Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 6th February 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Microsoft 6 Weeks of Windows Azure - a self-paced 6 Weeks of Azure course		Aidan Casey Windows Azure Websites pack a big punch for a small offering Bill Chessnut   Azure Virtual Network Preview (using DrayTek 2830 ADSL2 Router) Greg Low   How full is my Windows Azure SQL Database? Troy Hunt   ASafaWeb, Excessive Headers and Windows Azure		Sydney User Group   Windows Azure - Table Storage, Azure Queue, Diagnostics and SaaS Thursday, February 7, 2013   Microsoft   Appfest Sydney “Build a connected Windows Phone 8 & a Windows 8 application in one day, using Windows Azure Mobile Services.” February 15th – 17th 2013

                                            

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure and VM Depot – Better Together SQL Reporting Services Pricing Update Announcing Release of Windows Azure Media Services Windows Azure Service Bus Push Notification Hubs Windows Azure Store: New add-ons and expanded availability
In the news	Press                   Microsoft Tries To Outflank Amazon With Azure Upgrades MSFT: Structure of ‘Azure’ May Lend Cloud Advantage, Says Bernstein Windows Azure Media Services Opens Up, Adds New Platform For Developers Microsoft Beefs Up Azure Cloud Mobile Services Microsoft to offer its 'Drawbridge' virtualization technology on top of its Windows Azure cloud Microsoft Enhances System Center For Hybrid Cloud Work Cloud                             The 4 cloud computing resolutions you should make for 2013 Why cloud computing ROI tools are worthless Microsoft Microsoft Technologies: Choose Your Adventure (Infographic) Partner SiSense and Microsoft bring big-data analytics to the Windows Azure cloud
Case Study	Voter Enablement - Innovative election commissions in more than 10 states and counties used Windows Azure in the 2012 Presidential Election to support worldwide voter enablement, election administration, or reporting Working with Making Waves and VGTV - Mobile Services Genetec Unveils Stratocast: A New Affordable and Easy-to-Use Cloud-Based Video Surveillance Solution on Windows Azure Video: UK’s Biggest Computer Mag Combines Windows 8 App with Azure EasyJet lifts off with Azure seat bookings

 

	TECHNOLOGY
	Rock, Paper, Azure Re-launch! Windows Azure has become very comprehensive Tutorial Series and Sample Application for ASP.NET MVC 4 with Windows Azure Tables, Blobs and Queues
	Knowing when to choose Windows Azure Table Storage or Windows Azure SQL database Anatomy of a Scalable Task Scheduler Utopia ESB How to use Bing Translator API in Windows Azure Building a Simple Task Scheduler in Windows Azure
	Scalable realtime services with Node.js, Socket.IO and Windows Azure
Features
	Azure Active Directory Graph – What’s in it for an app developer? Windows Azure Access Control Service, Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012: Setting Up Development Environment – Oh My! Windows Azure Active Directory Cartoon Group & Role Claims: Use the Graph API to Get Back IsInRole() and [Authorize] in Windows Azure AD Apps Step-by-Step: Extending On-Premise Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows Azure Simple, responsive sign-in to Microsoft services driven by Windows Azure AD
	HDInsight: Workaround error Could not find or load main class Azure Vault Storage in HDInsight: A Robust and Low Cost Storage Solution
	Updating Windows Azure Cloud Service To .NET 4.5 and Windows Server 2012 Tips for Publishing Multiple Sites in a Web Role Azure - Creating an Azure Cloud Service
	Windows Azure Offers A Complete Media Solution Platform Windows Azure Media Services Tutorials How to generate Http Live Streaming (HLS) content using Windows Azure Media Services Episode 99 - Windows Azure Media Services General Availibility
	Updates to Windows Azure (Mobile, Web Sites, SQL Data Sync, ACS, Media, Store) New Windows Azure Mobile Services Getting Started Content Parsing JSON by hand from Azure Mobile Services Common Scenarios with Windows Azure Mobile Services<< heaps of links Inserting multiple items at once in Azure Mobile Services New Samples and Videos Featured for Mobile Services Debugging your Mobile Service scripts Dealing with Expired Channels in Windows Azure Mobile Services Scrubbing UserId in Windows Azure Mobile Services Dispatching to different query functions in Mobile Services Build Real-time Apps with Mobile Services and Pusher [iOS] Using the scheduler to backup your Mobile Service database Enabling Single Sign-On for Windows 8 Azure Mobile Apps
	Publishing a Web App to Windows Azure Running unit tests when deploying to Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Web Sites Cheat Sheet Fix for WordPress Plugin Update Issues on Windows Azure Web Sites Running WIF Based Apps in Windows Azure Web Sites Static Site Generation with DocPad on Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Websites pack a big punch for a small offering Practical Azure #9: Windows Azure Web Sites
	Tales from the trenches: resizing a Windows Azure virtual disk the smooth way Creating a fruitsalad on #WindowsAzure, because I can :-) , part 1 : introducing project “Chinese Gooseberry” The 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud using Azure IaaS…. Step-by-Step: Building a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Study Lab in the Cloud with Windows Azure Step-by-Step: Build a SharePoint 2013 Lab in the Cloud on Windows Azure
	Azure Virtual Network Preview (using DrayTek 2830 ADSL2 Router)
Core Services
	Test! How Cesar makes sure I get to sleep when I'm on call for servicing. New features in Service Bus Preview Library (January 2013) - 1: Message Pump Enterprise Integration Patterns with Service Bus (Part 2) Broadcast push notifications to millions of mobile devices using Windows Azure [Service Bus] Notification Hubs Service Bus Notification Hubs with @ElioDamaggio Service Bus Notification Hubs - Code Walkthrough - Windows 8 Edition
	Windows Azure SQL Database and SQL Server -- Performance and Scalability Compared and Contrasted SQL Server Agent for Windows Azure SQL Database with the Scheduler Access SQL Azure Data Using Java Script How full is my Windows Azure SQL Database? SQL Server Backup and Restore to Cloud Simplified
	How to backup and restore user database from SQL server to Windows Azure blob storage. Table Storage 2.0 – Queries
Other
	New Windows Azure PowerShell Update – December 2012 What's Coming in the Command Line Tools for Windows Azure with Glenn Block How to provision a Visual Studio based load test environment on Windows Azure Kicking the tires on Azure application monitoring with System Center 2012 Using Fiddler to decipher Windows Azure PowerShell or REST API HTTPS traffic Executing Powershell commands in Windows Azure Web or Worker Role VM Instance return[s an] exception Creating Azure Virtual Machines with App Controller (Part 13 of 31) A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows Azure Applications Connecting Orchestrator 2012 SP1 to Windows Azure
	Consuming Odata Service in Windows Store Apps Getting Started with Scheduler in the Windows Azure Store
	Foglight – Try it yourself free for 30 days Free eBook on Designing Cloud Applications  ASafaWeb, the Automated Security Analyser for ASP.NET Websites

                                                                                            

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