Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 17th October 2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Mick Badran   New Australian Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure in Sydney    InvoiceSmash   New SaaS Windows Azure solution for Easy E-Invoice Processing   Icertis (India) Icertis Unveils Transportation Mgmt Solution On Windows Azure		Rocky Heckman Learning SQL Server 2012 with labs built in Windows Azure IaaS VMs		Sydney Windows Azure User Group David Chappell Thursday, October 18, 2012 Examining Public Cloud Platforms: Windows Azure and Its Competitors

                  

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS

Windows Azure Platform

• Announcing: Improvements to the Windows Azure Portal
• Bringing Windows Azure Services to Windows Server – Beta Release
• Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012 - now with speaker notes, new demos
• Windows Azure Mobile Services: New support for iOS apps, Facebook/Twitter/Google identity, Emails, SMS, Blobs, Service Bus and more

In the news

Press                  

• Microsoft acquires cloud-storage appliance vendor StorSimple

• Microsoft delivers beta of Azure services for Windows Server
• Microsoft Invests In DotNetNuke Bringing It To Azure

Microsoft

• Microsoft Reaches Agreement to Acquire StorSimple
• Microsoft Acquires PhoneFactor  - phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Cloud Rap: World's Fastest Rapper on Windows Azure Cloud
• Enter the Fast Contest!
• Imagine Cup Windows Azure Challenger 2013 - The power of Windows Azure is yours to command

Cloud

• A Storm of Confusion: What People Really Think About Cloud Computing [infographic]
• Cloud Computing Saves Health Care Industry Time And Money
• How Cloud Computing Is Improving Asynchronous Learning In Schools

Partners

• Announcing Riak on Microsoft Windows Azure - CentOS 6.2 NoSQL

Case Study

• Case studies that show how the Windows Azure cloud is used in higher education research

• Cloud-based core banking becomes a reality in Kenya

 

TECHNOLOGY

Introduction

• Microsoft Will Judge Your Company's Cloud Readiness
• Microsoft DevRadio: How to Get Started with Windows Azure
• The Cloud and the Whiteboard

Architecture

• Best Practices for Designing Large-Scale Services on Windows Azure
• Cloud Architecture Patterns book has been released!!
• Recipes for Multi-tenant Cloud Service Design – Recipe 1: Throttling by Tenants Using Multi-site Cloud Services and IIS 8 CPU Throttling
• Recipes for Multi-tenant Cloud Service Design – Recipe 2: Centralized SSL Certificate Management
• Announcing StockTrader 6 Reference Application: Cross-Device Mobile Applications with Windows Azure Cloud Services

Security

• Top 8 security hazards on Windows Azure - Part 1
• Top 8 security hazards on Windows Azure - Part 2

Open Development

• Build and Deploy a Node.js Website to Windows Azure Using WebMatrix
• Troubleshooting Node.js Apps Hosted on Windows Azure

Windows 8

• Building Cloud Data and Services for Windows 8 Apps
• Windows 8 and the Cloud: Better Together
• Windows 8 and Windows Azure: Convergence in the Cloud
• Learn Windows Store App Development in 31 Days – Day 1 – Overview and Requirements of Windows Store App Development

-- Features

 

CLOUD SERVICES

• Windows Azure Cloud Service or Web Site: Where am I Deployed?

MEDIA SERVICES

• Windows Azure Media Service–Part I (Introduction)
• Windows Azure Media Service-Part II (Setup, API and Access Token)
• Windows Azure Media Services-Part IV (Managing Access Policies via REST API)

MOBILE SERVICES

• Kirill Gavrylyuk and Josh Twist: Inside Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Blog Series: Sending Windows 8 Push Notifications using Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Having fun with Azure Mobile Services – The setup
• Part 4 of 4: Introduction to Consuming Azure Mobile Services from Android
• Localized Windows Azure Mobile Services Deck, HOL and Demo script           
• Round Three: Windows Azure Mobile Services on DevRadio
• Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Windows Azure Mobile Services—Now We Are Getting Somewhere
• Windows Azure Mobile Services, Maps & More

VIRTUAL MACHINES

• Learning SQL Server 2012 with labs built in Windows Azure IaaS VMs
• Installing PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 12 running on Windows Azure

VIRTUAL NETWORK

• Setting up a Sharepoint farm as an extension to Enterprise Network

WEB SITES

• Website Pricing, Shared or Reserved
• Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) What is Windows Azure Web Sites?
• .NET Framework 4.5 Support in Windows Azure Web Sites
• Gallery Server Pro and Windows Azure Web Sites
• How to Host a Website on Azure and Link it to a Domain like .IO

--- Core Services

 

CACHING

• Cross-role Events using Windows Azure Caching (Preview)
• Using Memcache to access a Windows Azure Dedicated Cache

SERVICE BUS

• Introducing a New User Experience for Windows Azure Service Bus
• CQRS Journey - Windows Azure Service Bus

STORAGE

• More efficient erasure coding in Windows Azure storage
• What PartitionKey and RowKey are for in Windows Azure Table Storage
• Enabling cross domain access to Windows Azure Blobs from Flash clients
• How to download a blob on a Linux machine
• Wazproxy: an HTTP proxy that signs Windows Azure storage requests for you.

SQL DATABASE

• Updated SQL Azure Data Sync Agent Preview

-- Other

 

Big Data

• Windows Azure Hadoop. Understanding, Diving and Solving issues
• Piggybank for Hadoop on Azure

DevOps

• Understanding Windows Azure Diagnostics Costs And Some Ways To Control It
• System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager - The Review
• Azure Tips from the IT Pro Water Cooler
• Running TeamCity in Windows Azure

Labs

• Testing Math Functions in Microsoft Cloud Numerics

Tools

• Neudesic Launches Cloud Assessment v2
• CommVault Integrates Modern Data Management for Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and Windows Azure Environments
• Hyland Software Makes Implementing Mobile Solutions Easier by Utilizing Windows Azure
• CA ERwin Data Modeler for Microsoft SQL Azure
• DotNetNuke Azure Accelerator 6.3

Read more here:

                                                                  

	COMMUNITY
Podcast	Securing Microsoft Azure with Encryption & Key Management
Webinar	Windows Azure in the Real World – November 8th 10am GMT Securing Windows Azure SQL Database Has Never Been Easier

-- 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