#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 26th September 2011

	Local Overview
	Blue skies for Microsoft's Azure cloud offering in Australia

	Readiness & Resources
Windows Azure:	Using CSUPLOAD tool to upload service certificates for your Windows Azure Application SnowMaker – a unique id generator for Azure (or any other cloud hosting environment) Multi-Platform Windows Azure Storage Extension Methods for the August 2011 Windows Azure Storage A Deep Look inside Windows Azure Virtual Machines
SQL Azure:	Configuring the SQL firewall Handy Script Add-RoamingFirewallRule.ps1 Cloud Concept Simplified with SQL Azure Database Administration
AppFabric:	Exploring Topics and Queues by Building a Service Bus Explorer Tool Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus Brokered Messaging AppFabric queue support for NServiceBus Service Bus Relay Load Balancing–The Missing Feature (But Not For Much Longer!)
MarketPlace:	Have You Discovered Windows Azure Marketplace?
Watch:	Cloud Cover Episode 59 - Using the Windows Push Notification Service with Windows Azure
Case Study:	Roozz.com Powers Online Game and Application Rentals Worldwide with Windows Azure Firms Burst Calculations to the Cloud with Numerix CrossAsset on Microsoft Windows HPC Servers and Windows Azure
Tools:	SQL Server Compact Toolbox available for Visual Studio 11 Waz-Cmd (Ruby Command-Line Tool for Windows Azure) Windows Azure ACS Identity Provider SDK - 0.1 Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 v1.0.1 Third Party AzureEnterprise Cloud Storage from StorSimple

	Guidance
How to:	How to Backup SQL Azure Database to Windows Azure Blob Storage directly from your own machine RSSBus Deploying AS2 Connect to Windows Azure Creating Line of Business Applications using SQL Azure
Walkthrough:	How to Configure the Site Entry in the Service Definition File for Windows Azure Scaling Windows Azure Roles using Ruby
Book:	Microsoft Silverlight 4 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration: RAW book and eBook

	In the news
General:	Future Wars to be Waged Online Up, up and away: cloud salaries are sky-high
Microsoft:	Federation at Microsoft
Windows Azure Platform:	Windows Azure Platform Training Kit, September 2011 Release

	Events
Local:	LIVE Meeting: Ten Must-Have Tools for Windows Azure Sept 27th 2-4 pm LIVE Meeting: An IT Pro View of Windows Azure Oct 25th 2-4 pm LIVE Meeting: Managing Windows Azure Applications Nov 22nd 2-4 pm Mahesh, our Windows Azure Melbourne co-president, is presentating at the YOW Nights on MYOB/Azure, “Transitioning to the Cloud at MYOB” Register for Melbourne, September 29th Register for Brisbane, October 4th Register for Sydney, October 5th
Global:	Windows Azure Experts at the Seattle Interactive Conference, November 2-3, 2011

	Community
Social:	Join the Sydney Windows Azure User Group Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to my Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Join the Mailing list for OzAzure Get in touch with your local Microsoft Azure Team

	Questions
Q:	Do we have guidance/MSDN on the ability to develop an application on Azure with the option/tools to migrate to on-premise?
A:	Because Windows Azure is a platform its comprised of man parts, a complete answer would be dependant on the comparative on premises solution. For example: If we are specially referring to a compute instance shares much of the same characteristics of the server it would run if it were on premises. As such the only really variant for a cloud deployed project is configuration. If we take a compute instance for example, the enveloping cloud project will contain the service definition and configuration. Both of these wont exist on premises. The role instance won’t be fired and so any configuration or code that depends on the service information would need to find the appropriate information instead. This would allow the application to be target neutral If you are looking to create multiple build targets with a Windows Azure solution then with the latest Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 (August 2011 update) you can specify multiple build configurations in the configurations manager. For more information read: Configuring a Windows Azure Application How to: Manage Multiple Service Configurations for a Windows Azure Application Depending on the application makeup its more likely that it will contain both on premises and off premises components. Its probably worth while looking at the root question. Why would you want to move the application? Its more likely you would want to backup some data (e.g. Data Sync) or provide secure access ( e.g. ACS) or indeed provide some online/offline Service exchange (e.g. Service Bus).

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 08, 2011
  Great assembly of resources.