Presented by Microsoft Cloud, this webinar shares best practices for orchestrating large-scale HPC environments in academic research using Azure CycleCloud and CCWS.

Future-Proofing Academic Research: HPC Workflows and Secure Enclaves with Azure CycleCloud

Azure CycleCloud is an enterprise-friendly tool for orchestrating and managing High Performance Computing (HPC) environments on Azure. Researchers can provision cloud infrastructure for HPC systems, deploy familiar job schedulers such as Slurm, and automatically scale resources to efficiently run compute-intensive jobs at any scale.

What You'll Learn

• CycleCloud Overview: Basics of creating and managing HPC clusters in the Azure cloud.
• Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm (CCWS): Rapid deployment of traditional HPC job schedulers with the ability to scale to thousands of cores immediately.
• Ease-of-Use Integrations:
  • Open OnDemand: User-friendly HPC web portal accessibility.
  • Grafana and Cendio ThinLinc: Monitoring and remote desktop capabilities for streamlined workflow and visualization.
• Security & Scalability: Use of secure enclaves and scalable architecture tailored for academic research and large data workloads.
• Integration and Community: How to follow up with the Microsoft Azure for Academic Research community for ongoing content and updates.

Getting Started Resources

• Learn about Azure CycleCloud
• Explore CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm
• Join the Microsoft Azure for Academic Research community on LinkedIn for further updates and monthly webinars.

Azure CycleCloud empowers researchers to manage compute workloads flexibly while leveraging integrations with modern monitoring, visualization, and scheduler tools for a holistic cloud HPC experience.