame</b></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:43:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#160;</p>  <p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/3857.image_2D41B796.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/3857.image_5F00_2D41B796.png"><img title="image" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/3173.image_thumb_3F20DC14.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/3173.image_5F00_thumb_5F00_3F20DC14.png" width="240" height="119" /></a>&#160;</p>  <p>It intrigues me the relationship between small and large business, between start-up and established businesses.</p>  <p>I found myself asking about the motivation for assistance from big to small companies. Is it simply about acquisition?&#160; Removing the competition or embedding new features where you find gaps. Or indeed, should one be more concerned about giving others a hand? I was thinking about this more than just in terms of profit. For me this reaches its answer in the ability to innovate. </p>  <p>For the greater technical good, we need larger companies to share so that others can benefit from there generational learning's.&#160; Large companies can afford to invest in R&amp;D and never implement it. At&#160; the same time smaller companies have the business urgency and agility to try new things.</p>  <p>Embracing&#160; a growth mindset, how do you fail at something and share it so others can learn? It makes entire sense for a larger company to invest in small firms so that they can spread your risk and reap future returns. On such evidence of the latter is featured here:&#160; <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcbinsights.us1.list-manage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d0c60818e26ecdbe423a10ad2f%26id%3d9f0ff3d710%26e%3d933c0093be&amp;data=01%7c01%7cDAVIDMCG%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7c99282d3e55fb4824fc6708d2c6782ee4%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&amp;sdata=g7LcVInQQlTIJK5ceS5clcTQHfYmHBkkJnXJ4Qi1xKk%3d">How BMW, Audi, GM and the rest of big auto are betting on startups</a>. </p>  <p>But maybe it should at early stages be something that is done with no immediate return. One such local example I heard was within Microsoft System Integrators. Each helping each other. For example Readify helping Kloud find their feet in the early days. Is it a good thing that they were later <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/telstras-kloud-buy-is-blue-sky-all-round/news-story/00c7599284f38283d48fc42be7a978f0">acquired by Telstra</a>? Only time will tell!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm on the band wagon (groan) and recently got sent these useful links I thought I should pass on:</p>  <ul>   <li><b><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/pimp-my-band/9nblggh08q8w">Pimp my band</a></b> – allows you to customize the background and colours, which is really cool!</li>    <li><b><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/clear-my-band/9nblggh0c8l9">Clear my band</a></b> – clears/re-sets notifications</li>    <li><b><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/torch-for-band/9nblgggxwg4l">Torch for Band</a></b> – using the band into a tiny torch</li>    <li><b><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/band-sensor-monitor/9wzdncrcvm0l">Band Sensor Monitor</a></b> - monitor your Microsoft Band and Band2 embedded sensors in real time, even the hidden ones not directly exposed by the companion app!!</li> </ul>  <p>More useful articles at <a href="https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-band-2?utm_medium=navbar&amp;utm_campaign=navigation&amp;utm_source=wc">Windows central</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 23:16:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve been heads down working with some emerging Azure partners for the past year and only resurfacing to find that the technical landscape for Azure has changed. Its got to be twice the size and perhaps more than twice the footprint of when I last looked in any depth,.</p>  <p>As I look back, I wanted to reflect on the various stages of some of the software vendors I have worked with and the identification of those that are successful.</p>  <p>Success, as far as I experienced from Software Vendors, is a combination of:</p>  <ul>   <li>Urgency&#160;&#160; - Does this business have a pressing need to deliver yesterday. Do they have clear timelines? Are the immediate goals, immediate? </li>    <li>Capability – Does the business have a technical team that is capable of delivering a quality product </li>    <li>Investors – Does this business have an experienced and deep pocketed backer that will guide the business to success or limit its failures. </li>    <li>Leadership – Can the leadership team efficiently explain why they exist, who their customers are, and where they want to be in the medium term </li> </ul>  <p>You might be wondering why there is nothing about the customer or the market here?&#160; What I have learned is, almost without exclusion, a business has multiple backers that have already approved the business case. These business smarts, if actively involved, will limit the liability of any rogue element of a new business and promote appropriate risk taking.</p>  <p>Questions to ask to understand success:</p>  <ol>   <ol>     <li>Are you building a product? </li>      <li>Have you or are you acquiring initial customers ? </li>      <li>Have you short term plans to go global? </li>   </ol> </ol>  <p>Things you can do to confirm this without meeting or socially stalking them.:</p>  <blockquote>   <ul>     <li>Size/ open job descriptions </li>      <li>Understand the executive team and location </li>      <li>Research the company history and ownership </li>      <li>Understand from company website the business model/product description </li>   </ul> </blockquote>  <p>At Microsoft&#160; this stuff is important. We have an arsenal of people and resources but have learned to make sure we align well - really connect the two businesses for <a href="www.microsoftgotomarket.com">increased marketing</a>/sales and improved technical delivery. This means true co-selling, promotion through <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/">marketplace</a>, development of launch plans, connection to global development teams and side by assistance to launch or release the next version of the product or solution suite. see <a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/b/tomholl/archive/2015/06/02/so-you-want-to-build-a-cloud-service.aspx">So, you want to build a cloud service?