TechEd Russia 2012: Architects of Windows Azure platform will perform in Russia

On November 27-28, 2012, Moscow will host the largest Microsoft conference and one of the largest events in Europe - TechEd Russia 2012 . Within the framework of two days of the conference, participants of the conference will be offered over 150 reports in 14 thematic tracks. The main topics of the conference will be the latest Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Office and Microsoft cloud computing technologies.

I am very pleased to announce that the development topic for the public cloud Windows Azure will receive special attention at the conference. Especially to highlight the important topic of developing cloud applications, Microsoft executives responsible for the architecture of the Windows Azure platform were invited to the conference.
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Among them: Scott Guthrie, Mark Russinovich, Slava Kavsan, Dmitry Robsman, Kirill Gavrilyuk . Below you will find a detailed description of the invited guests. There has never been such a representative team of developers of the Windows Azure platform in Russia. A second chance to meet these people in Russia may not come very soon. Use this chance to get all the news and details about the Windows Azure platform first hand!

Scott Guthrie

Corporate Vice President, Server Division and Microsoft Tools



Scott Guthrie is the corporate vice president of the Microsoft server and tools division, where he is responsible for building the development platform for Windows Azure, as well as the .NET Framework and Visual Studio technologies used to build server and web applications.

As one of the founders of the .NET project, Guthrie has played a key role in the development of Microsoft development technologies since 1998. Today, Guthrie manages development teams that create a development platform for Windows Azure, Windows AppFabric Server, BizTalk Server, IIS, ASP.NET, WCF, WF, and Visual Studio capabilities in web, web services, and workflows. Scott graduated from Duke University with a degree in computer science.

Scott Guthrie is one of the most famous technology experts and speakers in the world. His outstanding speeches at the MIX and TechEd conferences are becoming a big event for the world of information technology.

Mark Russinovich

Microsoft Technical Advisory Member



Mark Russinovich is a member of Microsoft technical council and works within the Windows Azure group on the Microsoft cloud operating system. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Windows operating systems, as well as the architecture and security of operating systems.

Russinovich is the author of the recently published cyber-thriller "Zero Day", as well as one of the authors of the famous Microsoft Press book series - "Inside Microsoft Windows" (Windows Internals) and "Sysinternals Administrator's Reference".

Russinovich joined Microsoft in 2006 when Microsoft acquired Winternals Software, co-founded by Mark in 1996, as well as Sysinternals, where until now he continues to publish a large number of popular tools for administering and diagnosing Windows. Mark is a keynote speaker at major industry conferences, including Microsoft's TechEd, WinHEC, and Professional Developers Conference. Mark Russinovich is one of the most well-known technical experts and speakers in the world, his reports are distinguished by great detail, depth and unique information about the intricacies of modern information systems.

Dmitry Robsman

Development Director, Windows Azure Application Platform, Microsoft



Dmitry Robsman is the director of the development team for creating a Windows Azure application platform. Dmitry leads a team of engineers who create and maintain the performance of a number of Windows Azure services, including Web sites (Web Sites), a management portal (Management Portal), a service bus (Service Bus), media services (Media Services), and others.

Dmitry is also responsible for developing the Microsoft web platform, which includes Internet Information Server (IIS), ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Workflow Foundation (WF), Entity Framework (EF) and web tools - Visual Web Developer, Web Matrix, Web Platform Installer; Windows Azure SDK and several open source projects.

Over the 15 years of Microsoft’s career in various roles, Dmitry has contributed to the development of a number of products and technologies, including IIS, ASP.NET, .NET development languages ​​and at the moment - Windows Azure. Dmitry loves to write code. Dmitry’s well-known independent projects include the Cassini web server (written entirely in managed code) and the ASP.NET RSS Toolkit (a library for publishing and using RSS feeds in ASP.NET).

Slava Kavsan

Windows Azure Security Development Manager, Microsoft



Slava Kavsan heads the organizational unit at Microsoft responsible for developing the Windows Azure security subsystem (Windows Azure Security).

Slava recently joined the Windows Azure team by moving from his previous role, where he led the organizational unit in the Windows development team, focusing on the central security subsystem of the operating system. As part of this role, he provided technical and organizational leadership in terms of planning, architectural design, development and release of key security and user identification functions in Windows 7 and Windows 8, namely Platform Integrity, data protection, encryption, authentication and access control.

From the time Microsoft began working, Slava worked on developing the architecture and technical strategy of such areas as security, user identification, and access control.

Slava has more than 25 years of high-tech leadership experience, combining extensive management experience in software development with deep technical expertise in areas such as security, PKI (public key infrastructure), authentication, and advanced network protocols.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Slava worked as vice president of development and chief technical officer (CTO) of the world-famous security company RSA Security, where he led research projects and projects to develop various security solutions and identity management.

Kirill Gavrilyuk

Lead Development Manager, Microsoft

Kirill Gavrilyuk is our compatriot who graduated from Moscow State University in 1997. Later, Kirill moved to work in the United States and in 2000 began working for Microsoft. At Microsoft, Kirill Gavrilyuk participated in the development of many products: System.Xml, Web Services Enhancements, Windows Communication Foundation.

Today, at Microsoft, Cyril Gavrilyuk is responsible for creating the entire set of Windows Azure Mobile Services, designed to make it easy for mobile developers to create authorization functions, data storage, push notifications, and others. In addition, the development team led by Cyril is responsible for supporting the popular Node.js framework in Windows Azure.

The team of Cyril Gavrilyuk has released tools for developers of Windows 8 and iOS, which make it easy to get cloud infrastructure as a service for their mobile applications. The plans of the team of Cyril support mobile platforms Windows Phone and Android.

TechEd Russia 2012 conference reports on Windows Azure

The theme of Windows Azure will be very widely presented at TechEd Russia 2012. In addition to developing cloud applications, visitors can learn about building IT systems based on the cloud, integrating an enterprise with the cloud, and security issues of cloud services. And learn all this first hand!

The program is constantly updated on the conference site, today there are already many sessions that will be devoted to the clouds and the Windows Azure platform. Here are just some of them:

• Plenary talk of a track of development of applications for a public cloud of Windows Azure
• Virtual machines and networks in Windows Azure
• Windows Azure Internal
• Azure Application Development Scenarios: Choosing the Best Approach
• Storage and processing scenarios in Windows Azure
• Migrating ASP.NET applications to Windows Azure
• Scott Guthrie - Q & A session

• The security model of the hybrid organization Exchange Server 2013 and Office 365 - together safer
• Partitioning data in SQL Server 2012 and Windows Azure SQL Database
• Practical use of Windows Azure Virtual Machines
• Information security 2012: current trends, challenges and solutions
• Deploying Active Directory Infrastructure in Windows Azure
• We build SharePoint 2013 farms in Windows Azure

• Between Earth and Clouds - Similarities and Differences in the Implementation of Database Platforms
• Claim-based authentication (based on applications) in traditional and cloud environments with Active Directory Federation Services
• What to consider when building solutions for data migration in hybrid architectures using cloud solutions
• Secure clouds for IT managers: global and Russian practice

These and other reports of the conference will be read by experts from Microsoft, invited experts from the US and European countries, and Russian experts in application development and building information systems.

The program is constantly updated, follow it on the site. See you at the conference !