Cloud Computing: presentation, fundamentals
Comparison of available solutions
Windows Azure: features and services
Pricing details
Supported applications
Node.js: presentation, operation
Overview of Node.js APIs
Windows Azure SKD for Node.js

Windows Azure account creation
Users and roles
Development environments (Cloud9 IDE, WebMatrix, …), plugins

Workshops: Windows Azure account configuration and environment installation – first HTML5 / Node.js site

Node.js applications in Windows Azure, CMS
Tests with Development Fabric
Publishing and configuring applications
Azure blob storage: configuration, containers, operations
Data storage with Azure tables: configuration, entities, transactions
Session and profile management in Azure
Security of an application: authentication, roles, SSL
Windows Azure Service Runtime Library

Workshops: Creation, test and deployment of web applications – Session management – Handling of Azure storage types – Implementation of application security

SQL Azure: presentation, account, available tools
SQL Azure vs SQL Server
SQL Azure databases: creation, data manipulation
SQL Server database migration
Access to databases with
msNodeSql SQL Azure synchronization – local data (Microsoft Sync), other scripts

Workshops: Access and backups in the cloud with SQL Azure – Synchronization

Asynchronous operations in Windows Azure
Asynchronous background processing Azure
queues: send, read
AppFabric bus: services, one-way / two-way messages
AppFabric: access control, user authentication
Advanced API: diagnostics, management

Workshops: Using Azure queues for asynchronous processing – Handling diagnostic and management APIs