</a></p>  <p>The stage of a business is important as to what help you can bring:</p>  <p>At the larger end of town:</p>  <ul>   <li><b>Angel or Seed</b> - Build the product, define the market and user base <b>(250K - 2M)</b> </li>    <li><b>Series A (1st)</b> - Scale the product -&#160; Master the business model <b>(2M - 15M)</b> and scale beyond one market. </li>    <li><b>Series B (2nd)</b> - Scale the business - Business Model and UserBase stable now growing nationally (<b>15M and greater</b>) </li>    <li><b>Series C</b> (<b>3rd</b>) - More Capital to Scale - Possibly buying other companies and going international </li> </ul>  <p>Here is some of my interpretation of various early business <a href="https://blog.startupcompass.co/pages/marmer-stages">Stages</a> and approximate money investment in 2014/5:</p>  <p>&#160;</p>  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="578" border="0"><tbody>     <tr>       <td valign="top" width="223"><strong>STAGE</strong></td>        <td valign="top" width="89"><strong>MONEY</strong></td>        <td valign="top" width="156"><strong>INVOLVEMENT</strong></td>        <td valign="top" width="108"><strong>LOCAL</strong></td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Launch&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </td>        <td valign="top" width="89">IPO/ Trade Sale</td>        <td valign="top" width="156">Will have public expectation of results</td>        <td valign="top" width="108">&#160;</td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Series A&#160;&#160; </td>        <td valign="top" width="89">2m+ **</td>        <td valign="top" width="156">Will have a mandate for results</td>        <td valign="top" width="108">&#160;</td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Seed VC&#160;&#160;&#160; </td>        <td valign="top" width="89">0.5-2m</td>        <td valign="top" width="156">Will want to see results</td>        <td valign="top" width="108"><a href="https://www.anuconnectventures.com.au/">ANU Connect Ventures</a></td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Angels&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </td>        <td valign="top" width="89">Equity</td>        <td valign="top" width="156">early but long term committed</td>        <td valign="top" width="108"><a href="https://sydneyangels.net.au/">Angels Sydney</a></td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Accelerator</td>        <td valign="top" width="89">Equity </td>        <td valign="top" width="156">time limited, mentoring</td>        <td valign="top" width="108"><a href="https://www.microsoftventures.com/">MS Ventures</a>           <br /><a href="https://muru-d.com/">MuruD</a>           <br /><a href="https://griffinaccelerator.com.au/">Griffin Accelerator</a>           <br /><a href="https://incubate.org.au/tag/starfish-ventures/">Starfish Ventures</a></td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Incubator</td>        <td valign="top" width="89">Small budget</td>        <td valign="top" width="156">company formation, innovation focus</td>        <td valign="top" width="108"><a href="https://www.bluechilli.com/">BlueChilli</a></td>     </tr>      <tr>       <td valign="top" width="224">Innovation Hub /Working Space&#160;&#160; </td>        <td valign="top" width="89">Partnership</td>        <td valign="top" width="160">first year/s</td>        <td valign="top" width="139"><a href="https://fishburners.org/">Fish burners</a></td>     </tr>   </tbody></table>  <p>Its also worth considering that <a href="&bull;	https://blogs.msdn.com/b/bizspark_au/archive/2015/06/16/microsoft-bizspark-plus-is-now-providing-startups-with-120-000-year-of-free-azure-cloud-credits.aspx">BizSpark+ now provides budding start-ups up to 120k of Azure credit</a></p>  <p>Given this stage “ladder”, what attributes (or “<a href="https://startupdefinition.com/viral-coefficient">Viral Coeffient</a>”)&#160; can point at future success? I suggest the following:</p>  <ol>   <li>Born in the cloud - Created or funded in the last 5 years </li>    <li>Delivering SaaS in their market effectively – Do they have happy customers? </li>    <li>Yet to reach its potential – the pool of customers is the tip of the iceberg </li>    <li>Have money to fund growth – In my experience companies asking for money from a partner don't often succeed </li>    <li>Are in a blue ocean&#160; - the competitive landscape is negligible or the solution is unique </li> </ol>  <p>Naturally I am bound to say Azure can assist any business… but this is certainly true if the company is bound for success or high growth. Microsoft Azure’s powerful higher level services help our partners design a model that works with their business rather than just “hosting” what they have already. The higher level services can help our partners business overcome growing pains in terms of scale, deployment, operations and operational management. Of the 60 or so unique platform services I’d highlight:</p>  <ul>   <ul>     <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/active-directory/">Active Directory</a> </li>   </ul>    <ul>     <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/">Machine Learning</a> </li>      <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/service-fabric/">Micro services</a> </li>   </ul> </ul>  <p>For further insights into stages and start-ups I’d refer to the experts rather than anecdotes. You can obtain further reading through great resources such as the <a href="https://theleanstartup.com/casestudies#dropbox">LeanStartup Case Studies</a> (Dropbox, Wealthfront, Imvu) and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1118443616/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401460275&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=venture+deals+brad+feld">Venture Deals</a> -Brad Feld and Jason Mendels</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <link>https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/davidmcg/working-out-the-best-azure-dc-region-from-your-location-even-australia</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[When you live at the further reaches on our planet, like here in Australia, you need to pay...