Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 1st July 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Queensland Police Queensland Government succeeds in IT Project- a new Online Crime Statistics Crime Portal on Windows Azure		Rocky Heckman   Azure WebSites is now Generally Available David Burela Build 2013–Day 1 Keynote summary		No known updates for July

 

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Microsoft and Oracle announce enterprise partnership Server 2012 R2 preview available in Windows Azure and to TechNet & MSDN subscribers Announcing the General Availability of Windows Azure Mobile Services, Web Sites and continued Service innovation Windows Azure: General Availability of Web Sites + Mobile Services, New AutoScale + Alerts Support, No Credit Card Needed for MSDN
In the news	Press Oracle: Windows Azure and new Oracle DB up in a tree Microsoft-Oracle deal: What you need to know Microsoft and Oracle Team Up To Bring Java, Oracle Database and WebLogic Server To Azure & Windows Server Microsoft loads rival into its platform cloud Oracle to certify its software for use on Microsoft's Azure cloud, Hyper-V Build Microsoft Adds Auto Scaling To Windows Azure Windows Azure Now Stores 8.5 Trillion Data Objects, Manages 900K Transactions Per Second Microsoft tunes Windows Azure cloud for developers Cloud Computing: Microsoft Moves To Weekly Software Updates Microsoft Touts Azure To iOS, Android Developers Build 2013: Microsoft Updates Windows Azure Again Microsoft Bulks Up Azure to Make it Easier to Build, Expand Cloud Services Other Dynamics NAV 2013 on Windows Azure Cloud Microsoft exec on the Valley’s bias against Azure: It’s ‘running out of excuses’ Microsoft Bringing Skype to Improved Windows Azure Cloud 'Clear and direct guidance' for cloud computing The history of cloud computing – Infographic Microsoft Changing the World Through Code #AzureDev Microsoft showcases developer opportunity on Windows Azure, Windows devices Partner Mando Group deliver a cross platform mobile solution for TalkTalk Business powered by Windows Azure Sage 200 Online cloud ERP launched on Microsoft Azure Azure to Support Engine Yard (Giving Our Customers More Choice with Windows Azure)
Case Study	Microsoft Case Study: Windows Azure - Storm Model Management Movies Made Easy; Microsoft Stars for CineTrailer

TECHNOLOGY
	New Microsoft Visual Studio Features Show Importance Of Windows Azure, Developing For Connected Devices Telemetry basics and troubleshooting Video: Creating Structured and Meaningful Logs with Semantic Logging How to use bing search API in Windows Azure Using Visual Studio 2013 Preview with Windows Azure
	Microsoft | Windows Azure Pack| Windows Small Business Server Next Version Evaluation Guide for System Center 2012 R2 and the Windows Azure Pack
	Testing Server 2012 R2 is a great excuse to try the Windows Azure preview
	MongoDB 2.4.4 on Windows Enabling PHP 5.5 on Windows Azure Web Sites using a remote shell and KuduExec CouchDB 1.3.1 on Windows
	Autoscaling Windows Azure Cloud Services (and web sites) Video: Building Scalable N-Tier Apps with Windows Azure Cloud Services & Virtual Machines
	Exposing authenticated data from Azure Mobile Services via an ASP.NET MVC application Windows Extends Azure MBaaS: Custom APIs Just a Mouse Click Away Exposing authenticated data from Azure Mobile Services via an ASP.NET MVC application
	Windows Azure Media Services in Build 2013 – DASH preview through Dynamic Packaging, Win 8 client update, Live Streaming and more
	TechNet Radio: How to Migrate Your Virtual Machines from Amazon Web Services to Windows Azure | TechNet Radio TechNet Radio: How to Migrate from VMware to Windows Azure or Hyper-V Microsoft Tightens Security for Virtual Machines in Windows Azure VIDEO: SharePoint 2010-2013 Farm with High-availability on Windows Azure IaaS
	How to use Azure's new connectivity features
	Windows Azure Web Sites Demo Series
	Microsoft Discusses Big Data at Hadoop Summit 2013
	Windows Azure Now Stores 8.5 Trillion Data Objects, Manages 900K Transactions Per Second Windows Azure Storage BUILD Talk - What’s Coming, Best Practices and Internals
	Windows Azure AD Rights Management Administration Tools and Utilities Organizational Identity/Microsoft Accounts and Azure Active Directory – Part 1
	Service Bus Durable Task Framework Preview - Samples Push Notification using Service Bus Durable Task Framework (Preview) with Azure Service Bus
	Windows Azure PowerShell Reference Guide Network Access Control List Capability in Windows Azure Powershell Introducing Website Diagnostic cmdlets in Windows Azure PowerShell Custom logging with Windows Azure web sites Alerting and Notifications Support for Windows Azure Applications
	Office 365 Adapter: Deploying Office 365 Single Sign-On using Windows Azure
	Windows Azure App Store: Services for Your Cloud Applications How to use latest Azure Table Storage SDK in Windows Store app
	New Relic Teams With Microsoft To Offer Performance Monitoring On Windows Azure (New Relic and Windows Azure Web Sites)

COMMUNITY
Global Events	MSDN benefit before September 30th, 2013 are also automatically entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win an Aston Martin V8 Vantage sports car! Live Workshop: Elevating Windows Azure Deployments – July 9th 10:00 AM -11:30 AM Pacific

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson/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