One advantage of going to conferences is that you get to run into people who you haven't seen for a while. Over the past day, I've had a few "off the record" conversations that turned up some interesting bits of information.
- Microsoft is hosting some of its Azure servers in at least one Amazon datacenter.
- Attendence at TechEd has exceeded Microsoft's projections. It excepted only 60% of the nearly 10,000 registrants who are here this week.