{"id":281792,"date":"2016-08-31T09:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=281792"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:59:30","slug":"azure-research-training-university-sheffield-2016","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/event\/azure-research-training-university-sheffield-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure for Research Training &#8211; University of Sheffield 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Building\/room:<\/strong>\u00a0B04 Geography Computer Room (<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/management.sheffield.ac.uk\/locations\/b04-geography-computer-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directions<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN\u00a0(location of Training Room is Winter Street)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact us:\u00a0<\/strong>If you have questions, send email to <a href=\"mailto:azuretraining@microsoft.com\">azuretraining@microsoft.com<\/a>.<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Azure for Research hands-on lab is hosted by the University of Sheffield, and offered to faculty, researchers, and PhD students across the UK who want to learn how cloud computing can help deliver better, faster, and more reproducible research. 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