Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/there-are-more-clouds-azure-and-cassandra-carlos-rolo-pythian-c-summit-2016 | Azure is a full-featured cloud platform from Microsoft. More and more companies are looking into it, but not much documentation is out there. I will go through a process of explaining how to deploy, and automate Cassandra in Azure. What you can expect and what you should be looking out for. Learning Objective #1: What is Azure and what differenciates it (good and bad). Learning Objective #2: What choices to make and how to deploy Cassandra in Azure. Learning Objective #3: After deployment, monitoring and task automation. About the Speaker Carlos Rolo Cassandra Consultant, Pythian Carlos Rolo is a Cassandra MVP, and has deep expertise with distributed architecture technologies. Carlos is driven by challenge, and enjoys the opportunities to discover new things.. He has become known and trusted by customers and colleagues for his ability to understand complex problems, and to work well under pressure. When Carlos isn't working he can be found playing water polo or enjoying the his local community.