Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 14th June 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
Barnardos Readify helps child welfare provider move to Windows Azure		Nick Randolph   Windows Azure Mobile Service to SQLite Data Sync for Windows Phone and Windows RT with Portable Class Libraries - Conflicts		New Horizons Make it happen in the cloud 18th, 19th & 21st June Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne Sydney Azure Meetup Windows Azure Mobile Services & Local DC announcement chat –June 20th

 

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Introducing Multi-Factor Authentication on Windows Azure
In the news	Press New Active Authentication Allows Azure Customers To Identify And Secure Office 365, Other Apps Microsoft beefs up Windows Azure with optional multi-factor verification via mobile app, phone call, or SMS Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): The Next Leg Of Growth Lies In Cloud Computing Cloud Cloud Server Performance: A Comparative Analysis of 5 Large Cloud IaaS Providers Move to the cloud? Benchmark your company's energy savings 5 Essentials to Safe Guarding Your Application from Cloud Outage Cloud Computing and the Changing Role of the CIO - The CIO Report – WSJ HP Delivers a Common Architecture for Converged Cloud Partner TechED 2013 Release Announcements: Windows Azure and SQL Server 2014
Case Study	Windows Azure Mini Case Studies

TECHNOLOGY
	Patterns of Cloud Integration
	Enabling On-Premises IaaS Solutions with the Windows Azure Pack Building Private Clouds Using Windows Azure Services for Windows Server Microsoft finds a new way to deliver a private cloud in a box
	The Definition of Cloud Computing [How to] Installing WordPress or any CMS on Windows Azure cloud, a complete guide
	Scaling Node.js Real-time Apps with Windows Azure Service Bus Create a Cassandra Cluster on Windows Azure Point-Click Deploy PostgreSQL on Windows Azure
	Using Client Certificates on Windows Azure
	Cloudy Text - Windows Phone 8 to Voice to Text to Azure Windows Azure Mobile Service to SQLite Data Sync for Windows Phone and Windows RT with Portable Class Libraries - Conflicts
	MPEG DASH preview from Windows Azure Media Services Windows Azure Media Services (WAMS) Asset Replicator published on CodePlex! Windows Azure Media Services NuGET packaged with Azure Storage 2.0!
	SharePoint 2013 & Azure Installation / Configuration “Gotchas”
	Video: Create & Manage Virtual Networks
	On Moving a Blog to Azure Web Sites HowTo: Publish a #ClickOnce application using and #AZURE website Compiling less on a Windows Azure website
	Twitter Analytics with Microsoft Data and BI Platform
	How Azure Boosts Disaster Recovery For SMEs
	Practical Azure #20 - SQL Reporting Services Why Windows Azure SQL Database May Be Right For You << well presented
	Protecting your Azure Blob Storage Items using Shared Access Signatures How to Configure a Custom Domain Name for a Windows Azure Storage Account StorSimple Deep Dive 2 – Data Efficiencies
	TechEd 2013: Windows Azure AD Serves Up Big Numbers Windows Azure Active Authentication: Multi-Factor for Security and Compliance What is Windows Azure Active Authentication (Preview)
	BizTalk PaaS: Windows Azure BizTalk Services – Part II Some PowerShell commands for Windows Azure BizTalk Services
	How to send a large message to a Service Bus Relay Service using Streamed mode Scaling Node.js Real-time Apps with Windows Azure Service Bus
	PowerShell Command Line Introduction PowerShell support Backup/Restore to Windows Azure Blob Storage service
	Windows Azure App Store: Services for Your Cloud Applications
	F5 enables NVGRE gateway and Windows Azure cloud support << F5 enables Layer 4-7 services in Windows Azure ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 brings Azure and Steam support comForte - Access Your HP NonStop Servers from the Cloud Announcing the Data Explorer June Update

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! Virtual Academy; Move to Hybrid Cloud with System Center & Windows Azure Jump Start June 20th 9am-5pm PDT Getting Started with Microsoft Big Data, Hive & HDInsight Jump Start June 21st 9am-5pm PDT

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