Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 2nd August 2013
WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL |
NEWS |
TECHNOLOGY |
COMMUNITY |
||
Student Edge Student services provider re-architects, jumps to Microsoft's cloud Financial Review
RBS Morgans predicts post-election boost in tech services sector |
Aidan Casey
Create and deploy a website to windows azure from your Raspberry Pi in 180 seconds! Greg Lowe
Automated backups for Windows Azure SQL Database
|
Microsoft NZ
Looking to Build a Game for the Windows Platform?
|
WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL |
NEWS
Windows Azure Platform
- Windows Azure July Updates: SQL Database, Traffic Manager, AutoScale, Virtual Machines
- Azure RMS pricing and availability
In the news
Press
- Microsoft Expands Remote Desktop Use Rights on Windows Azure
- Microsoft broadens its Windows Azure desktop-hosting licensing terms
- Microsoft, Oracle Form Cloud Computing Partnership; Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd Comment
- Cloud Service Models (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS) + How Microsoft Office 365, Azure Fit In
- Windows Azure In Real Time Gaming
- Microsoft kicks off preview of Azure SQL premium database
Cloud
- Cloud Computing & The Internet of Things go Hand in Hand
- Hidden Costs Of Cloud Computing, Revealed – Forbes
- Windows Azure users, be afraid of Microsoft's shake-up << trash talk
- 3 Reasons for the Inevitability of Cloud Computing
- Is DevOps The Answer to Everything?
- Cloud Computing: The US versus The EU - Data Protection - United States
- Study: Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million Jobs
Microsoft
- Microsoft: We’re adding 7,000 Azure IaaS users per week
- Video: Scott Guthrie on Windows Azure Dev/Test
- What’s New in 2012 R2: Enabling Open Source Software
Partner
- The 4 Big Trends in IT: How Microsoft is Driving Customer Adoption
- Citrix Partner Hubbub: XenDesktop 7 on Windows Azure expands delivery options for enterprises and service providers”
- Top 5 Scenarios for XenDesktop on Windows Azure
- Citrix powered apps and desktops from the Windows Azure Cloud facts sheet
Case Study
- San Jose and Microsoft announce city's selection of Office 365, Windows Azure and StorSimple for over 5,000 employees
- Microsoft Case Study: Windows Azure - Flick2Know Technologies
- KGroup Launches Qoob Content Management into the Cloud with Windows Azure
TECHNOLOGY
- Hot Tips on Exchange and Windows Azure
- Cloud Service Fundamentals in Windows Azure
- Closing the Gap: Latest Windows Azure Release Beefs Up Database, Load Balancing
- Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure - Book Download
- Free ebook: Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model
- Building for Cost Using Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Training Kit
- Introduction to Windows Azure Security
- Introducing the Windows Azure Service Dashboard
- Publishing LightSwitch HTML Applications to Windows Azure
- What’s New with Windows Azure? Lots!! (July 2013)
- For Backbone.js devs: easily enable new Cloud based experiences in your apps with the Windows Azure Mobile Data Service
- Microsoft partners with Azul Systems to bring OpenJDK to Windows Azure
- azure-sdk-for-php-samples
- WindowsAzure.FunnyApp,Windows Azure Cloud Service solution example and portal
- [Sample Of Jul 22nd] Azure WebRole for frontend + backend work
- Authenticate Facebook via Windows Azure Mobile Services
- For Backbone.js devs: easily enable new Cloud based experiences in your apps with the Windows Azure Mobile Data Service
- What do cloud and mobile have in common?
- Using the scheduler to backup your Mobile Service database
- Video: Using Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites for a Mobile Service
- New Course: Windows Azure Mobile Services
- Windows Azure Mobile Services PDF Ebook Download
- Windows Azure Mobile Services in Visual Studio 2013
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable your iOS Apps EPUB MOBI PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable Your Windows Store Apps in JavaScript EPUB MOBI PDF
Using Windows Azure Mobile Services to Cloud-Enable Your Windows Phone 8 Apps EPUB MOBI PDF
- Remote Desktop Services are now allowed on Windows Azure
- The Microsoft Platform: Performance testing RDS (Session-Based Desktop deployment) on Azure
- Endorsed distributions of Linux in Windows Azure
- Pinging VMs in Azure – Not Quite As You Might Think
- SWAP space in Windows Azure Virtual Machines running pre-built Linux Images – Part 1
- The Case of the Latest Windows Azure VM Image
- Getting Started with Windows Azure: Part 3 Creating Your First Windows Azure VM
- How to Create [a] Virtual Machine Programmatically
- Enable Hybrid Cloud with Forefront TMG 2010 and Windows Azure Windows Azure Traffic Manager Explained
- How to Deploy SSTP and L2TP VPN in Windows Azure (Windows Server 2012)
- My site migration to Windows Azure Web Sites
- Tomek on Software: Debug Node.js applications in Windows Azure Web Sites
- Windows Azure Web Sites leveraging DropBox deployments
- Enabling Zend®Guard Extension in Windows Azure Web Sites
- Restoring a Wordpress Database in Windows Azure – Step by Step
- How to Install Hadoop on a Linux-based Windows Azure Virtual Machine
- The Big Object: Hadoop Ecosystem on Windows Azure
- Amazedsaint's Tech Journal: Building A Recommendation Engine - Machine Learning Using Windows Azure HDInsight, Hadoop And Mahout
- Video: Combining Azure and Business Intelligence
- Windows Azure SQL Database Automated Backups are Finally Here!
- Windows Azure SQL Databases – Automated SQL Export
- Premium Preview for Windows Azure SQL Database Now Live!
Windows Azure and SQL Database Tutorials EPUB MOBI PDF
![image_thumb15_thumb_thumb_thumb_thum[1]](https://msdntnarchive.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/8203.image_thumb15_thumb_thumb_thumb_thum1_3B45F5E2.png "image_thumb15_thumb_thumb_thumb_thum[1]")
- An Introduction to Windows Azure BLOB Storage
- Windows Azure Storage connection strings
- Azure transfer – script for uploading files from Linux into Windows Azure Blob Storage
- Active Directory heads to the cloud: What it does and doesn't do
- Securing a Web API with Windows Azure AD and Katana
- Connecting Active Directory To Windows Azure
- Edge Show 69 - Windows Azure AD Application Access
- Announcing Windows Azure Active Directory (AAD) Connector RC for public availability on Connect
- Azure RMS pricing and availability
- Start coding Service Bus Brokered Messaging using queue
- Windows Azure Notification Hubs
- Notifications Hubs with iOS
- Service Bus Queues Vs Queue Storage
- Understanding the Basics of Windows Azure Service Bus
- Is DevOps The Answer to Everything?
- Extending the Windows Azure Management Portal with your own Javascript bookmarklets
- System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: Using App Controller to COPY VM from On-Premise SCVMM-Based Private Cloud to Off-Premise Service Provider’s Facilities like Windows Azure
- Windows Azure PowerShell Reference Guide
- Deploying a VM to Windows Azure with Orchestrator leveraging the Service Manager CMDB – Part 1
![image_thumb2_thumb_thumb_thumb_thumb[2]](https://msdntnarchive.blob.core.windows.net/media/MSDNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00/00/00/70/34/metablogapi/7462.image_thumb2_thumb_thumb_thumb_thumb2_3F52D465.png "image_thumb2_thumb_thumb_thumb_thumb[2]")
COMMUNITY
Global Events
Local Events
User Groups
- Sydney (Conor Brady handing over to 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, 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