#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 17th June 2011

	Local Overview
	Local company BondiGeek releases BondiRegister - backed by #Windows #Azure  - making online registrations easy. Hear more from the @BondiGeek here Regional - Chanjet: First Dataset from China on Windows Azure Marketplace Submissions close on Australia's Microsoft Innovation Partner of the Year. Many Azure examples including Mokom’s workflow platform workQ

	Readiness & Resources
Windows Azure:	Example applications (including Java example app) Dutch PHP contest winner documents Azure build in blog series Why Every ASP.NET Developer Should Know Windows Azure Advanced scenarios with Windows Azure Queues  Windows Azure Configuration Settings per build configuration
SQL Azure:	Troubleshooting and Optimizing Queries with SQL Azure
AppFabric:	Azure AppFabric Service bus, Silverlight Integration - End-to-End (walkthrough) Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Services Academy Videos Updated Windows Azure #AppFabric SDK
DataMarket:	Windows Azure DataMarket June Update
Watch:	MSDN Live Meeting Building hybrid applications with the Windows Azure Platform Massive compendium: All On-Demand recordings of the Windows Azure Platform sessions at Microsoft UK TechDays 2011
Case Study:	TV and Film Production Firm Uses Cloud Environment for Content Collaboration
Tools:	DataMarket MapApp for Bing Maps in the Bing Map App Gallery

	Guidance:
Walkthrough:	Video How To: Synchronize and Share Data Click-by-Click Video: Using on-premise Active Directory to authenticate to a Windows Azure App
Architecture:	Security Talk Series–Cloud Computing
Books:	Top 10 Books for Windows Azure Development

	In the news:
General:	To Move or Not To Move: The Economics of Cloud Computing 101 Questions to Ask When Considering a NoSQL Database You Probably Already Have a “Private Cloud” Crowds can do big things
Microsoft:	Development Kinect for Windows SDK – now you can build your own Kinect Grafiti or cloud linked project  Debugger canvas Entity Framework 4.1: Code First and WCF Data Services Industry Microsoft formally joins Cloud Industry Forum
Windows Azure:	Windows Azure Helps Scientists Unfold Protein Mystery and Fight Disease Azure Named Fastest Cloud Service Cloud Computing: Time for the Windows Azure Tablet?

	Events
Local:	Tim Buntel (@tbuntel) presents at: Australian Computer Society - 23rd June
Webinar:	MSDN Webcast: Integrating High-Quality Data with Windows Azure DataMarket (Level 200) on 6/21/2011 at 8:00 AM PDT Webinar: Lander Leverages Azure and SQL Azure to build an application to be held 6/22/2011 at 9:00 AM PDT:

	Community
Social:	Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to my Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Mailing list for OzAzure
	CloudCamp Sydney - July 21st Azure meet up penned for 14 July in Sydney. Venue for 7th booked

	Questions
Q:	Can I use a Windows Azure Content Management Systems ?
A:	There are a number of CMS’s on Windows Azure including the following: Kentico CMS (See channel 9 Mix video) by Thom Robbins SiteCore (video) nopCommerce Composite Umbraco Umbraco Case Study) Video Interview with Paul Sterling of Umbraco Umbraco Accelerator - Documentation by Damien Nanquette Mix  Paul Sterling ASP.NET based CMS called Sitefinity And possibly in the future – Orchard – a .Net based CMS