#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 24th June 2011

Local Overview

Object Consulting showcasing an Azure Connected Experiences for Retail  @ the Retail World 2011 Management & Technology Conference India’s BIOCON wins Best Automation Award in the 2011 PC Quest Best IT implementations A BPM and automation solution that uses art work management built and operated on Windows Azure Platform by a partner Apppoint Open Windows Video – Contract Management made easy on Windows Azure

	Readiness & Resources
Windows Azure:	Building Java applications on Windows Azure gets easier with the new version of the Eclipse plugin Cloud Computing with Microsoft Windows Azure and Sitecore Windows Azure Sample Project - .NET Stock Trader 5 Sample Application June 2011 CTP of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java
SQL Azure:	Troubleshooting and Optimizing Queries with SQL Azure BI: Business Intelligence with Cloud Data BI: Advanced Business Intelligence with Cloud Data
AppFabric:	Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP! Understand Azure AppFabric Service Bus Pricing
Watch:	Video:Windows Azure AppFabric June CTP discussed
Case Study:	Paraleap case study - Scales Cloud Applications on Demand
Tools:	Metanga Launches Cloud Billing Solution on Microsoft's Windows Azure a “enrolment, billing and customer care” See also Monetizing ISV Applications on Windows Azure"

	Guidance
Walkthrough:	Windows Azure AppFabric – Service Bus Access Control Federation and Rule Migration
Architecture:	Comparing Windows Azure Queues to Azure AppFabric Durable Message BuffersFive Steps to Agile Development in the Cloud
Books:	Developing SharePoint Applications using Windows Azure Set to Publish on July 7th

	In the news:
General:	Why the Amazon cloud outage helped cloud computing The Difference Between Public and Private Cloud Computing
Microsoft:	Local: The Victorian Deaf Society – an inspirational technology case study with Lync Michael Kordahi’s amplify talk
Windows Azure:	Free Ingress for all Windows Azure Customers starting July 1st, 2011 Introducing Windows Azure AppFabric Applications Microsoft to work with Joyent to port Node.js to Windows, Azure Mosaic by Tribune for Windows 7 Powered by Windows Azure Windows Azure Wins Best Cloud Service at Cloud Computing World Series Awards The Patriot Act, Azure, and Cloud Security

	Events
Local:	Partner Architect Training – details coming soon Singapore Aug 31-Sept 2 Sydney Sept 6-8 MYOB Partner Connection 2011 -Wed 31st Aug to Fri 2nd Sep Tech•Ed 2011 Australia are apparently giving extra $100 discount to user group members on top of early bird discount. Get in there quick!
Webinar:	MSDN Live Meeting Building hybrid applications with the Windows Azure Platform | liese Kentico Technical Learning: Top 5 things you need to know about Windows Azure

	Community
Social:	Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to my Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Mailing list for OzAzure
	CloudCamp Sydney - July 21st Azure meet up penned for 14 July in Sydney.

	Questions
Q:	Until Full Text Searching is available in SQL Azure what is a viable alternative?
A:	Azure Library for Lucene.Net (Full Text Indexing for Azure)