I am proud to announce the creation of a new virtual user group: the Azure Florida Association.

The missiong of this group is to bring national and internaional speakers to the forefront of the Florida Azure community. Speakers include Microsoft employees, MVPs and senior developers that use the Azure platform extensively.

How to learn about meetings and the group

Go to http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4177626

First Meeting Announcement

Date: January 25 2012 @4PM ET

Topic: Demystifying SQL Azure

Description: What is SQL Azure, Value Proposition, Usage scenarios, Concepts and Architecture, What is there and what is not, Tips and Tricks

Bio: Vikas is a versatile technical consultant whose knowledge and experience ranges from products to projects, from .net to IBM Mainframe Assembler.  He has lead and mentored people on different technical platforms, and has focused on new technologies from Microsoft for the past few years.  He is also takes keen interest in Methodologies, Quality and Processes.