Azure in Action – Community Newsletter – 31st March 2014


Azure Platform	General Availability Windows Azure Express Route Mobile Services .NET, Notifications HDInsight Hadoop 2.2. support VM Agent and Background info WA Active Directory SSO integration Biztalk Services EDIFACT, SB Integration General Availability of Oracle Software on Windows Azure Regions Announcing Windows Azure Japan Geo General Availability Microsoft becomes the first global public cloud provider in China with the general availability of Microsoft Azure in the region Other Microsoft renames 'Windows Azure' as 'Microsoft Azure' Microsoft Azure – Innovation, Quality and Price
In the news	Press Microsoft overtakes Amazon to become largest Windows hosting company Assessing Windows Azure at its four-year mark Satya says: “One Microsoft” push is on Microsoft Opens Two Japanese Regions for Windows Azure Cloud Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps Dear Azure is like Dear Abby for the Cloud Microsoft begins privately testing Windows Azure Government Cloud Microsoft's Silverlight Boss Keynotes AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo Microsoft takes Dynamics ERP upmarket with Azure support, new services A closer look at Titanfall's not-so-secret weapon: Microsoft's cloud Microsoft, Oracle FINALLY get a room: Now they're ready to take on Amazon cloud Microsoft and Oracle solidify cloud coexistence as Amazon’s cloud turns 8 — Tech News and Analysis Windows Azure Rebranding to Microsoft Azure Could Happen at BUILD Conference in April Microsoft Azure opens its cloud doors in China Microsoft supporting climate change studies with cloud computing access Cloud Is networking infrastructure the Achilles' heel of cloud computing? Businesses Don't Move To The Cloud: DATA Does How Moving to the Cloud is like Surviving a Zombie Attack Graphene: The Silver Lining for Cloud Computing? Why do #Cloud Strategies fail? 10 Key PaaS Statistics You Need To Know "Cloud Computing Today" Infographic Microsoft's Azure cloud team moves toward blurring the IaaS/PaaS lines Microsoft Microsoft killed my Pappy << too true Windows Azure, Microsoft Dynamics and Enterprise Services earn a place on the podium at the Winter Games 2014 Winter Olympics: Behind the Scenes with Microsoft Dynamics and Windows Azure - Microsoft for Work - Site Home - TechNet Blogs Dear Azure – Video: Dear Azure Date Night Microsoft for the Sochi Olympics 2014 This is no game: the Seahawks and the Olympics prove how Windows Azure scales for both small and large solutions More than 2.5 million Brits helped by online flood information Mark Russinovich: How Microsoft is building its cloud future StorSimple: Hybrid Cloud Storage from Microsoft A cloud for everyone, on every device Partner Partner Practice Enablement: Windows Azure Technical Training (learning paths) Tribridge: What does Cloud Computing & Azure mean to our Customers? Partner Software Vendors: Predixion Software Predictive Analytics Solutions Now Available for Deployment on Windows Azure Sencha announces easy integration of mobile app services with Windows Azure Level 3 Teams Up with Windows Azure to Deliver Fast, Reliable Cloud Services for Global Enterprises Gimmal Announces SharePoint-SAP Interoperability and Archiving for Microsoft Azure and Office 365 at the SharePoint Conference 2014
Case Study	Microsoft Azure the perfect solution for on-demand video service blinkbox ESRI Geospatial Firm Uses the Cloud to Boost Software Scalability and Simplify BI Analysis Windows Azure: The power behind upcoming game Titanfall for the Xbox One Dell Dell Uses Cloud Solution to Manage Online Traffic, Customer Deals During the 2013 Holiday Season Space combat in Windows Azure! Bridgestone Asia Pacific to use Windows mobile cloud to improve customer service, productivity Featured Startup on Azure – BookLikes Mecklenburg County deploys Office 365, Windows Azure and Surface Pro Video: easyJet improves service and scalability with hybrid cloud solution

