Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 25th April 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
No updates noted this week		Rocky Heckman New Preview Features for Windows Azure Active Directory		LifeHacker Windows Azure Global Bootcamp Reaches Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

 

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	The Windows Azure VM Role preview is being retired on May 15
In the news	Press The Blockbuster Microsoft Business That Nobody Ever Seems To Talk About – Forbes Microsoft Competes with Amazon Web Services for Lowest Price Windows Azure challenges Amazon cloud with Windows, Linux, kitchen sink Windows Azure, Yammer help pilot Microsoft toward a next-generation Office  Cloud CISPA passes U.S. House: Death of the Fourth Amendment?  The New Standard: Intelligence-Driven Security Margaret Thatcher and the economics of cloud Cloud computing: balancing individual, business and law-enforcement interests How to Pick Cloud Contenders Among Pretenders Microsoft Episode 105 - General Availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Windows Azure Cloud Cover Show How Microsoft Operates One of the World’s Largest Cloud Infrastructures Partner Canonical Promotes Ubuntu for Microsoft Azure Cloud
Case Study	Digital Air Strike Recognized as Technology Leader with Windows Azure Announcement << leading automotive social media, online reputation and lead-response company

	TECHNOLOGY
	Penny Pinching Video: Moving an Azure Website between data centers
	Video: What is Infrastructure Services? Microsoft Azure IaaS VM hosting is now 40% less expensive than private cloud VM hosting
	Microsoft Offers Module to Scale Out Real-time Node.js Applications A Node.js app to Azure from the Raspberry Pi in 3 minutes Microsoft Continues to Improve Enterprise PHP Support
	Video: Windows Azure Security Overview
	Video: Utilize Windows Azure's strengths in PaaS scenarios Video: Autoscaling in Windows Azure - EPC Group Windows Azure Cloud Services: WebRole / Worker Role Building Windows Azure Cloud Services App with Web Role, Worker Role, Table Storage and Service Bus Webcast: Build Awesome Windows 8 Apps using Azure Cloud Services
	Windows Azure Mobile Services From Start to REST related: How Long Does it Take to Build a Mobile App? Windows Phone app - Getting Started with Data - Connecting your app to Windows Azure Mobile Services Video: Windows Phone app - Getting Started with Data - Connecting your app to Windows Azure Mobile Services Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home" Sample, Part 3: Authentication Windows Phone - Authenticate and Authorize users with Server Scripts in Windows Azure Mobile Services Windows Phone - Validate and Modify Data with Server Scripts in Windows Azure Mobile Services
	Why run SharePoint in Windows Azure Infrastructure Services? Get Started with SharePoint Server 2013 Quickly on Windows Azure SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Basic and Priority Support Now Offered on Windows Azure Announcing BizTalk Server 2013 in Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Lessons Learned: Taking the best out of Windows Azure Virtual Machines Video: TWC9: VS 2012.3 CTP1, Windows Azure IaaS, ALM VM's, NFC, UX resources and Kitties! My Top 5 Reasons for IT Pros to Try Windows Azure Virtual Machines SQL Server in Windows Azure Infrastructure Services – Updated Documentation and Best Practices for GA, Upcoming Blogs New course: Introduction to Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service IOPS Planning for SQL Server in Azure IaaS
	Site-to-Azure VPN using Windows Server 2012 RRAS
	Django now available on Windows Azure
	Tutorial: Create a Power View report with Windows Azure Marketplace data
	Installing and Configuring Windows Azure Backup agent part 1 of 2 Hybrid Cloud Installing and Configuring Windows Azure Backup agent part 2 of 2 Hybrid Cloud Backup to the cloud using Windows Azure Backup
	Getting Ready to Migrate to SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
	Video: Moving all a website's images and assets to the Azure CDN
	Windows Azure Authentication Library (AAL) for Windows Store: a Deep Dive Using Active Directory Federation Services to Authenticate / Authorize Node.js Apps in Windows Azure Getting Started with Windows Azure Active Directory – Setting up the Windows Azure AD Tenant Azure IaaS GA: Identity Access Management using Active Directory and Azure IaaS VMs
	Video: Building Cross-Platform Media Apps using Windows Azure Media Services Demo – how to create HLS and Smooth Streaming assets using dynamic packaging
	Service Bus Namespace Management and Analytics
	How To: Setup Windows Azure PowerShell Continuous Delivery with Team Foundation Service and Azure Cloud Services
	Video: Windows Azure & Apps for Office and SharePoint - EPC Group
	Blob Transfer Utility for Windows Azure Blob Storage

	COMMUNITY
Events	Global Windows Azure Bootcamp – April 27th       Windows AzureConf 2013 PASS Azure VC Meeting - Performance Tuning with Azure SQL Database – April 26th GMT-6

LOCAL GENERAL
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