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you live at the further reaches on our planet, like here in Australia, you need to pay attention to latency and performance in general. Of course there are arguments that <a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/09/azure-in-australia-latency-and-sovereignty-matter-less-than-you-think/">latency and sovereignty at less important than one may think</a> and for most modern applications, most well thought out applications, that's true. With two new regions in Australia this discussion becomes a moot point. </p>  <p>But which data center/centre is best for you?</p>  <p>This morning <a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl">Tom Hollander</a> pointed me at a new browser to region testing tool that I thought I would share. I suspect some of you may have seen <a href="https://www.azurespeed.com/Azure/Latency">Azure Speed</a> as it been available for a few months which positively makes it a dinosaur in cloud terms.</p>  <p>For those interested in other tools, in the past I used the trusty <a href="https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/5c8189b9-53aa-4d6a-a086-013d927e15a7/default.aspx">Azure Throughput Analyzer</a> (Microsoft Research)&#160; but in more recent times I have been using <a href="https://azurespeedtest.azurewebsites.net/">Microsoft Azure Speed Test – Two 10 Degrees</a> rather than <a title="https://azureping.info/" href="https://azureping.info/">https://azureping.info/</a> (Thanks Marc Walter). But Tom’s suggestion, cunningly named <a href="https://www.azurespeed.com/Azure/Latency">Azure Speed</a>,&#160; not only has the Australian DCs listed but it also has a number of additional tests beyond comparing the browser and storage Latency. It also has tests for traffic Manager, CDN&#160; and the size tests too (ala Microsoft Research)</p>  <p>** caveat: computer connection, network, time of day, size of pipe, ISP, metrological patterns, acts of god, gremlins etc. all affect your results. Best to try it over a period to get an accurate picture.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Azure Enterprise Agreement Usage - Visual Tools</title>
      <link>https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/davidmcg/azure-enterprise-agreement-usage-visual-tools</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:13:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[drmcghee]]></dc:creator>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the key benefits of an Enterprise agreement, beyond a discount, is that multiple teams and applications can be using a single agreement. This makes it easier to manage for the enterprise as a whole however the administrator may want to have better visual line of sight of who is doing what.,</p>  <p>Typically the enterprise administrator may be supporting internal billing to different teams, or even external billing.</p>  <p>Read here for more information on <a href="https://nirajrules.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/windows-azure-portals-and-access-levels/">Azure Portals and Access Levels</a></p>  <p>The following tools will help you manage and monitor consumption of services and where there are deployed:</p>  <p><a href="https://azureea.labs.readify.net/">Readify Azure EA Insights Tool</a></p>  <p>Example of the data provided is available <a href="https://azureea.labs.readify.net/enrollment/12345678">here</a></p>  <p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/6431.clip_image001_621FE3A9.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/6431.clip_5F00_image001_5F00_621FE3A9.png"><img title="clip_image001" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/1680.clip_image001_thumb_2CA9B235.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/1680.clip_5F00_image001_5F00_thumb_5F00_2CA9B235.png" width="244" height="82" /></a></p>  <p><a href="https://costs.azurewebsites.net/#/">Azure Cost Monitor</a></p>  <p><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/6254.clip_image002_09E87A78.jpg" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/6254.clip_5F00_image002_5F00_09E87A78.jpg"><img title="clip_image002" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/8764.clip_image002_thumb_3B7678BE.jpg" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/8764.clip_5F00_image002_5F00_thumb_5F00_3B7678BE.jpg" width="244" height="209" /></a></p>  <p>Note from Partner : The data is pulled straight from EA API. Nothing is saved on the server</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <link>https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/davidmcg/azure-in-action-reboot</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:41:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Over the past 4 years I’ve been creating a newsletter, mostly weekly,&#160; to cover all the news...