#Azure Action - Weekly Newsletter - 22nd November 2011

Local Overview :

Microsofts Bizspark's StyleRocks - the world's first jewellery website that lets visitors design their own jewellery -€“ built on Windows Azure

Customised products are then hand made in Australia and shipped directly to the customer. At the heart of StyleRocks is a .NET application built using the MVC framework on the Azure platform developed the start-up incubator and software company, BlueChilli.
Janison's eCafe visualizes the ESSA school test live

	Readiness & Resources:
Windows Azure:	General Windows Azure for Social Applications Azure Authoring Tools - Enhanced Visual Studio Publishing (Year of Azureâ€“Week 19) Â« Brent's Notepad Programmatically Installing and Using Your Management Certificate with the New .publishsettings File Ten Basic Troubleshooting Tips for Windows Azure Multiple domains with HTTP and HTTPS endpoint and UCC SSL Certificate in Windows Azure Web Role Finding Top Keywords with the Social Analytics API Storage A Highly Available Cloud Storage Service with Strong Consistency
SQL Azure:	More SQL Azure Data Sync Webcasts on Channel 9
AppFabric:	Service Bus: Azure Service Bus Tester ACS Outsourcing user authentication in a Windows Phone application
HPC:	MATLAB and R on Windows Azure via Techila
Watch:	Cloud Cover Episode 65 - New Windows Azure SDK and Tools with Scott Guthrie Your Three Winning Numbers of Cloud Computing Federated Authentication in Windows Azure Web Role using Windows Azure App
Case Study:	Travelocity and Neudesic Talk About the Advantages of Moving to the Cloud with Windows Azure
Tools:	Cerebrata public beta of Cloud Studio v2 Aditi Technologies acquires Cumulux

	Guidance:
Walkthrough:	How to create a mobile BI report hosted on Azure Adding Push Notification Support to Your Windows Phone Application Windows Azure SDK 1.6 (Build 1.6.41103.1601) installation Walkthrough
Architecture:	Deploy your cloud applications to Windows Azure from TFS Automated Build Synchronizing Multiple Nodes in Windows Azure
Best practice:	Handy Library for Dealing with Transient Connectivity in the Cloud NuGet Packages for Windows Azure and Windows Phone Developers
Book:	Professional SharePoint Cloud-Based Solutions

	In the news:
General:	Cloud Security Standards How to introduce Cloud and Mobile Development
Microsoft:	Cloud part of Microsoft'€™s business is much smaller than the server part and that's going to continue in the foreseeable future Microsoft ready to unveil new public-private cloud-migration tools, strategy Microsoft Japan celebrated the birthday of Claudia Madobe, the official mascot character of its Windows Azure cloud services, by offering a Windows system sound and wallpaper pack
Windows Azure:	Platform: New Release for Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games Version 1.1.1 Partner Fujitsu Launches Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure Customers Other The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is back and you could win big!