Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 20th February 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Microsoft Mahesh Krishnan ‏ – newest Australian Windows Azure MVP!                   Mick Badran pops up on the Microsoft Partner Portal		Mick Badran Azure: 6 weeks of Azure–let the games begin		Microsoft    Appfest Melbourne                    “Build a connected Windows Phone 8 & a Windows 8 application in one day, using Windows Azure Mobile Services.” Sat 2nd March

                                                  

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	No known platform updates
In the news	Press                   Microsoft Azure overtakes Amazon's cloud in performance test - Network World Cloud                     The State of Cloud Storage in 2013 – infographic How Does the Cloud Change a Developer's Job? The Impact of Cloud Computing on FDA's Regulation of Medical Products Gartner Predicts Infrastructure Services Will Accelerate Cloud Computing Growth PCI DSS cloud computing guidelines strike discord among would-be adopters Microsoft Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 Update  - Lots of Azure enhancements Windows Azure Named Cloud Storage Leader
Case Study	Horse-Racing Website Migrates to the Cloud and Enjoys 50 Per Cent Growth in Users Sage Uses Scalable Cloud Solution to Design Business Software, Reduce Costs

 

	TECHNOLOGY
	Windows Azure PowerShell – Getting Started
	Node.js and MongoLab on Windows Azure Java in the azure cloud: new Eclipse plugin released
Features
	Windows Azure Active Directory (current) resource list Microsoft ASP.NET Tools for Windows Azure Active Directory – Visual Studio 2012 The branding of Windows Azure Active Directory Get started with Windows Azure AD Developer Preview today! [Sample Of Feb 17th] Windows Azure Access Control for Single Sign-On
	Hadoop .Net HDFS File Access
	Practical Azure #11: Worker Roles
	Devices + Services: Near Realtime Sensor Data with Windows Azure Mobile Services, .NET MicroFramework, Pusher and ASP .NET MVC << this is very cool  Periodic Notifications with Windows Azure Mobile Services Dealing with Expired Channels in Windows Azure Mobile Services
	PHP Troubleshooting in Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Web Sites Tutorials
	Deploying a Linux Web Farm on Windows Azure in 30 mins
	Enable Cross-Premises Connectivity to Windows Azure with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
Core Services
	Messaging and Networking with Windows Azure Webinar 21st February PST 8am
	Choosing between SQL Server in Windows Azure VM & Windows Azure SQL Database
	Revisiting Windows Azure Shared Access Signature Uploading Large Files in Windows Azure Blob Storage Using Shared Access Signature, HTML, and JavaScript [Sample Of Feb 11st] Call Azure storage REST API
Other
	Windows Azure IaaS Cmdlets Source Code is Now Available Migration and Deployment Series Part 12: How Windows Azure Plays Into the Equation
	Building your first Provider-Hosted App for SharePoint using Windows Azure – Part 1
	Citrix CloudBridge now connects to Microsoft Azure How to create Data Model of SQL Azure database using Telerik Open Access ORM It’s a #windowsazure storage manager but not as we know it: Introducing ZUD.IO Check out the new look of Cotega – SQL Azure Monitoring Service

                                                                                                  

	COMMUNITY
Events	Global Windows Azure Bootcamp! On April 27th, 2013

LOCAL GENERAL
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson) 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