Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter - 24th October 2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
MYOB   AccountRight Live launches enabling small businesses to make use of the cloud without compromise		Simon Raik-Allen and Aidan Casey The Upside: Node.js Your Own Business   Bill Chessnut Introduction to Azure Service Bus in the Preview Portal		Mahesh Krishnan                              Thursday, October 25, 2012. 5.30pm Architecting for the cloud Level 41, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne

                       

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	.NET Framework 4.5 Support in Windows Azure Web Sites  (+ Workflow 1.0 Beta) Announcing the Windows Azure Mobile Services October Update
In the news	Press                   Microsoft adds iOS support to its Azure for Mobile Services preview Microsoft Plays Nice with Azure for iOS: An Open Road for a Mobile Future Why Microsoft is building one of North America’s largest tents on its campus Microsoft RAP as a Service for Windows Azure Application Scalability                              Cloud Intel: Cloud must be more federated and automated Computing's low-cost, Cloud-centric future is not Science Fiction Partners emotive Announces Launch of Ground Breaking Cloud Mobile Platform Built on Windows Azure
Case Study	Xpertdoc Technologies Document Generation Company Deploys New Hosted Offering in the Cloud

 

	TECHNOLOGY
Architecture	Don’t Sweat IT - Move Your Applications to the Public Cloud the Right Way Best Practices for Designing Large-Scale Services on Windows Azure CodeMash Precompiler on Azure Architecture
Security	Windows Identity Foundation Tools for Visual Studio 2012 RTM
Open Development	Build and Deploy a Node.js Website to Windows Azure Using WebMatrix                                    Troubleshooting Node.js Apps Hosted on Windows Azure
-- Features
CLOUD SERVICES	256 Worker Role 3D Rendering Demo is now a Lab on my Azure Course
MEDIA SERVICES	Introducing Windows Azure Media Services .NET SDK NuGet package
MOBILE SERVICES	Send text messages (SMS) from Web API using Azure Mobile Services Get started with Mobile Services for iOS Episode 91 - Windows Azure Mobile Services Updates On Location: Building Connected Applications with Windows Azure Twilio to Bring Cloud Communications to Windows Azure Mobile Services Platform [Windows 8] Windows Azure Mobile Services: a backend for your Windows Store
WEB SITES	Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 2) Windows Azure Web Sites Explained Easily Deploy Your LightSwitch Apps to Azure Websites in Minutes Getting Database Connection Information in Windows Azure Web Sites
--- Core Services
ACS	ACS, Federation, and the Web.Config File
SERVICE BUS	Service Bus: BeginSend is no magic async pixie dust Introduction to Azure Service Bus in the Preview Portal
STORAGE	Enabling Cross-Domain Access to Windows Azure Blobs from Flash Clients Linq to Azure using Fluent Management PartitionKey and RowKey in Windows Azure Table Storage
-- Other
Big Data	Windows Azure Hadoop. Understanding, Diving & Solving issues IV. SQL To Hadoop Microsoft rolls out new public previews of Hadoop for Windows Server and Windows Azure
DevOps	It came from the cloud! 3 terrors lurking in wait What is Automation? TFSPreview with a Windows Store Apps build on Azure Connecting a Windows Azure Subscription to App Controller Viewing Azure Custom Counters in SCOM 2012
Marketplace	Here’s What’s New with the Windows Azure Marketplace
Tools	Wazproxy: an HTTP Proxy That Signs Windows Azure Storage Requests CloudBerry Explorer for Windows Azure PlanForCloud Run your deployments through a simulation to create a detailed 3-year cloud cost forecast prior to cloud adoption

                                                                       

	COMMUNITY
Podcast	The Upside: Node.js Your Own Business
Webinar	Windows Azure in the Real World – November 8th 10am GMT Securing Windows Azure SQL Database Has Never Been Easier
Hands-on labs	Hands-on Lab Online: Advanced Web and Worker Roles

-- Other Local
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	Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan Links: Windows Azure developer jump site for Australia