#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 8th November 2011

	Local Overview :
	Regional: THE STAR, the no 1 news portal for Malaysians, now scales out using Windows Azure avoiding performance pitfalls and now able to adjust dynamically to cope with peak news events

	Readiness & Resources:
Windows Azure:	General WordPress on Windows Azure: Single-Site Deployment WP7 Push Notifications and Windows Azure Windows Azure for Social Applications Configuring Multiple Windows Azure Trace Sources Ruby on Rails on Windows Azure Deploying the Windows Azure ASP.NET MVC 3 Web Role
SQL Azure:	Federation Metadata in SQL Azure Part 2 – History of Changes to Federation Metadata SQL Azure Error Codes (Year of Azure–Week 17) SQL Azure Powershell for Developers on the Run! Minimizing Connection Pool errors in SQL Azure
AppFabric:	Configure Access Control Service to use a Facebook authentication Windows Azure Service Bus – Push based programming approach
Marketplace:	Querying Microsoft’s Codename “Social Analytics” OData Feeds with LINQPad The future is … App Stores (oh and Cloud)
Watch:	Catch Up on The Latest Cloud Cover Episodes with Wade and Steve! Microsoft Codename Data Explorer Discover Video
Case Study:	CPP Selects StorSimple and Windows Azure for SharePoint and File Share Cloud Integrated Enterprise Storage
Tools:	WordPress on Windows Azure scaffolder tool DotNetNuke Azure Accelerator Green Button Geneious has now been ported to the Windows Azure platform. Axceleon has released CloudFuzion for Azure CloudFuzion is integrated with applications such as Autodesk Maya, 3dsMax, Softimage, Adobe After Effects and allows launching of image renders from the application directly to an Azure render farm anywhere in the world Ektron Announces Ektron Windows Azure Edition  Empowering marketing teams to deploy new Ektron sites and marketing campaigns on-the-fly without IT involvement

	Guidance:
Walkthrough:	Using Windows Azure Service Bus Messaging Windows Azure Drive Snapshot and Updating Azure Drive
Architecture:	Duncan Mackenzie on "Moving Channel9 to Windows Azure" Hybrid Reference Implementation Using BizTalk Server, Windows Azure, Service Bus and SQL Azure

	In the news:
General:	Cloud computing can cut carbon emissions by half, report finds Cloud computing: Good for the planet and your purse Fun: The Eight Things the Simpsons Can Teach You About Cloud Computing Cloud banking set to go mainstream – Gartner Explaining Hadoop to Your CEO Why OpenStack will falter
Microsoft:	Nokia Lumia 800 Lightning Review: Unattainable Foreign Beauty Bing for Mobile Embraces HTML5 for Android, iOS
Windows Azure:	Platform: No noted platform changes! Other Bentley Announces Relationship With Microsoft for Azure-cloud-based Transmittal Services Offering Why Windows Azure Makes Sense for Business

	Events:
Local:	MSFT Switched ON – LightSwitch and Azure around AU SYDNEY – 10 Nov Learn Powershell through a series of virtual workshops in November SQL Server Denali Sydney Breakfast Briefing 1 December The Big Picture: “Don’t tell me, SHOW ME!” Global Top Cloud Computing Events
Webinar:	How the Cloud can help you Integrate Seminar - 16th November (registration to follow)

Community:

Social:

Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Mailing list for OzAzure Don’t forget the Windows Azure Feature Voting User groups: Sydney (Conor Brady) Melbourne (coming soon – awaiting City location) Brisbane (in planning – talk to Steve Nagy) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth (details to follow) Regional: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)

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