TECHNOLOGY


	Data-intensive Applications in the Cloud Computing World Disaster-proof enterprise cloud solutions with Windows Azure + infographic Success with Hybrid Cloud: By Scenario – Cloud Bursting - In the Cloud Video : Windows embedded compact 2013 cloud (Azure) based application Planning to run something in Microsoft Azure? Then choose your region wisely… Resources for Azure Architects Looking for Best Practices
	Edge Show 91 - Windows Azure Pack with Windows Server & System Center 2012 R2 Windows Azure Pack 2013 Update Rollup 1: Known Issues and Workarounds Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack Windows Azure Pack Architecture Wish List For Next Version of Windows Azure Pack Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep - Windows Azure Pack - In the Cloud SMA Capabilities in Depth: The SMA PowerShell Module Automation–The New World of Tenant Provisioning with Windows Azure Pack Windows Azure Pack – Virtual Machine Cloud
	Getting Started with Windows Azure Video Center Training Spotlight: New Windows Azure Training FAQ with Mark Russinovich - How does Windows Azure heal? 43 Great Windows Azure Development Resources Increasing system availability in Azure by using Availability Sets Video: Lightning Strikes from Windows Azure Video: How get a Windows Azure Trial Using Windows Azure Pass
	Deploy Neo4j on Windows Azure in minutes Tutorial: Using MongoDB, Windows Communication Foundation, OData, and PowerBI to build a Business Intelligence solution on Windows Azure Microsoft TechDays 2014 Showcases Work with Open Source Technologies
	How Security Is Handled In Windows Azure-Based Cloud Applications? Cloud Security, Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Infographic

	#WindowsAzure Lessons Learned : Be Stateful Introduction to Cloud Services – The Platform as a Service Lab Windows Azure: Retiring Windows Server 2008 and how to upgrade
	Video and Sample for Azure Mobile Services + TypeScript + AngularJS Talk How to integrate a Node.js Mobile Service with Windows Azure Active Directory Using service filters with the Mobile Services JavaScript SDK Windows Azure Mobiles Services C# Backend Video: Getting Started with Windows Azure for Sencha Touch How to use Fiddler with Windows Azure Mobile Services .NET (Preview) Backend Roles-Based Access Control in Mobile Services and Azure Active Directory - Windows Azure Caching and handling expired tokens in Azure Mobile Services managed SDK - Carlos Figueira MSDN blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs Video:Ask the Experts - Building & Managing Applications using Windows Azure Mobile Services
	Automate provisioning a Linux VM in Microsoft Azure Video: SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines, 03, Data Warehouse Workload in Azure VM Allocating Static IP Addresses to your VMs Download Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 R2 Base Configuration in Windows Azure Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Work Folders in a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure Windows Azure Infrastructure Services IP Address Management Creating a DNS Server in Azure IaaS
	How to Create Web Jobs in Windows Azure Web Sites Develop and deploy a web site with Microsoft WebMatrix Working with the Ghost blogging platform Video: Making Your Jobs Easier With Windows Azure WebJobs SDK Video: Episode 133: The Website Capability Model \| Windows Azure Cloud Cover Show Remote Administration of Windows Azure Websites using IIS Manager Visual Studio 2013: New ASP.NET Project with Windows Azure Site Rebuilding the SiteMonitR using Windows Azure WebJobs Windows Azure Websites online tools you should know about Script Deploy a Windows Azure Web Site Pointing to a SQL Database and Storage Account New Azure Web Sites feature: configurable environment variables - Windows Azure - Site Home - MSDN Blogs Server Side Includes (SSI) in Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) Video: Azure WebJobs 102 - Scheduled WebJobs and the WebJobs Dashboard with Jamie Espinosa

	Applied Windows Azure: Compute-Intensive Apps With Azure Worker Roles
	Develop C# Hadoop streaming programs for HDInsight Hadoop 2 and YARN available on Windows Azure HDInsight Preview
	Getting Started with Windows Azure Recovery Services CloudOS Roadshow : Microsoft Hyper-V Recovery Manager in #WindowsAzure Article: Building Certificates for Windows Server 2012 R2/Windows Azure Recovery Services for the Backup Vault (Private Cloud Certificates) Using Azure backup with DPM
	Windows Azure Storage: What’s in Your Blob? Deploying Static Content to Azure Storage with Visual Studio Online Build Windows Azure Storage In-Depth - Online Training Course for Developers Cloud Backup for Humans: Windows Azure Blob Storage Understanding Windows Azure Tables comparing with Relational SQL Tables (on-premise/SQL Azure) Windows Azure Storage Explorers (2014) - Windows Azure Storage Team Blog Windows Azure Storage 3.1.0
	I Like #WindowsAzure Friday : Scott Guthrie explains SQL Databases in Azure #Cloud #WindowsAzure Lessons Learned : Don’t be Afraid to Duplicate Data Windows Azure SQL Database Federations

