README.md

Azure Resources for Public Sector Research and Education

A list of helpful resources

Things You Might Want to Try to Do Tomorrow:

• Cross-Platform Apps for iOS, Android, Windows and more: https://www.xamarin.com/
• Cross-Platform Bots for Slack, Facebook Messenger, Skype and more: https://dev.botframework.com/
• Manage and publish your APIs at scale in your institution: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/
• Detect offensive, unwanted content automatically using AI: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/content-moderator/

Fun things to demo/try in just a few minutes:

• Create a bot out of a FAQ in minutes: http://qnamaker.ai
• Make a video completely searchable with insights: https://vi.microsoft.com/
• Create a no-code app for iOS, Android that talks to apps like Salesforce, Hipchat, Twilio, Sendgrid and more: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/

Our Favorite Azure talks and presentations:

• Microsoft Serverless platform: https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55131
• Azure Roadmap: https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/54926?source=sessions
• Conversation design for bots: https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55282?source=sessions
• API Management: https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/55061
• Developing Linux Apps with App Services and Docker Containers: https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/55063

Azure for Researchers:

• Microsoft Azure for Researchers: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-azure-for-research/
• HPC and Simulation offerings: https://simulation.azure.com/
• Free online access to Jupyter notebooks running in the cloud on Microsoft Azure: https://notebooks.azure.com/
• Academic Knowledge API: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/academic-knowledge/

If you already know AWS:

• Service Names Mapped: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/cloud-service-map-for-aws-and-azure-available-now/
• Azure training for AWS Professionals https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/azure-administration-aws-administrators?twoid=FE0E0FCF2684CFAC

Learn Azure through and through:

• Azure Training and Certification paths: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/training/

See What HED Customers are doing with Azure:

• https://customers.microsoft.com/en-US/story/bar-ilan-university-azure-cloud-azure-batch-en
• http://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/leading-university-transforms-it-management-with-holistic-monitoring-and-reporting-solution
• http://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/san-diego-state-university
• https://customers.microsoft.com/en-US/story/gonzagauniversity
• http://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/kansas-university-sql-server-power-bi-azure-education-united-states

Big Fan of Open Source? Did you know about:

• Azure Database for MySQL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/mysql/
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/postgresql/
• Blockchain on Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/blockchain/
• SQL Server on Linux VMs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/sql/sql-server-linux-virtual-machines-overview
• All Azure OSS projects: https://azure.github.io/
• Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/

What Vendors Are Working with Azure:

• NVIDIA: http://gpu.azure.com/
• Citrix: https://www.citrix.com/global-partners/microsoft/azure.html
• RedHat: https://www.redhat.com/en/partners/strategic-alliance/microsoft
• SAP: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/sap/
• MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-on-microsoft-azure
• Datastax: https://www.datastax.com/partners/microsoft-azure
• Docker: https://www.docker.com/docker-azure
• Pivotal: https://pivotal.io/partners/microsoft
• Terraform: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/azurerm/
• Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/cloud/faq-1963009.html