Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 14th September 2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Microsoft MAPA 2012 Windows Azure winners announced. Windows Azure Platform ISV Partner of the Year Windows Azure Platform SI Partner of the Year Centrebet Real World Windows Azure: Australian Sports Bookmaker Bets on Windows Azure for its Racing Microsite		Mexia   Windows Azure Training Workshop (3 days): 2nd-4th Oct 2012 Windows Azure Dev Camp (1 day) – 24th Sept – Melbourne		Switched on Briefings Interactive briefings demonstrating Private to Public Cloud using existing familiar infrastructure, tools, and skills Melbourne18th September Sydney 19th September Brisbane20th September Adelaide 10th October Canberra 27th September TechEd Australia 2012 Aiden Case and Simon-Raik Allen (MYOB) AZR326 - Worlds largest real-time single game of PONG completed with 104 mobile players – Node.JS with Windows Azure

       

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	More Advances in the Windows Azure Active Directory Developer Preview Create a standalone Windows Azure AD tenant A preview of Directory Management User Interface Write support in GraphAPI Windows Azure Online Backup Cloud-based backup in Windows Server 2012 is enabled by a downloadable agent that installs right alongside the familiar Windows Server backup interface System Center 2012 SP1 Beta available - evaluate with Windows Server 2012  Including Windows Azure Virtual Machine management
In the news	Press                   Microsoft releases updated preview of its Windows Azure cloud backup service Disk to Disk to Cloud Protection of Hyper-V Virtual Machines Microsoft Leading Among Cloud Developers, According to Survey Windows Azure may be used for storage of personal data on Swedish citizens The New Service Levels of Windows Azure Microsoft’s Windows Azure Making Inroads – The Quiet Storm Ahead Project Brooklyn: Extending an enterprise network to the Windows Azure cloud Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2012, New Tools for Windows 8 & Azure Cloud Why Johnny doesn't understand cloud computing
Case Study	Autitouch solution on the cloud makes autism diagnosis faster and more accurate Personif harnesses power of Windows Azure to help find the next AMERICAN IDOL

 

	TECHNOLOGY
Architecture	Debugging or Running an ASP.NET Application without Windows Azure Compute Emulator Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure - Book Download
Open Development	Hacking Node.js on WebMatrix 2 Unlocking Your Inner Node.js with Windows Azure
-- Features
MOBILE SERVICES	Windows Azure Mobile Services Preview Walkthrough–Part 1: Windows 8 ToDo Demo Application (C#) Windows Azure Mobile Services Preview Walkthrough–Part 2: Authenticating Windows 8 App Users (C#) Windows Azure Mobile Services Preview Walkthrough–Part 3: Pushing Notifications to Windows 8 Users (C#) Understanding the pipeline (and sending complex objects into Mobile Services) Mobile Services Reference Documentation (Windows) Azure Mobile Services: For Those Who Just Want To Code Learn about Windows Azure Mobile Services How I wrote and deployed a cloud powered app in just six days Channel 9 Video - Windows Azure Mobile Services
VIRTUAL MACHINES	SharePoint Deployment on Windows Azure Virtual Machines Running a Windows Azure Virtual Machine Locally with Hyper-V or VMware 8 / VMware 9 Azure Thoughts, EAI Challenges Go from No Azure to BizTalk 2010 R2 CTP in Less Than 30 Minutes Video
VIRTUAL NETWORK	Upgrade to the latest Connect endpoint software now
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SQL DATABASE	Backup and restore your SQL Azure database using PowerShell New Sample Code for Entity Framework and ADO.Net for Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database Working with Relational Data in the Cloud: Some Useful Articles
-- Other
DevOps	Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API in a Windows 8 Application Avoiding the Chaos Monkey Best Ways to Optimize Diagnostics Using Windows Azure – Part 2 It's DevOps, or It's the Wrong Conversation
Windows 8	Agawi to use Microsoft’s Windows Azure to bring cloud-gaming services to Windows 8 Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API in a Windows 8 Application
Tools	WebMatrix 2 is Released! + New Windows Azure Features New Relic Adds Windows Server Monitoring to Enhance Performance of Windows Azure Applications Enzo - Backup Azure Tables, schedule Azure scripts… and more Getting Started with SendGrid on Windows Azure ManageEngine Monitors Windows Azure with Applications Manager WazMonkey: Chaos Monkey for Windows Azure

                                                       

	COMMUNITY
General Webinars	Streaming Data Processing in the Cloud with Windows Azure StreamInsight September 19, 2012, 3.30 Central US time
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung) Regional NZ: Follow @technetnz @msdnnz Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
Social	Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series (being migrated) Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure