Članovima akademske zajednice Microsoft nudi besplatan tečaj na Microsoft Azure platformi

Microsoft Research is delighted to offer a no-cost two-day hands-on technical training event for academic researchers interested in cloud computing using Microsoft Azure. The training will be held May 7-8, 2014 at Eulerzaal, CWI, Amsterdam Science Park. This is part of our Microsoft Azure for Research programme - http://www.azure4research.com

** Please register now to secure your place @ http://bit.ly/1lLURG0 **

Attendees will be able to access Microsoft Azure on their own laptop during the training and receive a six month Microsoft Azure Pass for evaluation purposes. You will also learn more about receiving significant Windows Azure 12-month grants for your research, and join one of over 150 projects worldwide using the Cloud - http://www.windowsazurepass.com/research

We would be grateful if you would please forward this invitation to your research colleagues and friends, who are welcome to attend.

Microsoft Azure is a general, open, and flexible global cloud platform supporting any language, tool, or framework - including Linux, Java, Python, and other non-Microsoft technologies. The program will cover a variety of "hands-on labs" with programming examples predominantly in Python and Java. No prior experience of Microsoft Azure is required. The only prerequisite is basic programming experience in some language. This two-day course is presented by specialised trainers and is geared towards post-doctoral researchers, research faculty, and postgraduate students.

The attendee's laptop does not need to have the Windows operating system installed – Microsoft Azure is accessed via an Internet browser. After attending the course, researchers will feel confident in applying cloud computing in their current and future research.

For questions about the course please contact azuretraining@microsoft.com

Join the Microsoft Azure for Research community and conversation on LinkedIn & Twitter at http://linkd.in/18Z5OL4 and https://twitter.com/azure4research (#azureresearch)

More information: ** Register for the course use this link - http://bit.ly/1lLURG0 **

Microsoft course overview http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/azure/training.aspx

Detailed Course Description (pdf) http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/azure/msr-course-dec2013.pdf

Logistics and status information about the Amsterdam event: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/azure4researchtraining-nl2014/

Directions to the Amsterdam Science Park, note we are in the CWI building, room Eulerzaal: http://www.amsterdamsciencepark.nl/location-facilities/directions/ directions-by-car/

Amsterdam Science Park is on the mainline rail network, and can be reached easily by taking a train from the Amsterdam Central railway station.

Best regards,

Dr Kenji Takeda Solutions Architect and Technical Manager Microsoft Research