After a gap of few years, I am happy that Microsoft premier event "TechEd" is happening
again in India. For many of the regular speakers in the event, TechEd India is an
annual ritual that we enjoy and look forward to eagerly. It gives a rare opportunity
to meet, interact and network with brilliant participants, to hear what they are working
on currently and how they are using Microsoft technologies in real life.
When the organizers told me the venue is Hyderabad I was at a loss - why on earth
anyone will hold an event in Hyderabad at the middle of peak summer?. After few minutes
of reaching the venue "Hyderabad International
Convention Centre" I understood why. The Convention Centre was great, with world
class infrastructure and I guess the best in India for years to come. And commuting
to and from the new Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport was not bad either.
Though it is far from city, the roads are not that crowded like in Bangalore. I reached
from Airport to City in about an hour and while returning from Hi-Tec city to Airport
through the new ring road it took less than 45 minutes. The ring road named after
Rajiv Gandhi (like many other things in Congress ruled AP) was good, they allow
only four wheelers (cars and vans), trucks and two-wheelers are not allowed to ply
in the road to prevent accidents. I couldn't say the same pleasant things about Paramount
Airways - which delayed my return flight by some 4 hours (8:30PM flight took off at
12:30AM).
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This year, I
presented on Windows Azure - an overview session where I covered the need for
Azure, Azure fundamentals and few demos on using Windows Azure.