{"id":2402,"date":"2011-03-23T13:08:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2011-04-11T23:04:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:04:34","slug":"rescheduled-connecting-on-premise-applications-with-the-windows-azure-platform-windows-server-user-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/03\/rescheduled-connecting-on-premise-applications-with-the-windows-azure-platform-windows-server-user-group.htm","title":{"rendered":"Rescheduled: Connecting on-premise applications with the Windows Azure platform (Windows Server User Group)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/03\/connecting-on-premise-applications-with-the-windows-azure-platform-windows-server-user-group.htm\">I wrote about a Live Meeting I was running for the Windows Server User Group (WSUG), looking at using Windows Azure Connect to connect on-premise server infrastructure with Microsoft&#8217;s public cloud offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you tried to attend that meeting, I&#8217;m sorry, but due to some logistical difficulties that were outside my control, the meeting was unable to go ahead at the advertised time and, although we e-mailed everyone who had registered, I&#8217;m sorry if you didn&#8217;t get the message until it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased to say that this event has now been rescheduled for the same time (19:00 &#8211; although by then we&#8217;ll be on BST not GMT) next Monday (28 March 2011).<\/p>\n<p>Please accept my apologies for the short notice we gave last night, and please do <a href=\"http:\/\/wsug032011-newdate.eventbrite.com\/\">register for the rescheduled meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsug.co.uk\/?p=107\">A version of this post also appears on the Windows Server User Group blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about a Live Meeting I was running for the Windows Server User Group (WSUG), looking at using Windows Azure Connect to connect on-premise server infrastructure with Microsoft&#8217;s public cloud offering. 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