Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 20th March 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Cloud Tweaks Aussie, Eurozone Cloud Computing Industries Grow Gloomy On The US Patriot Act << lacks some specificity		Mahesh Krishnan   6 weeks of Azure + Azure boot camps Sydney 23 March 2013 Register > Brisbane 27 March 2013 Register >		Microsoft      Dev Camp   Join us at a Free Azure DevCamp in a city near you! Melbourne – March 15th @ Clifton’s Melbourne. Register here. Sydney – March 22nd @ Clifton’s Sydney. Register here. Brisbane - March 28th @ Clifton’s Brisbane. Register here. Brisbane Azure User Group   A .NET Developer's Dive into Riak Wednesday, April 10, 2013

                                                   

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure Root Certificate Migration - a small number of customers to take action Windows Azure enhancements: New Hadoop service HTML5/JS (CORS) PhoneGap Mercurial and Dropbox support Windows Azure Cloud Services Support Lifecycle Policy
In the news	Press Microsoft Windows Azure Service Shows Off Big Data Tools with Hadoop Intro Cloud                     Why Cloud Computing Is Slowly Winning The Trust War Actionable Analytics Emerging As A Corporate Cloud Computing Trend Cloud is Changing the Economics of Business Cloud Infographic: CIOs & BIG DATA: What Your IT Team Wants You To Know To build trust in cloud engagements, ask these 3 questions Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP1 Due in Mid-April, Azure Deployment Model Confirmed for June
Case Study	Cloud-Based Platform Leverages New Technologies to Transform In-Store Shopper Marketing Combat in the Cloud: Game Designer Launches Global Online Game on Windows Azure Windows Azure powers Korean cloud gaming

 

	TECHNOLOGY
	Is Application Tenancy as simple as saving costs? Authenticating to an Azure hosted web service from CRM Online Sandbox code Talk: Azure Best Practices – How to Successfully Architect Windows Azure Apps for the Cloud ContosoSocial in Windows Azure -demonstrates how to create database-backed Azure services Moving Your Applications to Windows Azure
	I lost over 15 pounds (7 kilo) and so can you - thanks to #Azure and #Surface Many Windows Azure Updates
	Node.js and MongoLab on Windows Azure Java in the azure cloud: new Eclipse plugin released
Features
	Step-by-Step: Building a Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Forest in the Cloud with Windows Azure Video: A Lap around Windows Azure Active Directory
	Crunch Big Data in the Cloud with Windows Azure HDInsight Service Developing Big Data Solutions on Windows Azure Why use Blob Storage with HDInsight on Azure Gartner BI Summit 2013: Bringing Hadoop to the Enterprise
	Introducing Windows Azure Caching Remote profiling Windows Azure Cloud Services with dotTrace
	Enabling Twitter OAuth For An Azure Mobile Service (Zumo) in a Windows 8 Game Using Windows Azure Mobile Services with the Facebook SDK for Windows Phone Alive with Activity, Part 3: Push notifications and Windows Azure Mobile Services Preview of the new Managed Client for Windows Azure Mobile Services Creating Hashtag Monitor app. A application using Windows Azure Mobile Services << good example Schedule recurring jobs in Mobile Services Video: Android Support in Windows Azure Mobile Services << android Getting Started with the Mobile Services HTML Client
	Video: Deploying an Azure Web Site from a Dropbox folder Checking for a new version from your Windows Phone 8 App with Azure Web Sites
	How to Upload Linux Images to Microsoft Windows Azure Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 15) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Windows Azure Virtual Machines – Part 2 Windows Azure IAAS & PowerShell - 5 Important Tips Optimized Windows Azure IaaS Disk Mobility with Save-AzureVhd
Core Services
	Receiving messages using NetMessagingBinding with custom formats Service Bus Performance Test Suite -It measures latency of send and receive operations and throughput of a single queue
	SQL Database Connectivity and the Idempotency Issue Video: Business Continuity Solutions in SQL Database Office 365 “Access denied by Business Data Connectivity” connecting to SQL Server / Azure
	Accessing Windows Azure storage using FTP
Other
	DevOps for Windows Azure Configuring Web Endpoint Monitoring in Azure
	Episode 102 - Using MetricsHub to Monitor Your Windows Azure Applications BackupAgent Adds Integration Feature with Windows Azure << runs on VM and stores to Windows Azure Storage Staq to Offer Revenue Analytics through Microsoft Windows Azure Store

                                                                                                   

	COMMUNITY
Events	Global Windows Azure Bootcamp! On April 27th, 2013

LOCAL GENERAL
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson/ Paul Bouwer ) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth 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 developer jump site for Australia