#Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 13th June 2012

AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
No local updates this week, too much going on in general in Windows Azure		Bill Chesnut - Mexia Good to Hear Scott Guthrie mention BizTalk when we was talking about the new Azure IaaS   Mick Badran - Breeze Azure: Connecting Cloud and On-Premises Applications Using Windows Azure Virtual Network - Breeze LifeHacker   Not too late to win a Nokia 710. Just do the Azure challenges		Microsoft   MEET WINDOWS AZURE ONLINE Your chance on June 14th to hear all the news and ask questions   MEET WINDOWS AZURE DEV CAMPS All day event in Sydney on the 19th June Register here   PLATFORM FOUNDATION EVENTS 2 day events inSydney , Melbourne , Brisbane Windows Azure Event in Auckland 21st of June Brisbane User Group Hit and Run Azure – My Startups’ Approach Whats new and coming on Azure Wednesday 20th June – REGISTER HERE

AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	New Meet the New Windows Azure Announcing New Windows Azure Services to Deliver “Hybrid Cloud” Now Available: New Services and Enhancements to Windows Azure Introducing Locally Redundant Storage for Windows Azure Storage Updated: Announcing the June 2012 Release of Windows Azure SDK for .NET – Now with Support for Visual Studio 2012 RC New Windows Azure Storage Features, Improved Manageability, and Lower Prices Released SQL Reporting for Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud goes live Retired Data transfer lab Missed #MeetAzure? 4 things to do: Digital Chalk Talk Videos Scenarios Videos on You Tube “Watch Learn Live” Preview
In the news	Meet Azure (one or two articles!!) Microsoft Brings Linux to Windows Azure Cloud, Microsoft Azure gets a big assist from small PaaS companies, Microsoft broadens Azure's reach by marrying IaaS and PaaS, Windows Azure To Gain IaaS, Linux and Hybrid Cloud Support, CIOs Rejoice: Windows Azure Supports Linux, Microsoft takes on Amazon with Azure Virtual Machines update, Microsoft Azure starts embracing Linux and Python, Microsoft releases more details on Azure relaunch, Microsoft Adds Linux To Azure Cloud Platform, Competing Against Amazon, Microsoft Adds Linux Support to Windows Azure Cloud, Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure to Play With the Big Clouds, Microsoft launches support for Linux on Windows Azure,  CentOS Backs Linux on Windows Azure With SLA, Ubuntu, CentOS, & SUSE Linux comes to Windows Azure, Oracle vs. Microsoft vs. Red Hat: Three cloud recipes, Download Windows Azure SDK for .NET – June 2012 Update, Windows Azure Release Includes New SDKs, Microsoft wants Azure cloud to play with the big boys, SUSE Linux and Canonical invade Windows Azure, Microsoft paints Azure with open source brush, Windows Azure's spring fling: Linux comes to Microsoft's cloud, Microsoft to run Linux on Azure, Microsoft’s Azure platform gets frisky with Linux, Microsoft Moves to Level the Cloud Platform Playing Field, What does Windows Azure Web Sites bring to Microsoft's cloud?, Microsoft Gives Windows Azure Amazonian Facelift, Microsoft upgrades Azure, and Harry Potter is on board, Microsoft backsteps Azure from platform to infrastructure cloud, AppFog, Apprenda And Azure: The Future Of PaaS Is Getting Defined, Microsoft and AppFog Bring Multilanguage PaaS Goodness to Windows Azure, Microsoft Updates Windows Azure With Open-Source Support, More, OpenLogic Delivers CentOS Linux Support on Microsoft Windows Azure, Harry Potter flies to the cloud; Pottermore now on Windows Azure, Microsoft welcomes Linux to the Azure cloud, Windows Azure get new hybrid cloud, infrastructure as a service features, Microsoft Previews New Updates and Services for Windows Azure Cloud Platform, Windows Azure confirmed for SA, Microsoft Switches on Multiple Linux Platforms on Azure Today, Microsoft Linux? Windows Azure Says Yes, Microsoft to offer Ubuntu 12.04 on Windows Azure, Microsoft moves ahead with its IaaS play, Microsoft to Run Linux on Azure, The Strange and Wonderful Second Life of Microsoft Windows Azure, Ubuntu on Microsoft’s Windows Azure IAAS, Azure features Linux, open source offerings, Microsoft announcing new Windows Azure services to deliver Hybrid Cloud, Microsoft Windows Azure Makes Good With Linux Virtual Machines, Microsoft Just Did A Super Smart Thing With Its Cloudx` Other press Microsoft: Azure PaaS tech could be given away for free Windows Azure gets real-time application performance monitoring Related tech Meet the new Windows Azure Windows Azure updates create full-service cloud Cloud Cover Episode 83 - Windows Azure June 2012 Release What's new in Windows Azure June Release - SDK 1.7 Welcome to the Era of the Cloud OS and Infrastructure Message Scott Gu at TechEd Notes from the MEET Windows Azure Keynote Windows Azure Spring Release Meet Windows Azure–Christmas in June Cloud World IPv6 Launch: June 6, 2012 9 dos and don'ts of cloud computing Partner Agreeya Mobility, Cloud Share, Opscode, AppDynamics, Cloud9, RightScale, AppFog, Cloudant, ScaleXtreme, Aprenda, Joyent, SendGrid, BitNami, Lucid, Suse (Suse Linux), Canonical (Ubuntu), NewRelic
Case Study	Online Payments As Easy As a Facebook Like Cloud9 IDE to Support Faster Deployment to Windows Azure Milliman Launches MG-ALFA® in the Cloud K2 Microsoft's Azure Cloud Offers Accountability from the Field Telvent to Use Windows Azure to Support Smart Grid Solutions National Kidney Registry Migrates into the Cloud

