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Introduction to “ Dallas”. Name Title Microsoft Corporation. Session Objectives. Understand what the Microsoft information service offering is. Understand the impact to data providers. Understand the impact to developers. Microsoft Codename “Dallas” Information Service. Marketplace
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Introduction to “Dallas” Name Title Microsoft Corporation
Session Objectives • Understand what the Microsoft information service offering is. • Understand the impact to data providers. • Understand the impact to developers.
Microsoft Codename “Dallas”Information Service • Marketplace • Standardized APIs • Analytics and Reporting All powered by the Windows Azure platform
DataWhat do you mean? • Authoritative data, weather, demographics, financial, images, community reviews… • Commercial & trusted public domain • Relational, blob, web services
demo Lap Around Dallas
The Parts and Pieces API’s IW Integration Public Marketplace Provisioning, Reporting and Billing Engine Dallas Connector Data Hosted by Third Party Data Hosted in Azure Data Hosted by Data Provider
DeveloperChallenges “Remove friction for building applications leveraging 3rd party data” • Data discovery • Clean consistent APIs • Flexible business model
Show times Predicative parking Restaurant reviews Real-time weather … Planning a Night OutScenario
demo Building Apps with Dallas
DeveloperBenefits • One marketplace & billing relationship • Access to multi-million dollar datasets and web services • Use from anywhere .NET, PHP, Java, iPhone
Information WorkerChallenges “Help me use data in my workflow to better understand my business” • Data discovery and trust • Consumption through Office • On-prem apps leveraging cloud scale
Analyzing Business Performance Scenario My data + • Demographics • Business analytics • New businesses • Weather • User generated content • …
demo PowerPivot & Dallas
Content ProviderOpportunities “Help me reach more customers” • Lower cost of sale to new audiences • Integration in Microsoft’s Information Worker software • Enabling Microsoft sales channels to sell partner’s data
Own Your Business • Content Partners Set API Parameters • Content Partners Set Pricing • Content Partners Control Content Use Rights Dataset Fields Searchable Returned Transaction Subscription
Call-to-Action • Developers • Request an invitation codehttp://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/ • NASA Pathfinder Innovation Challengehttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/beamartian/PIC/ • Content Providers • Contact us! DallasBD@Microsoft.com
Additional Information • Website: www.microsoft.com/dallas/ • CTP Marketplace: www.sqlazureservices.com • Dallas Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/dallas/ • Dallas Overview: http://blogs.msdn.com/jimoneil/archive/2009/11/30/discovering-dallas.aspx • PowerPivot Overview: http://business-intelligence.kdejonge.net/combine-data-from-the-cloud-with-local-data-using-powerpivot-and-dallas