Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter - 20th October 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
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WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Availability of Windows Server 2012 R2 in Azure Image Gallery Reduced Instance Pricing for Windows Azure General availability of the Windows Azure Pack
In the news	Press Windows Azure Offers Up To 22% Price Drop For Memory-Intensive Apps While Questions Remain About Running An In-House Cloud Cloud Video: Cloud Governance in a Multicloud World Cloud Computing Helps Reduce Costs For Media Producers A Storm of Confusion: What People Really Think About Cloud Computing [infographic] Manage Cloud Computing With Policies, Not Permissions 3 rules for getting top enterprise cloud performance << sensible, good advice Microsoft Microsoft by the Numbers: The Enterprise Cloud << ooo, pretty Windows Azure support - How it works and how to receive help Video: How Do I Get Started with Provisioning Tools for Windows Azure  Windows Azure in Education: Managing Azure Academic Passes with the Azure Tracker Portal  Partner Video: Dev and Test with Windows Azure Video: Windows Azure Planning and Implementing Your Hybrid Cloud Deployment
Case Study	Windows Azure - Transport for Greater Manchester Nobel Prize moving up into the cloud with Windows Azure (Technology Media) Schneider Electric selects Microsoft Windows Azure as preferred cloud platform

TECHNOLOGY

 

• Recap: Mobile Services #AzureChat
• An Azure Type Provider for F# – first steps
• SharePoint Azure Guide << a nice unofficial links bundle
• Gadgeteer, Signal R, WebAPI & Windows Azure
• Cloud Design Patterns – Patterns and Practice << 14 patterns with 6 related guidance.
• Visual Studio 2013 is released. What’s new?
• Video: Windows Azure Deep Dive by Mark Russinovich

• General availability of the Windows Azure Pack
• Microsoft to include Cloud Cruiser Express in Windows Azure Pack 2012 R2
• Upgrade Sequencing for System Center 2012 R2 information
• UPDATE :Technical Documentation for Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server
• Setting up a Recommendation Engine (Mahout) on Windows Azure

• Video: Windows Azure on your terms
• Step-by-Step: Spin-up a Windows Server 2012 R2 Lab in the Cloud - Faster than you can download the bits!

• How to Install Magento on Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Management Certificates 
• Using your Belgian eID or any other smartcard to securely deploy Windows Azure Cloud Services
• Hardening Windows Server 2008/2012 and Azure SSL/TLS configuration

• Remotely accessing the Windows Azure Compute Emulator
• Using your Belgian eID or any other smartcard to securely deploy Windows Azure Cloud Services

• Azure Mobile Services QuickStart for WPF

• Microsoft: SharePoint 2013 Platform Options
• TRIM Support comes to Windows Azure Virtual Machines
• Video: Window Azure: Setup Virtual Machine

• Installing Ghost on Azure Web Sites

• Setting up a Recommendation Engine (Mahout) on Windows Azure

• Identifying Incompatibility Issues When Migrating SQL Server Database to Windows Azure
• Microsoft SQL Server Hybrid Cloud Blog Series << great links
• SQL Server 2014: Pushing the Boundaries of In-Memory Performance - SQL Server Team Blog - Site Home

• Understanding the Windows Azure BLOB Storage Service

• How to use Windows Azure ACS to authenticate in WPF application       

• Securing Static Resources with Windows Azure Active Directory Authentication
• ADAL, Windows Azure AD and Multi-Resource Refresh Tokens

       

• Windows azure caching 101

• A Look into Windows Azure Media Services

 

• Episode 116: Cross Platform Notifications using Windows Azure Notifications Hub
• Debugging Windows Azure Notification Hubs

• Which System Center 2012 components are supported in Windows Azure?
• Windows Azure Management Certificates 
• Windows Azure support - How it works and how to receive help
• A New Version Of Windows Azure Service Management API Is Available with Delete Specific Role Instances and More Goodies
• Calling Azure Service Management REST API’s from C#

• How I make my Surface RT work like a Pro…with a little help from Windows Azure

• Microsoft® SQL Server® Backup to Microsoft Windows® Azure®Tool  << Handy
• Demo of DenyAll Protect on Windows Azure  - family of Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and Web Services Firewalls (WSF)
• SiteCore Azure Walkthrough and Gotchas

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Datamation Live Event: Cloud Computing Development with Azure: Video Roundtable

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Simon Waight) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson and Paul Bouwer) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth MS 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, June, 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 Australian Developer Community