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Everyone is talking about “the Cloud” in the IT Community. The cloud is different things to different people and organizations. There doesn’t seem to be a one size fits all definition that goes deep enough for IT Pros. You have the standard types of cloud services SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and different places the cloud can be located Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Government Cloud….this makes figuring out what you need to be successful as an IT Professional in your role difficult.

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* Managing Windows Azure

* SQL Azure Security

* Identity & Access

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