Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 15th May 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Delimiter Talent manager builds on Windows Azure talent management company implements successful career-path attributes from 30 million employment records in WIndows Azure Also CIO Magazine James Coenen-Eyre   The Natural Choice Rewards Azure hosted rewards system Vibal Education Solutions Provider Vibal Publishing taps Microsoft’s Windows Azure		Tom Hollander Running scripts from a Windows Azure role’s OnStart method Using XPath to set environment variables in ServiceDefinition.csdef Zip your IIS log files before transferring with Windows Azure Diagnostics Rocky Heckman   TechEd Australia 2013: Call for Topics is Live!		Mexia Designing Hybrid & Cloud Integration Solutions with Windows Azure MELBOURNE 19-20th JUNE 2013 BRISBANE 17-18th JUNE 2013 Microsoft Free Windows Azure Dev Camps Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth Tuesday, 4 June 2013 Adelaide - Wednesday 22nd May Melbourne - Thursday 23rd May Perth - Tuesday 28th May Windows BizSpark DevCamp - Sydney Tuesday, 4 June 2013 Microsoft NZ             Microsoft NZ are running a special Startup Day on May 24th.

 

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	No known updates this week
In the news	Press Microsoft To Get A Major Revenue Growth Boost From Cloud Computing Can Microsoft succeed as a DaaS provider with Mohoro? The Azure Cloud, Exposed to the Azure Sky << self-contained data center units bare bones Cloud How Cloud Computing Changes Enterprise IT Economics Microsoft Windows Azure Accelerator Season 2 -- Episode 1 "What it Takes"
Case Study	Where are the Windows Azure customer case studies – and why aren’t there more? 3M Uses Azure For Image Analysis Service Creating Self-directed and Motivated Learners through Games

TECHNOLOGY
	Troubleshooting in Windows Azure High-Res Prototyping Tips: How we eliminated waste and enabled collaboration << related
	Cloud Service Fundamentals in Windows Azure interesting Official #windowsazure posters at your disposal … and some free ebooks
	Three ways to set up a Ruby stack on Azure Geo-Protection for Video Blobs Using a Node.js Media Proxy and MongoDB A new way for iOS and Android users to access corporate resources: The Application Gateway If you’re working with Java on Windows Azure, this update is for you!
	The Information Privacy Law of Web Applications and Cloud Computing << related Microsoft Data Centers Blog- Cloud Compliance
	Windows Azure SDK 2.0 For .Net – Taking A Second Look At Windows Azure Diagnostics Windows Azure Cloud Services, Extensions and Service Management API Running scripts from a Windows Azure role’s OnStart method Using XPath to set environment variables in ServiceDefinition.csdef Zip your IIS log files before transferring with Windows Azure Diagnostics
	Web-client development with Ember.js and Windows Azure Mobile Services - Part 3 An AngularJS CRUD using Azure Mobile Services
	Lessons Learned: Taking the best out of Windows Azure Virtual Machines << performance ++ Windows Azure: Cloud-hosted virtual machines done right [review] One-Click Windows Azure VM (IaaS) Deployment with PowerShell User 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS): SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn in the Cloud Performance tests for Windows Server 2012 in Azure vs. a Hyper-V based Private cloud Azure IaaS VMs: The quest to deploy many, faster!  Video: Hosting Linux on Windows Azure Video: How to spin up a Virtual Machine in 10 minutes or less
	Site to site connectivity with Windows Azure (GA) - site to site connection between TMG and Windows Azure (updated) Step-by-Step: Extend Your Network to the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Networks Windows Azure Virtual Networks and IKE Versions Walkthrough: File Sharing Between Your Local Machine And Your Virtual Machines on Windows Azure
	A project portal, webshop or a blog in Azure in a few minutes
	Add Built-In Hive UDFs on HDInsight Azure
	How to Tell Your Windows Azure SQL Database MovedHow To: Troubleshoot Deadlocks In Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) Put your Database in the Cloud with SQL Azure
	Uploading Big files to Azure Storage from ASP.NET MVC Uploading Multiple Files in Chunks from ASP.NET MVC app to Azure Blob Storage
Recovery Services	Hyper-V Recovery Manager on Windows Azure: Game changer in DR architecture Backup to Cloud Part 3: Using Windows Azure Recovery services with System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 5 Great Features in Windows Azure Backup
	Office 365 Adapter: Deploying Office 365 Single Sign-On using Windows Azure Active Directory in Azure – Step by Step Install a new Active Directory forest in Windows Azure Integrating SharePoint 2013 with Azure Active Directory – Part 1 Configuration DR - Extend Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows Azure
	Windows Azure Service Bus Relayed Messaging Video: Trailer for Windows Azure 2012 tutorial: Applications and Service Bus Windows Azure Service Bus Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 18) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Service Bus
Integration	Introduction to Enterprise application Integration (EAI)
	Azure and PowerShell
Store	Integrate Windows 8 Applications with SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Push Notifications
	Video: Azure SQL [Database] reverse engineering tool.

COMMUNITY
Global Events	How to bring Windows Azure Portal to your own datacenter (Tuesday, May 21 GMT +1) Free Webinar: Windows Azure | Bringing Cloud to the Enterprise (Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1-2pm EST) Windows Azure Tipping Point Webcasts Series: Telenor (Friday, May 24 9am GMT-8) Live Webinar: Managing Cloud Workloads with Joe Weinman (Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 12pm EST)

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson/Paul Bouwer) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung) Regional NZ: Follow @technetnz@msdnnz Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
MVPs	Check in on what MVPs around Australia & New Zealand are up to - David, Steve, Mahesh and Mick are MVPs for Australia
Social	Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Facebook: Becoming a Facebook fan Links: Windows Azure developer jump site for Australia