Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 13th September 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Canon Canon Australia bring to life its new image management service with Windows Azure News Limited             News Ltd scores with cloud-based AFL app - SuperFooty Live HQ Web app offers video and images to fans in real time NSW Government               NSW government releases cloud computing policy  Cash Converters Cash Converters Goes Global with Windows Azure Toby Bowers Windows Azure growing to Australia MYOB   MYOB sees Aussie Azure as 'icing on the cake'		TechEd Keynote: Blink and you'll miss it | TechEd Australia 2013 Greg Low Azure is the quickest way to learn SQL Server 2014 and Windows Server 2012 R2		Brisbane Meetup Transient Fault Handling in Azure & Working with Management Scripts Brisbane Azure User Group Monthly Meetup Wednesday 18th September 2013 Sydney Meetup Windows Azure and Linux Thursday 19th September

    

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	The NEW Microsoft RMS is live, in preview! Windows Azure: New Distributed, Dedicated, High Performance Cache Service + More Cool Improvements Storage Client Library 2.1
In the news	Press Australian companies move to the cloud with Windows Azure: Canon, Cash Converters, MYOB Microsoft Launches Windows Azure for Research Microsoft Accelerates Its Data Center Expansion Microsoft hunts for big data science projects to host in Azure The Microsoft Visionary Cloud: How We Got Here Microsoft Azure Grows More Open Former Azure Evangelist Joins Aditi as Cloud Services GM Backup and Archive Leveraging Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud How Cloud Computing Is Going To Change The Future Of ERP How cloud computing changes (almost) everything about the skills you need Moving to IaaS: An overview Microsoft Gartner Recognizes Microsoft as a Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Visionary Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s devices & services business Windows Azure for Research
Case Study	PROS Step: Create optimized price lists in a matter of minutes and uncover immediate revenue opportunities. Web Station - Site Creation and Hosting Platform Nadji.Info Cloud-based Site Creates Connection Between People and Interesting Places To Go

TECHNOLOGY
	Device to Cloud, Hands-On. Part 1: Prototyping Platforms Device to Cloud, Hands-On. Part 2: Pattern Overview and Commands CSF Series: Telemetry Data Pipeline Understanding and Using the CloudFx Framework Episode 112 - Portal Enhancements, Monitoring, AutoScale, SDK 2.1, and More New Features | Windows Azure Cloud Cover Show Video: Architecting Highly Available, Geo Redundant Cloud Solutions Cloud Patterns
	What’s New in 2012 R2: PaaS for the Modern Web - In the Cloud - Site Home - TechNet Blogs Windows Azure Pack: Cloud app convenience meets in-house hosting IaaS Usage and Service Reporting using OpsMgr 2012 and VMM 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack Video: Building Cloud Services with the Windows Azure Pack Windows Azure Pack: Cloud app convenience meets in-house hosting Windows Server 2012 R2 and Azure Pack work better together Windows Azure Pack Console Connect
	Video: Developer Lab in Windows Azure
	Great video - MongoDB Data Analysis with Jaspersoft on Windows Azure Video: Windows Azure Node.js Deployment & cname Setup at Name.com Video: Node.js on Windows Azure Azure CLI Day 1 – Account Download
	Introduction to Windows Azure Compliance Windows Azure Passes Cloud Security Alliance-Recommended Audit - first cloud service provider to clear CSA audit Windows Azure Portals and Access Levels Lessons Learned Building Secure and Compliant solutions in Windows Azure Windows Azure Receives SOC 2 Type 2 report with CSA CCM Attestation
	Friends Don’t Let Friends use Lazy Loading on Windows Azure! August 2013 Windows Azure Guest OS issue with System.Runtime.Caching.MemoryCache
	Pricing of Windows Azure Mobile Services Web-based login on WPF projects for Azure Mobile Services Mobile gaming poster
	Deploy a SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group in Windows Azure Tutorial: AlwaysOn Availability Groups in Windows Azure Windows Azure VM Hosting Licensing (not in English) Video: Tuesdays with Corey - SQL Server AlwaysOn Video: Tuesdays with Corey – Load Balancer
	Configuring Dynamic IP Address Restrictions in Windows Azure Web Sites Hosting Go (or any CGI apps) on Windows Azure Websites Migrating Websites Between Windows Azure Subscriptions Creating New Windows Azure Web Site from Visual Studio 2013 RC Client IP Address Filtering with Windows Azure Web Sites Enable logging on your Windows Azure Web Site from Visual Studio
	How to backup and restore a Windows system disk in a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
	Ebook Review: Windows Azure SQL Reporting Succintly by Stacia Misner Resource Management in Windows Azure SQL Database Video: Synchronizing Data with SQL Azure Data Sync Expert Database Design Tips for SQL Server and Azure
	Save Money by Setting Cache-Control on Windows Azure Blobs NoSQL Now! talk summary and links: Polyglot Persistence in Windows Azure Announcing Storage Client Library 2.1 RTM & CTP for Windows Phone AzCopy – Transfer data with re-startable mode and SAS Token Storing the Android MiniPCs Site’s Log Files in Windows Azure Blobs
	Office 365 Evangelist » ADFS/SSO versus Password Sync End User Experience for Office 365 AAD Seize the Opportunity for a Deeper Engagement with the Product Engineering Team of Application Access Enhancements for Windows Azure Active Directory Using your Office 365 Azure AD tenant with application access enhancements for Windows Azure AD Extending your Azure AD tenant to include Office 365 services Active Directory Authentication Library 1.0 for .NET – Ready for prime time!Diversity Training: Dealing with SQL and non-MS LDAP in a WAAD World MFA Video: Windows Azure Multi Factor Authentication Overview RMS New Preview: Windows Azure Rights Management Service Update (RMS client SDK's + free version!) Hands on with Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Rights Management: not ready yet
	Windows Azure: New Distributed, Dedicated, High Performance Cache Service + More Cool Improvements Download Capacity Planning Guide spreadsheet for Windows Azure Caching Why is The New Windows Azure Cache Service Important?
	MPEG DASH preview from Windows Azure Media Services
	Get your message out with Windows Azure Notification Hubs feat. Elio Damaggio
	Windows Azure IaaS Deployment Methodology with PowerShell Part Two: Processing NetworkConfig.xml
	Video: Windows Azure, Data Protection Manager, and Backup to the Cloud Script: Deploy a SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group in Windows Azure Video: Taste of Premier: How Windows Azure can Benefit Your Business System Center Advisor now supports Windows Azure Active Directory Powershell: Windows Azure IaaS Deployment Methodology with PowerShell Part One PowerShell Working with Windows Azure VMs
	Expanding Windows Azure MSDN Benefit
	The Microsoft Platform: Running Dell vWorkspace in Windows Azure XenDesktop on Azure continued…
	WatchGuard Announces Unified Threat Management Solution for Windows Azure Cloud Platform WordPress › BackupToAzure Advanced Systems Concepts Brings Windows Azure Support to ActiveBatch IT Automation Jaspersoft BI runs on Windows Azure AzureTools–Diagnostic Utility

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Chalk Talk - Windows Azure Mobile Services Deep Dive with Tech Support October 2nd CloudBurst 2013 - streamed online from Stockholm Sweden on September 19-20 2013

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, Steve, 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