	Forefront Identity Manager Connector for Windows Azure Active Directory Preview Release of Custom Schema Extension for Azure AD Introduction to Windows Azure Active Directory Microsoft Releases My Apps For Windows Azure Active Directory Users On iOS New OAuth2.0 features make it easy to write Azure AD connected apps for the Web, iOS, Android & Windows! Using Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) in MVC 5 Application Using Visual Studio 2013 Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting deep – Azure Active Directory Add company branding to your Sign In and Access Panel pages Video: Azure Identity 105 - Vittorio extends our existing application to retrieve custom profile information from Windows Azure Active Directory WindowsAzureADSamples/NativeClient-Xamarin-iOS · GitHub Using Active Directory Federation Services to Authenticate / Authorize Node.js Apps in Windows Azure Windows Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) for Android
	Caching on Windows Azure - Azure AppFabric Cache, Azure Cache Service, Managed Cache, Dedicated Cache, In-Role Cache, Co-located Cache, Shared Cache, Azure Role-based Cache - Clarifying the naming confusion
	Windows Azure BizTalk Services February Update is now live! Windows Azure BizTalk Services Just Became 19% More Interesting << well written Windows Azure BizTalk Services SDK Setup Hello World BizTalk Service Sample Windows Azure BizTalk Services Operations: Backup and Restore Integrate WCF Service with Windows Azure Biztalk Services
	Why Azure is Running the Sochi Olympics and Not AWS Dynamic packaging Building Awesome: The server that streamed the Olympics Setting up your computer for Media Services development Watching TV and movies in the cloud – the blinkbox way
	HOW TO make an automated call to a web page with Windows Azure Scheduler The Azure Mobile Scheduler service preview Getting Started with Windows Azure Scheduler – Part 1
	How to Use Service Bus Queues Soup to Nuts: Windows Azure Service Bus Topics & Subscriptions

	Windows Azure Traffic Manager now supports Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Web Sites and Traffic Manager Web Site Affinity with Windows Azure Traffic Manager
	How to join web and worker roles to a domain in the same virtual network ExpressRoute #WindowsAzure Express Routing and the importance for Enterprises Connect an On-premises Network to Azure via Site to Site VPN and Extend Active Directory onto an IaaS VM DC in Azure Video: Windows Azure ExpressRoute Overview Microsoft's Windows Azure network is a massive, virtual SDN Windows Azure: Virtual network is in use and cannot be deleted Network Isolation Options for Machines in Windows Azure Virtual Networks

	Managing Windows Azure with SMA Writing a Windows Phone 8 Application that uses the Windows Azure Management Libraries for on-the-go Cloud Management Microsoft Windows Azure Service Dashboard monitoring Success with Hybrid Cloud: Getting Deep – Virtualization & Templates Copy VHD to Windows Azure Requirements Moving Data To and From the Cloud Chef Edge Show 93 - Chef deployments to Windows Azure Using Chef to Manage Windows Azure Resources Windows + Chef: New Azure Demo, #ChefConf Talks, and More Microsoft #SQL 2014 Platform for Hybrid Cloud with #WindowsAzure Disaster Recovery Guided Hands-on Lab: Deliver Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager (HRM) SharePoint Server 2013 Disaster Recovery in Windows Azure Step-by-Step: File Server Disaster Recovery in the Clouds with Windows Azure and Windows Server 2012 R2 Powershell: Step-by-Step: Perform Cloud Restores of Windows Azure Virtual Machines using PowerShell - Part 2 Installing the Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets. Automation–Automating Hybrid Clouds with Windows Azure and PowerShell Getting the Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets Tutorial: AlwaysOn Availability Groups in Windows Azure (PowerShell) Announcing General Availability of Oracle Software on Windows Azure and Updates to Windows Azure Traffic Manager
	Scaling out RDS in Windows Azure
	User server scripts to validate and modify data (Windows Store)
	Scott Hanselman's Complete List of Productivity Tips Download Windows Azure Symbol/Icon Set Video: Deploying Alliance Key Manager to Windows Azure Azure Customers - 3 Free Months of EVault® Cloud Backup Services! March 2014 Update - Visual Studio Online "Monaco" Azure Plugin Library Video: Episode 135: Getting started with Apprenda Video: Cross Platform Mobile Apps with Xamarin and Azure Mobile Services Easy To Install Bitnami Launchpad For Windows Azure Launched - Launch Cloud Applications on Windows Azure with Bitnami Azure Rocks Windows Phone Application

COMMUNITY

Coming up Globally	Global Windows Azure Bootcamp Aftermovie
Regular Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Simon Waight) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson and 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, June, Mahesh, Mick and John are our 5 Windows Azure MVPs in Australia
Social	Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Facebook: Becoming a Facebook fan Links: Windows Azure Australian Developer Community

Azure in Action – Community Newsletter – 31st March 2014

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