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font size="2">Over the past 4 years I’ve been creating a newsletter, mostly weekly,&#160; to cover all the news (mostly technical) relating to <strike>Windows</strike> Microsoft Azure. The predominant focus was to help local (ANZ) enthusiasts and professionals find events, connect and stay up to date. </font></p>  <p><font size="2">During that time I relied on the following resources:</font></p>  <blockquote>   <p><font size="2">My own </font><a href="https://paper.li/drmcghee/1306466316#"><font size="2">Microsoft Azure Action</font></a><font size="2"> newspaper</font></p>    <p><font size="2">Gab Hern’s excellent </font><a href="https://paper.li/gab_hern/1313470470"><font size="2">Talking About Cloud Computing</font></a><font size="2"> newspaper</font></p>    <p><font size="2">and the </font><a href="https://paper.li/tag/Azure"><font size="2">#Azure Daily</font></a><font size="2">&#160; and </font><a href="https://paper.li/nithinmohantk/1306294298"><font size="2">The Microsoft Azure Times Daily</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>    <p><font size="2">A selection of combined Netvibes journals including </font><a href="https://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/"><font size="2">Cloud Computing Journal</font></a><font size="2"> InfoWorlds </font><a href="https://www.infoworld.com/t/2533"><font size="2">Cloud Computing</font></a><font size="2"> and the always controversial and informative </font><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/data_centre/cloud/"><font size="2">The Register</font></a></p>    <p><font size="2">Roger Jennings Oakleaf systems did a more thorough job than I with his </font><a href="https://oakleafblog.blogspot.com.au/"><font size="2">Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts</font></a><font size="2">, which was essential reading for me as technical specialist too</font></p> </blockquote>  <p align="left"><font size="2">As I moved from working with the broader range of Azure projects to more specifically focused on software vendors, I haven't been able to take the required day out to create this set of resources. Besides, Microsoft has changed. If you are not convinced that is the case, please watch Scott Hanselman’s </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZYrlKbkLe8&amp;app=desktop"><font size="2">&quot;Virtual Machines, JavaScript and Assembler&quot; Keynote</font></a><font size="2"> talk at Velocity Santa Clara 2014. The promises and plans of cloud first and mobile first have already been realised in the new Azure.</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">Since starting in 2010 in Azure, where very few people knew Azure, now pretty much every role in Microsoft has it embedded in their day-to-day. Nick Ward was there at the beginning for Australia and he continues to publish the very excellent </font><a href="https://aka.ms/whatsnewinazure"><font size="2">What's New in Azure</font></a><font size="2"> monthly update.</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">In my current role, as part of a global team, I am working with new resources broader than my past technical remit. Our team is concerned and focused in helping our software vendors grow customers. If you have a software solution you want to run better as a service, its a sustainable product – an emerging, not start-up solution, then our team can help (ping me). We can help your business through (marketing) e.g. </font><a href="https://www.microsoftgotomarket.com"><font size="2">www.microsoftgotomarket.com</font></a><font size="2"> or through strategic alignment, architectural and technical strategy assistance. </font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">So, dear readers (are there any out there– nominally each post would have 1000-2000 views – even accidental?) what is next?</font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">I have a couple of new updates I will be posting regularly under the heading Azure Architecture first starting with the road to multi-tenancy. In my experience there are a number of technical best practices and business considerations when looking at enabling customer acquisition at scale. I’ll be going through these with a focus on Azure. </font></p>  <p align="left"><font size="2">Secondly I will be posting a few monthly highlights from the World of Azure….. but for now here's my timeline (errors are mine) of Azure Activity since last post:</font></p>  <p align="left"></p>  <p align="left"><a href="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/2425.image_3958F1DE.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/2425.image_5F00_3958F1DE.png"><img title="image" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" alt="image" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/1738.image_thumb_03791E26.png" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-70-34-metablogapi/1738.image_5F00_thumb_5F00_03791E26.png" width="559" height="404" /></a></p>  <blockquote>   <p>&#160;</p>    <p><font size="2">Finally a few non-service announcements:</font></p>    <ul>     <li><font size="2">Azure Leader in <u><a href="https://www.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft?id=1-1UM941C&amp;ct=140529&amp;st=sb">Gartner </a></u><u><a href="https://www.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft?id=1-1UM941C&amp;ct=140529&amp;st=sb">Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (</a></u><u><a href="https://www.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft?id=1-1UM941C&amp;ct=140529&amp;st=sb">IaaS</a></u><u><a href="https://www.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft?id=1-1UM941C&amp;ct=140529&amp;st=sb">) Magic Quadrant</a></u></font></li>      <li><font size="2">Microsoft Acquire </font><a href="https://capptain.com/"><font size="2">Capptain</font></a></li>      <li><font size="2">Introducing </font><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/storsimple/default.aspx"><font size="2">StorSimple</font></a><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/storsimple/default.aspx"><font size="2"> </font></a><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/storsimple/default.aspx"><font size="2">8000 Series Hybrid Storage Arrays</font></a></li>      <li><a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/04/17/microsoft-azure-brazil-region-now-in-public-preview.aspx"><font size="2">Brazil region now in public preview</font></a><font size="2"> </font></li>      <li><font size="2">General Availability: </font><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-microsoft-azure-us-central-and-us-east-2-regions/"><font size="2">Microsoft Azure US Central and US East 2 regions</font></a></li>   </ul></blockquote>]]></content:encoded>