 

	TECHNOLOGY
Introduction	Learning Plan for Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications Affinity Groups in Windows Azure Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 1: The New Management Portal Adding Windows Azure Preview Features to Your Subscription
Security	Windows Azure Security Guidance
DevOps	ShellR: a Web based PowerShell running on Azure Introducing Microsoft’s OFFICIAL Windows Azure PowerShell Module!
Open Development	Java Eclipse Plugin for Java Developers on Windows Azure Other: Windows Azure - No Kidding
VIRTUAL MACHINES	SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machine Early Adoption Cook Book The difference between Azure VMs and Azure VM Role Install MongoDB on a virtual machine running CentOS Linux in Windows Azure (things you thought you’d never hear in one line?) Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 3: Virtual Machines Setting up a webfarm using Windows Azure Virtual Machines Windows Azure Virtual Machines Standing Up a Windows Server 2012 RC Virtual Machine in the New Windows Azure Management Portal Preview Running Visual Studio 2012 RC with Windows Azure SDK 1.7 under Windows Server 2012 on a Windows Azure VM Compute performance in the cloud - EC2 vs Azure Windows Azure, Part 4: Linux Virtual Machines
WEB SITES	10 Things about Windows Azure Web Sites Three more Things about Windows Azure Web Sites Use NuGet Package Restore to avoid pushing assemblies to Windows Azure Websites GitHub for Windows Azure Websites/Get Your GitHub on an Azure Website Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 2: Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Websites: A PHP Perspective Azure Web Sites FTP credentials Developing Single Page, Real Time Websites on Windows Azure
MEDIA SERVICES	Azure Media Services - Part 1 Democratizing Video Content with Windows Azure Media Services
CLOUD SERVICES	Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 5: Cloud Services
STORAGE	Windows Azure: Working with Blob Storage in an ASP.NET Application New Windows Azure Storage Features, Improved Manageability, and Lower Prices
SQL DATABASE	General: The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Developing Scale on Demand Capabilities New Windows Azure SQL Database migration content Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Windows Azure Data Sync: SQL Azure Data Sync Agent Preview Federations: Migrating Data in Federated Databases with SQL Server Import and Export Wizard Story of Federations: How the idea turned into a product?
SERVICE BUS	Release Notes for the Service Bus June 2012 Release
CACHING	Windows Azure Caching Memcache Shim Preview 1.7.0.0 How to Use Windows Azure Caching (Preview) Capacity Planning Guide spreadsheet for Windows Azure Caching (Preview)

 

                           

	COMMUNITY
Webinar	Tips & Tricks for Microsoft SQL Azure Federations: How to Build Cross-Federation Queries and Other Tips Wednesday, June 13 at 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PST
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Steve Nagy, Dean Robertson) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung) Regional NZ: Follow @technetnz and follow @msdnnz Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
Social	Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series (to be move to Azure Web Sites!) FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure