Topic: PHP Community event in London, February 23, 2010

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Following the Q&A on PHP Freaks, Microsoft would like to take the dialogue offline during PHP Developer event held on February 23^rd in London. This is a dedicated after-work event for everyone interested in behind the scenes developments such as running PHP on cloud platforms or implementing Drupal on Windows Servers.

The agenda:

1. Journey So Far
Investments made to enhance performance of PHP on WS2008 presented by the event's host William Coleman (Platform Strategy Advisor, Microsoft DPE UK). Specifically Windows Cache Extension for PHP and SQL Server driver for PHP update.

2. Maarten Balliauw: The Windows Azure SDK for PHP
The basics of how one can develop a PHP application that can be deployed to Windows Azure, using the Eclipse tools for Windows Azure and the Windows Azure SDK for PHP. Learn about Windows Azure's compute and storage services in this demo-rich session.

3. Robert Castelo: Introduction to the UK Drupal Community
A guided tour of the Drupal community in the UK - featuring the individuals and organisations that are active, resources and events, a showcase of some of the most high profile websites running on Drupal, and advice on how best to engage with the community.

4. Open Discussion
What has Microsoft done right, wrong and what needs to happen in the future?

Follow #msphplondon on Twitter for updates from the event.