AzureCon 2015: See all that’s new with Microsoft Azure this fall

October 2015 started with AzureCon, an online conference outlining a lot of new features introduced in Microsoft Azure this fall. More than 50 technical sessions are now online. See what experts say about the latest Azure innovation and easy-to-adopt solutions. Plus there are customers taking the stage to share their stories. And you can get insights from the Q&A sessions where architects and engineers of the latest Azure features answer tough questions.

The four keynote sessions by Microsoft’s top speakers and engineers provide the perfect summary:

	Journey to the intelligent cloud by Scott Guthrie	Cloud is helping business and technical leaders worldwide turn the digital disruption into their advantage. How can you do the same? Gain insights from organizations successfully transforming using cloud, hear best practices first hand from customers and learn about some of the latest Microsoft innovations to enable your journey to the cloud.
	Building apps with the intelligent cloud by Bill Staples	Apps are key to transforming and growing your business. Apps define your customers' experience, empower employees’ success and underpin critical business processes but can take time to show results. Hear from organizations how building on the Azure application platform is accelerating their business transformation and driving rapid results.
	Transforming Data into intelligent action by T.K. Rengarajan	Data is everywhere. It is generated by applications, by sensors, and by devices at a rapidly increasing rate. Capturing all of this data and transforming it into intelligent action can differentiate and change an organization. Learn how companies are taking advantage of data through the latest innovations in Microsoft’s Data Platform in areas such as Modern Apps, Internet of Things, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, and Hybrid solutions.
	Infrastructure for the intelligent cloud by Jason Zander	Microsoft Azure is built on a hyper-scale, hybrid and trustworthy infrastructure platform that helps organizations add scale to their applications, be agile and enjoy cost savings. Learn how businesses are transforming themselves by evolving their IT strategy to take advantage of Azure's infrastructure platform.

With the “Internet of Things” currently gaining a lot of traction, the announcement of the availability of Azure IoT Suite and IoT Hub completes Azures IoT offering by making the communication back from the cloud to IoT devices efficient and simple and by offering templates for common IoT scenarios such as predictive maintenance. The following sessions showcase our new Azure IoT offerings:

Connect your IoT devices with Azure IoT client libraries Overview of Azure IoT Hub Introducing the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite Integrate all of the things! Processing NFC tag reads in an Azure App Service Logic App

The goal is to make it straightforward to get started with your IoT projects all while being able to scale to industry grade solutions. See the technology live in action: try Azure for free. Start-ups can register to get 5 accounts with CHF 140 in Azure credits every month for up to three years. And Students can claim a reward when activating their free Azure subscription through our student program “DreamSpark”.