Starting your own business is not easy. It takes good people, great ideas, lots of skills, time, money, dedication, perseverance and more than anything, it takes passion. Microsoft wants startups to succeed and we're here to help. We have dedicated teams of technical evangelists who can work with you, providing guidance, expertise, experience and more. BizSpark is our program for startups, entrepreneurs and independent developers who want to leverage Microsoft technologies without investing any of their seed funding into software. This session walks you through how Microsoft can help startups, how BizSpark works, how you can qualify, the benefits, how you can use your Azure credits, and more. Don't try to succeed alone. Work smart and partner up! Microsoft is here to help. If you want me to visit your startup, Meetup, co-working space, incubator, event or association to deliver this presentation, don't hesitate to contact me directly.

1. Startups@Microsoft
Nick Landry
Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist
nick.landry@microsoft.com
@ActiveNick – AgeofMobility.com

2. Startups = Future

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
nick.landry@microsoft.com
@ActiveNick – AgeofMobility.com