Microsoft Networking Academy with the Azure Black Belt Team – Winter 2017!

Welcome to our new networking webinar series! We’ve changed the name of our bi-weekly talk to better reflect what we want to convey to you, our customers and partners! And this comes with a new name: Microsoft Networking Academy !

The Microsoft Network Academy session is taking place every other Friday this winter and spring. It is open to all customers and partners to learn more about Azure Networking, including ExpressRoute and Virtual Networking, and how to plan and design their connectivity to the Microsoft Cloud.

As a team, we’ve decided to create two formats for our Microsoft Networking Academy series: the introductory sessions, and deep dive sessions, generally presented in alternance.

In both formats, there will be an open Q&A session at the end where customers can ask the experts. Content and partner speakers will vary for each session, but the general agenda is as follows:

Introductory sessions

• Azure Networking fundamentals (10 minutes)
• Deep dive topic of the week (15-20 minutes)
• Partner spotlight of the week (15-20 minutes)
• Q&A

Deep dive sessions

• Introduction (5 minutes)
• Deep dive topic of the week (35-45 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

We will post the agenda in advance on this blog, and to our interested viewers, you can join a distribution list by sending an email to gbb-anf@microsoft.com with the subject-line “Join Microsoft Networking Academy List”. We will email you a reminder and the agenda in advance for the upcoming sessions.

We kicked off this new Academy Series on Friday, February 17^th, 2017.

Join the Skype Meeting and make sure you don’t miss out on future sessions by adding this the series to your Outlook calendar. You can also download ICS (same agenda entry for both introductory and deep dive sessions).

Here are a few links for convenience:

• Session recordings for Microsoft Networking Academy will be posted on Channel 9
• Previous sessions are already posted on Channel 9’s Azure Networking Fridays channel
• Check list presented in our sessions
• Fall 2016 season’s sessions and early winter 2017 sessions

Episode #1 : February 3^rd – Introductory session with Riverbed

• Azure Networking Fundamentals
• Technical overview of Azure Load Balancing with our new team member, Bryan Woodworth!
• Partner Spotlight – Riverbed’s SD-WAN solution accelerates the adoption of Azure via unique automation algorithms, cloud-centric management workflows and an industry-leading focus on app performance. Come see how this really happens!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #2 : February 17^th – Deep Dive on Routing with ExpressRoute

• Quick introduction and announcement
• Deep dive on the 3 ExpressRoute peerings with Eddie Villalba
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #3 : March 3^rd – Introductory session with Citrix

• What’s new in Azure Networking this week – and attempted demo on Network Watcher !
• Partner Spotlight – Enabling secure and reliable delivery to Azure with Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #4 : March 17^th – Deep Dive on High Availability for Network Virtual Appliances

• Quick introduction
• Deep dive on high availability for Network Virtual Appliances (NVA) in Azure Virtual Networks
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #5 : March 31^st – Introductory session with Zayo

• What’s new in Azure Networking this week – and a retry of episode 3’s Network Watcher Demo!
• Partner Spotlight with Zayo !
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #6 : April 14^th – Deep Dive on Traffic Manager

• Quick introduction
• Deep dive on Azure Traffic Manager with Bryan Woodworth
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #7 : April 28^th – Introductory session with Alert Logic

• Quick introduction
• Partner Spotlight – Full Stack Security for Azure with Alert Logic
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are links to both the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #8 : May 12^th Agenda : Deep Dive on routing for Network Virtual Appliances

• Quick introduction
• Deep dive on routing for network virtual appliances and demo
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are the links to the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Episode #9 : May 26^th Agenda : Introductory session with Palo Alto

• Quick introduction
• Partner Spotlight – Network Security in the cloud with Palo Alto !
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are the links to the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9 

Episode #10 : June 9^th Agenda : Deep Dive on Application Gateways and Web Application Firewall

• Quick introduction – New things in Azure (VPN Gateways SKU update)
• Deep dive on Application Gateways and Web Application Firewall
• Ask the Experts Q&A!
• Here are the links to the deck and to the video recording on Channel 9

Thank you!

Thank you all for being with us this past season! Feel free to drop us a note at GBB-ANF@microsoft.com for comments, suggestions, etc.

Enjoy summer!

Azure Networking Black Belt Team.