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      <link>https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/davidmcg/azure-in-action-community-newsletter-31st-march-2014</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:07:03 GMT</pubDate>
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height="10" valign="top" width="242">&nbsp;</td>     </tr>      <tr style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid;">       <td style="padding: 0cm;" height="43" valign="top" width="179"><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 172, 198); font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: segoe ui;"><font size="2" face="Calibri"></font>                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;"><strong><font size="2">Hills Limited</font></strong></p>             </span></span></span><b><a href="https://www.itnews.com.au/News/375789,hills-pegs-future-with-windows-azure.aspx">             <br /><font size="2" face="Calibri">Hills pegs future with Windows, Azure</font></a>             <br /></b><font size="2">           <hr /></font><span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 172, 198); font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: segoe ui;"><span style="font-family: 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                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;"><strong><font size="2">Microsoft Australia</font></strong>&#160;</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <br clear="all" />                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;"><a href="https://www.lalaninja.com.au/2014/03/11/windows-azure-skill-up-score-prizes/"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Windows Azure – Skill Up &amp; Score prizes</font></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/australia/cloudchampion"><img style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;" border="0" alt="Cloud Power" src="https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/01/23/74/5344.cloud-champion-register-banner-281x202.jpg" original-url="https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-23-74/5344.cloud_2D00_champion_2D00_register_2D00_banner_2D00_281x202.jpg" width="159" height="114" /></a></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/b/auspartners/archive/2014/02/20/azure-training-for-everyone.aspx"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Windows Azure Training for Everyone!</font></a> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><font size="2" face="Calibri">The Windows Azure roadmap – Virtual (Live webinar)</font> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                               <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=852140"><font size="2" face="Calibri">17 April:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> webinar</font> </li>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=852140"><font size="2" face="Calibri">15 May:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> webinar</font> </li>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=852140"><font size="2" face="Calibri">19 June:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> webinar</font></li>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><font size="2" face="Calibri">Windows Azure Pre-Sales Training – In Person </font></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                               <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=862425"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Perth:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 29 April</font> </li>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=862425"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Canberra:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 15 May</font></li>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><font size="2" face="Calibri">Windows Azure Architect Summit – In Person </font></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                               <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=862950"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Sydney:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 10 April</font></li>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><font size="2" face="Calibri">Partner Practice Enablement Windows Azure Boot Camp </font></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                               <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=863324"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Sydney:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 14-15 April</font> </li>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=863324"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Melbourne:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 22-23 April</font> </li>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><a href="https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&amp;Mode=0&amp;ActivityID=863324"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Brisbane:</font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri"> 5-6 May</font></li>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <p><font size="2" face="Calibri">Windows Azure DevCamps</font> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                               <li><font size="2" face="Calibri">For more information and to Register for </font><a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032580321&amp;Culture=en-AU&amp;community=0"><font size="2" face="Calibri">Sydney, 3 May 2014</font></a></li>                                                                                                                                                                                                             </ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                           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