Exploring the Rock, Paper, Azure! Challenge

This month we explore the Rock, Paper, Azure! Challenge with Microsoft Developer Evangalist Brian Hitney.

Summary:
In this presentation and hands on event, we'll take a technical look at the Rock, Paper, Azure (RPA) project.  In the first half, we'll look at the technical details - starting from the project origin to taking the original git codebase and migrating it to working Azure solution.  Then, we'll dive into the specific problem areas of the project: scalability and security - while simple to say, these were both perhaps the most time consuming parts of the project. In the last half, we'll play a round - bring your laptop!

Outline:

-          Overview of the project

-          Migrating to Azure - proof of concept

o   What works and does not work in Azure.

-          Issue #1: Scalability

o   Original app had limited scale

o   Needed to identify and re-engineer for performance

-          Issue #2: Security

o   Original code was surprisingly resilient

o   We discovered a few vectors

o   Needed to protect against unfriendly code

*  P/Invoke, Reflection, Diagnostics/Process, etc.

o   Security of website and PII

*  Strong legal requirements

-          Issue #3: Legal review  (optional)

-          Time to play the game. 

Reminder: This meeting will be on a Wednesday, not Thursday, and we will be back at the Microsoft Charlotte Campus location.

Food and drinks will be provided.