AZUG is organizing its second event in 2010. Come join us for two sessions on one evening!

Azure pricing and SLA’s explained by Kurt Claeys

This session provides details about the pricing model and the service level agreements for Azure hosted services, Azure storage, data transfer, appfabric messaging and SQL Azure databases. We discuss the different purchasing models and consumption prices and see which metrics are used to calculate the total monthly price. We see examples of price estimations for various scenarios and their SLA’s and provide tips to minimize the total costs and avoid costly surprises. We also have a look at some TCO analyzer tools and the billing portal.

Running in the cloud: real-life Windows Azure by Maarten Balliauw

In this session, an overview of the first Windows Azure project in Belgium will be given: ChronoRace. Learn about the needs of the customer, opportunities in the cloud model and about technical pitfalls and solutions that were made to host live time tracking and streaming video for the 20km through Brussels, including automatic up- and downscaling for Windows Azure.

Location: Ordina (Mechelen office), Blarenberglaan 3B, B-2800 Mechelen

Route details can be found on the Ordina website. Make sure to print these out as most GPS systems do not navigate to this address correctly!