Stairway to Cloud - Orleans Framework for Building Halo-Scale Systems

Explore the Orleans Framework, a groundbreaking open-source project from the .NET Foundation, in this comprehensive talk. Discover how Orleans has revolutionized the development of modern scalable interactive cloud services and distributed systems through its Virtual Actor model. Learn about its successful implementation in high-profile projects like Halo, Skype, and Azure Monitoring since 2011. Gain insights into leveraging Orleans for your own projects, recent additions to the framework, upcoming features, and future development plans. Understand how Orleans has attracted a global community of talented engineers and maintains strong ties with Microsoft Research to drive continuous innovation in cloud computing.