#Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 13th March 2012

AZURE IN ACTION - HIGHLIGHTS DOWN UNDER

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

CommVault

Simpana 9 for Windows Azure. Simplified dedup, backup, archive, eDiscovery and much more. Joint solutions available now in Australia

Microsoft Australia

Windows Azure Platform Product Marketing Manager (PMM) Sydney Job 

Switched On Briefing coming to a city near you in May

Mexia

Creating TMG Firewall Rules for Azure Service Bus

(missed in February)

Windows Azure Sydney User Group

User Group March meet up will be on running 'Node.js in Windows Azure' 22nd March at 6pm

Brisbane Azure User Group

Introduction to SQL Azure

21st March 2012

Microsoft and Breeze

Ten Must-Have Tools for Windows Azure

April 3rd, 2-4 pm

AZURE IN ACTION - WEEKLY ROUNDUP

NEWS

Windows Azure Platform

• Reduced Pricing on Windows Azure Storage and Compute
• Summary of Windows Azure Service Disruption on Feb 29th, 2012
• Windows Azure toolkit for Windows 8

In the news

Azure

• Microsoft bringing Dynamic ERP to Azure
• How Windows Azure changes vendor, reseller relationships
• To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company’s First-Ever Startup Accelerator 
• Hybrid Cloud Combine Windows Azure, Private Clouds

Related

• Let’s Build Clouds with Windows Server “8”

Partner:

• HP Cloud and Microsoft Windows Azure: On A Collision Course?

Case Study

• Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Nathan Brouwer, Global Partner Support Manager at Figlo

TECHNOLOGY

Architecture

• Windows Azure for Developers – Building Block Services

Reference

• Windows Azure Architectural Guide’s (WAAG) –updated Part 1 (Adatum) and Part 2 (Tailspin)

Security

• Windows Azure Security Best Practices -- Part 1: The Challenges, Defense in Depth
• Windows Azure Security Best Practices -- Part 2: What Azure Provides Out-of-the-Box
• Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 3: Identifying Your Security Frame
• Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 4: What Else You Need to Do
• Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 5: Claims-Based Identity, Single Sign On

Storage

• Everything you need to know about Windows Azure queue storage to build disconnected and reliable systems

SQL Azure

Cloud Numerics

• Support added for Cloud Numerics format
• “Cloud Numerics” Example: Analyzing Air Traffic “On-Time” Data

Sync

• Synchronizing Data “From On-Prem to Cloud” or “Cloud to Cloud” Using SQL Azure Data Sync

General

• Fast Time to Solution: Introduction to SQL Azure and Cloud Database Solutions
• Moving SQL Azure Servers Between Subscriptions

Federations

• Introduction to SQL Azure Federations
• Scale-First Approach to Database Design with Federations: Part 1 – Picking Federations and Picking the Federation Key

ACS

• Access Control Service – Why not to rely on the nameidentifier claim?
• How to find Azure ‘Management Key’ with ACSV2?
• Using Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service in an iPhone App to Integrate with Facebook

Open

• Node.js Web Application with Storage on MongoDB

DevOps

• Cloud Cover Episode 71 - Using Cloud9 IDE to Deploy to Windows Azure

Big Data

• Big Data Hadoop Preview Comes to Windows Azure
• Video: Big Data Analytics with Apache Hadoop and SQL Server 2012

Tools

• Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.2.2

Demo

• Contoso Construction - LightSwitch Advanced Sample (Visual Studio 11 Beta)

COMMUNITY

Seminar

• RBA Tech Spotlight: Windows Azure [Mar 21]

User Groups

• Sydney (Conor Brady)
• Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett)
• Brisbane (Steve Nagy Dean Robertson)
• Auckland (Ryan Crawcour)
• Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung)

Regional

• NZ: Follow @technetnz and follow @msdnnz
• Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)

Social

• Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series
• FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan
• Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list
• Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure