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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Introduction to “Dallas”NameTitleMicrosoft Corporation
Session ObjectivesUnderstand 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
Lap Around Dallasdemo
The Parts and Pieces
Provisioning, Reporting and Billing Engine
API’s
Dallas Connector
IW IntegrationPublic Marketplace
Data Hosted by Third Party
Data Hosted by
Data Provider
Data Hosted in
Azure
Developer Challenges
“Remove friction for building applications leveraging 3rd party data”
Data discoveryClean consistent APIsFlexible business model
Planning a Night OutScenario
Show timesPredicative parkingRestaurant reviewsReal-time weather…
Building Apps with Dallas
demo
DeveloperBenefits
One marketplace & billing relationship
Access to multi-million dollar datasets and web services
Use from anywhere .NET, PHP, Java, iPhone
Information Worker Challenges
“Help me use data in my workflow to better understand my business”
Data discovery and trustConsumption through OfficeOn-prem apps leveraging cloud scale
Analyzing Business Performance ScenarioMy data +
DemographicsBusiness analytics
New businessesWeatherUser generated content…
PowerPivot & Dallasdemo
Content Provider Opportunities
“Help me reach more customers”
Lower cost of sale to new audiencesIntegration in Microsoft’s Information Worker softwareEnabling Microsoft sales channels to sell partner’s data
Own Your BusinessContent Partners Set API Parameters
Content Partners Set Pricing
Content Partners Control Content Use Rights
SearchableReturned
Dataset Fields
$ X$ YY
Transaction Subscription
Call-to-ActionDevelopers
Request an invitation codehttp://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/ NASA Pathfinder Innovation Challengehttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/beamartian/PIC/
Content ProvidersContact us! [email protected]
Additional InformationWebsite: 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