Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter– 11th November 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Microsoft NZ Microsoft New Zealand - Product Marketing Manager - Cloud! Win a Pluralsight subscription!		No local new storied noted this week		Microsoft MELBOURNE, 14-15 November 2013& REGISTER NOW > Brisbane Meetup Sat, 7th Dec - @shanselman

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure: Import/Export Hard Drives, VM ACLs, Web Sockets, Remote Debugging, Continuous Delivery, New Relic, Billing Alerts and More Storage: Import/Export Hard Disk Drives to your Storage Accounts HDInsight: General Availability of our Hadoop Service in the cloud Virtual Machines: New VM Gallery, ACL support for VIPs Web Sites: WebSocket and Remote Debugging Support Notification Hubs: Segmented customer push notification support with tag expressions TFS & GIT: Continuous Delivery Support for Web Sites + Cloud Services Developer Analytics: New Relic support for Web Sites + Mobile Services Service Bus: Support for partitioned queues and topics Billing: New Billing Alert Service that sends emails notifications when your bill hits a threshold you define Scheduler Preview
In the news	Press Microsoft dangles new server and cloud pricing offer for enterprise users Microsoft adds hard drive import/export service to Windows Azure Need to get a bunch of data onto Windows Azure? FedEx your hard drives Windows Azure Import/Export Preview Released SharePoint Shops Eying Windows Azure as Office 365 Alternative Microsoft protects Windows Azure users against PRISM with self-managed encryption key capability Microsoft reveals secrets of Azure cloud's networking underbelly << very interesting The TRUTH behind Microsoft Azure's global cloud mega-***-up Microsoft Azure Now Lets You Import/Export Data By Shipping Hard Drives Windows Azure update extravaganza Doing It Right: How Microsoft Made the Right Bets on Azure Microsoft offers low priced Windows Azure to enterprise customers Cloud             If your CIO thinks cloud computing is a fad #YourCIOMightBeObsolete Partner Cloud Power: Azure and the Benefits to Mobile Sales Teams
Case Study	Thales helps secure Microsoft’s next-generation cloud service

TECHNOLOGY
	Not SharePoint but cool anyway MVC5 EF6 and (SQL) Azure
	Kevin Greene IT Blog: Download the VM Role Authoring Tool for Windows Azure Pack Troubleshooting Installation & Configuration of Windows Azure Pack – An Introduction Chargeback and Billing:- Integrate Cloud Cruiser Express with Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Download Free VM Role Authoring Tool for Windows Azure Video: Updating a Virtual Machine Role Gallery Item (with the VM Authoring Tool) << well presented
	Windows Azure poster November 2013 edition
	Java developers: Explore the new Java on Windows Azure tutorial Php Azure - TrueNorthPHP 2013 Migrating a Java Spring Framework Application to Windows Azure
	Observations from the FedRAMP Certification Process Windows Azure Opens the Door for Federal Cloud Adoption Edward Snowden, Wikileaks And The Death Of Data Security Windows Azure now offers encryption key management for users
	Video: ARDrone + Windows Azure Mobile Services Video: Azure Mobile Services Chalk Talk Use New Relic to monitor Mobile Services
	Creating and Uploading a Virtual Hard Disk that Contains the Red Hat Linux 6.x Operating System on Azure Cloud SQL Server on IaaS VM – Introduction - New Series on SQL Server on Azure IaaS VMs Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment << Windows Azure IaaS assessment for SQL, AD, SharePoint with Windows Server workloads Virtualizing SQL Server on Hyper-V and on Windows Azure VMs << excellent article
	Video: Windows Azure Friday How does SSL work in an Azure Web Sites Video: Windows Azure Friday Custom configuration and application settings in Azure Web Sites with with Stefan Schackow Using WebSockets with Windows Azure Web Sites Remote Debugging a Window Azure Web Site with Visual Studio 2013
	Video: Import Data from Windows Azure Marketplace to Hadoop Services for Windows Azure Real-time Data Management in the Cloud
	Announcing Windows Azure Import/Export Service Preview  TechNet Radio: Hybrid Cloud Integrated Storage with StorSimple and Windows Azure  Queries in the Windows Azure Storage Client Library v2.1
	video: Ask the experts Windows Azure SQL Premium DB How to Migrate a SQL Database to Windows Azure with SQL Server Management Studio Joining the Digital Dots: Windows Azure SQL Reporting ends, replaced with Windows Azure VMs running SSRS - ringed with the Azure world << good breakdown
	Manage Azure Subscriptions with Office 365 Users
	Windows Azure BizTalk Services - Utilizing EAI Bridge
	Meet WACEL - Windows Azure Cache Extension Library.
	A complete overview to get started with the Windows Azure Scheduler
	Video: Episode 119 - Whats new in Windows Azure Service Bus
	Windows Azure Private Network behaviour change - only outbound traffic directed at the IP range exposed via the VPN is routed via the VPN One Thing You Must Do When: Service Endpoint is showing Offline in Azure Traffic Manager Windows Azure virtual networking: Now easier and cheaper to use
	Step-By-Step: Manage Windows Azure using PowerShell Creating .Net Applications to Manage Windows Azure How to use the preview of the new Azure Management APIs, SDK 2.2 Microsoft Windows Azure PowerShell updated
	Using a Surface 2 (RT/ARM) to get actual work done + Remote Desktop + Visual Studio + Azure Windows Azure Desktop Hosting Deployment Guide
	EVault Offers Free EVault Endpoint Protection for New Windows Azure Customers Worldwide (for those with a Windows Azure Enterprise Agreement with an annual commitment of $50,000 USD or more) Use New Relic to monitor Mobile Services

COMMUNITY

Global Events

Webinar Replay: Windows Azure Overview for IT Pros Developing Windows Azure and Web Services Jump Start November 13, 2013. 9:00am - 5:00pm PST Improve WINDOWS AZURE - Accelerate Development and Improve Quality with Dev and Test Wednesday, 13th November, 2013 Time : 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Automating Application Architecture Deployment with Window Azure Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM (EST)

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