#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter - 6th December 2011
Local Overview :
- Harvey Norman launched a new speciality eCommerce Kitchenware store running on Windows Azure
Readiness & Resources:
Windows Azure:
General
- Controlling Application Pool Idle Timeouts in Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone v1.3.2
- Been diagnosed with Acute Windows Azure Diagnostics Understanding Syndrome
Storage
- How content delivery networks (CDNs) work
- How Microsoft helps you NOT break your Windows Azure Application: Storage Services Versioning
- Windows Azure Storage Transaction | Unveiling the Unforeseen Cost and Tips to Cost Effective Usage
SQL Azure:
- What’s new in SQL Azure
- Microsoft Codename “Data Transfer” Lab
- Backing Up SQL Azure Databases
- Microsoft Codename “Social Analytics” WinForms Client Sample
AppFabric:
Caching
Service Bus:
ACS
- SharePoint 2010 and Azure Access Control Services – Part 2
- Adding WCF custom service behaviors in config
- X509 Certificate flow in Windows Azure Access Control Service
Marketplace:
- New Windows Azure Marketplace Data Delivers the Latest Weather and Stock Information
- New Self-Service Publishing Wizard Eases Distribution of New Datasets on the Windows Azure Marketplace
Watch:
- Synchronize Data from Cloud to Cloud (C2C) using SQL Azure Data Sync
- Cloud Cover Episode 66 - Using Windows Azure Storage from the Windows Phone
Case Study:
Tools:
- Managing and Monitoring Windows Azure applications with System Center 2012
- MongoDB on Azure
- Monitoring SQL Azure with Quest Software’s new SQL Azure cartridge for its Foglight product
- Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5
Guidance:
Walkthrough:
Architecture:
- PRO Exam 70-583 Preparation
- Windows Azure: P & P Enterprise Integration Pack with failure/retry **and** fine-grained autoscaling APIs (among others)
- Part 3 - Load Testing In the Cloud Automating Test Rig Deployment
Best practice:
Books:
- Announcing our new ebook "OData & Cloud Augmentation of Windows Phone Apps" + a small bonus
- Windows Azure Platform by Tony Guidici and Tejaswi Redkar
In the news:
General:
- C# wins developers, but Java still reigns
- Why governments are making big moves to the cloud
- Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for 2012 and Beyond
Microsoft:
- Programming Windows 8: The Sublime To The Strange
- Try Windows Phone on your phone
- Office 365 - How Microsoft Does IT
Windows Azure:
- Platform:
- Partner
- Other
Events:
Local:
Australia
- Windows Azure BizSpark Startup Camp – Brisbane
- Microsoft Australia hiring a Product Marketing Manager to lead the charge in Private Cloud
Global
Webinar:
- Windows Azure Developer Webcast Series
First up Windows Azure Storage
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
January 4th, 2012, 10 am PDT
December 14th 2011 10am PDT
Six Weeks of Windows Azure will start on … Monday 23rd January 2012
Training
Community:
Social:
Keep up to date by:
- Becoming a Facebook fan
- Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list
- Watch our regular CloudCast (service now on Windows Azure thanks to Scaffolding kit for PHP)
- Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure
Suggest new ideas by using the Windows Azure Feature Voting
Attend a User Group:
- Sydney (Conor Brady)
- Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett)
- Brisbane (register your interest #baug“ thanks to Steve Nagy)
- Auckland (Ryan Crawcour)
- Perth (details to follow)
Other - Regional:
- If you want to keep up with IT Pro news in NZ follow
@technetnz and follow@msdnnz - Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
Questions
Windows Azure: