Microsoft for Startups
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Microsoft offers a comprehensive BizSpark program for startups, including access to cloud services, software tools, and technical support. The program provides various options for web hosting, app development, and training resources, with a focus on Azure and Office 365. Additionally, it supports networking opportunities and marketing visibility to help startups grow.
Microsoft for Startups
- 1. Startups@Microsoft Nick Landry Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist [email protected] @ActiveNick – AgeofMobility.com
- 3. BizSpark 3 years of Microsoft software: MSDN Ultimate Subscriptions $150 / month in Azure cloud credits. Office 365 Developer Up to 8 users per BizSpark account per startup Technical & product support. Offers from network partners Marketing visibility. Events. Ecosystem Connections. www.microsoft.com/bizspark
- 4. Free Website, Blog & Web App Hosting HTML5 ASP.NET Apache Tomcat 7 WordPress, Joomla! PHP & MySQL Django Drupal, and many more… 10 Websites for free! • 1 GB storage, 165 MB per day outbound data Shared Websites: $10/month • 1 GB storage, unlimited outbound data, custom domain support Basic Website on A2 instance • 10 GB storage, $112/month Microsoft Azure
- 5. Office 365: Office apps on any device Rich experience using any Office version Your own machine, any browser, or offline Personalized experience on all devices Excel 2013 for PC Office Mobile Office for iPad Office Online
- 6. The best Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for… Mobile Web Cloud Games Hardware, Desktop, etc. Visual Studio Ultimate Edition Mobile App Development: • Universal Windows apps for Windows Phone & Windows tablets, hybrids, laptops & desktops • Mobile Hybrid apps with Cordova • Mobile Web apps with HTML5 & JavaScript • Native iOS & Android apps with Xamarin Web Applications: ASP.NET, HTML5, SPAs, support for 100% client-side JavaScript frameworks Cloud Development with Azure in .NET or Node C# Scripting Editor for Unity Games Arduino Sketches, .NET Micro Framework, etc. Windows Desktop apps, Office apps, C#, C++, VB, F#, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and more…
- 7. Free Dev Workstations in the Cloud Windows Store Development Workstations in the cloud Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Update 2 on Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Update 3 with Multi-Device Hybrid Apps CTP 2.0 on Windows 8.1 x64 Visual Studio Professional 14 CTP 2 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Large instance (A3): $80/month • 4 cores, 7GB RAM • 10 hrs./day, 26 days/month XL instance (A4): $135/month • 8 cores, 14GB RAM • 10 hrs./day, 22 days/month Medium instance (A2): $115/mo • 2 cores, 3.5GB RAM • 24/7 uptime Microsoft Azure
- 8. IaaS: Free Virtual Machines in the Cloud Windows Server, BizTalk, SharePoint, SQL Server, Dynamics CRM, etc. JDK 6, 7, 8 on Windows Oracle DB & WebLogic Oracle Linux OpenSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Ubuntu OpenLogic, and more Two small instances (A1) • 1 core, 1.75Gb RAM • 24/7 uptime: $116/month One medium instance (A2) • 2 cores, 3.5GB RAM • 24/7 uptime: $115/month Memory intensive instance (A7) • 8 cores, 56GB RAM • 5 hrs./day, 22 days/mo: $146 Microsoft Azure
- 9. Free Cloud Backend for Mobile Apps iOS, Android, Windows, HTML5, PhoneGap, Xamarin Broadcast Push w/ targeting (APN, GCM, WNS, etc.) Social Integration w/ Facebook, Twitter, Google Auto-Scale to millions of devices Backend in C# or NodeJS Enterprise Single Sign-On w/ Active Directory Integrate with SQL, Oracle, SAP, MongoDB Enterprise-Grade SLA Free Service Tier: 1-10 services • 20MB database, 500K API calls, 100K push notifications Basic Service Tier: $101 • 3M API calls, 1GB database, 1M push notifications, 15GB out Microsoft Azure
- 10. EXPERTS
- 11. Jesus Aguilar @giventocode Joshua Drew @jdruid Nick Landry @ActiveNick Stacey Mulcahy @bitchwhocodes Maria Naggaga @LadyNaggaga Jason Walters @jasonrwalters Meet the NY Metro Evangelism Team • Expertise & Experience • Workshops & Training • Office Hours • Microsoft Product Team Connections • BizSpark Startup Vetting • Promotions, PR, Blogs, Dev & Startup Spotlights • Guidance & Resources: • Technology • UX & Design • Marketing • Testing: • Usability • Gameplay • Devices • Contests and more
- 12. Online Microsoft training delivered by experts to help technologists continually learn Hundreds of courses for developers, IT Pros, students, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts 11 different languages More than 2.1M students registered Build your own Learning Plan All free! http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com
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- 16. Meetups & Office Hours Microsoft Mobile App Devs (MMAD) of New Jersey • www.meetup.com/MMADNJ • Located at the Microsoft Office in Iselin, NJ (MetroPark) • Next Meetup on August 27, 6:00PM Next Studio Time (Office Hours) at Microsoft NJ Office • August 27, 2:00 – 6:00PM • Spots still available. RSVP now at www.meetup.com/MMADNJ Office Hours at JuiceTank • Friday, September 5, 10:00AM – 3:00PM • RSVP now at www.meetup.com/MMADNJ
- 17. Have a brilliant idea? Let us help! www.microsoft.com/bizspark @bizspark
- 18. Nick Landry Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist [email protected] @ActiveNick – AgeofMobility.com