Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 2nd October 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

 

NEWS		TECHNOLOGY		COMMUNITY
John Azariah\ Mahesh Krishnan Goto London to present Modern Architecture patterns for the cloud at New Developers Conference		Greg Lowe   New smaller memory-intensive VM size in Azure Lastest Azure updates related to SQL (and Oracle)  Mick Badran   Azure MVP re-awarded!!! TechEd Australia 2013   Windows Azure videos recordings		Perth Meetup Windows Azure Mobile Services - Wednesday, October 9, 2013

      

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Oracle Virtual Machine Images for Windows Azure Oracle and Windows Azure Partnership Windows Azure: New Virtual Machine, Active Directory, Multi-Factor Auth, Storage, Web Site and Billing Improvements Windows Azure Adds New Virtual Machine Size A5 Windows Azure Achieves another Industry First with its FedRAMP JAB P-ATO - Windows Azure
In the news	Press Oracle on Windows Azure Gets Real Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure Microsoft And Oracle Say: Come To Azure Cloud Hong Kong and Microsoft Drive Collaborative Learning through Cloud Computing Microsoft gooses Azure security with multifactor authentication Microsoft’s Windows Azure deemed secure by the Feds Microsoft Introduces Enhanced Verification To Sign Into Windows Azure Microsoft looking to invest $2.7 billion in a new Dutch data center  Cloud Cloud computing: What to ask your vendor partner Cloud Infographic: Cloud Computing Growth Cloud computing's 'utility' model faces a surprising challenge Microsoft Deploy Pre-configured Oracle VMs on Windows Azure Microsoft Delivers at Oracle OpenWorld 2013 Partner Video: Oracle and Microsoft Windows Azure Announcement - What Does it Mean
Case Study	TechNet Copy all VHDs in Blob Storage from One Windows Azure Subscription to Another Windows Azure Mini Case Studies Windows Azure Helps Small Partner Score Huge Deal - pharmaceutical industry.

TECHNOLOGY
	Why did my Azure VM restart? Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Book by Danny Garber, Jamal Malik and Adam Fazio Combining PaaS & IaaS to get best of both worlds in your Architecture
	Video: Administering and Automating On Premises IaaS Scenarios Using the Windows Azure Pack
	Windows Azure: From Zero to Hero Online Series Windows Azure Learning Poster
	Important: Update to Default PHP Runtime on Windows Azure Web Sites Azul Brings OpenJDK to Windows Azure With "Zulu" Video: Lightning nodejs dev in Windows Azure
	Windows Azure cloud services achieve critical federal security milestone Windows Azure Achieves another Industry First with its FedRAMP JAB P-ATO - Windows Azure
	Handling Cloud Service Role Configuration Changes in Windows Azure
	Unity for Windows V–Connecting To The Cloud with Windows Azure Mobile Services ( Connect your game) Building Real World Windows 8.1 Apps with Windows Azure Mobile Services Getting Started with Mobility, Part 10: A Back-end in the Cloud with Windows Azure Mobile Services
	Deploy Pre-configured Oracle VMs on Windows Azure - Windows Azure Creating an Oracle Database Server in Windows Azure
	Migrating Diary of a Ninja to Azure Websites and SQL Azure - Diary Of A Ninja Video: Windows Azure Websites
	Hadoop and HDInsight: Big Data in Windows Azure
	Getting your Nerd on with Windows Azure data services Building Clustered Indexes on Non-Primary Key Columns in Windows Azure SQL Database Top 3 Windows Azure Updates Related to SQL Server
	Billable Size of Windows Azure Blobs TechNet Copy all VHDs in Blob Storage from One Windows Azure Subscription to Another AzCopy – Transfer data with re-startable mode and SAS Token Quick Script: Copy All Blobs to New Storage Account Using PowerShell Backup and Restore SQL Server databases with Azure cloud services and SMO
	Can I restore my Active Directory in Windows Azure? Windows Azure and SmartCards? AAD Getting Acquainted with ADAL’s Token Cache Our session How to Remote Control Office 365 with Azure at DevCon MFA Video: Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
	Episode 115: Getting Started with the New Windows Azure Cache Service
	New Windows Azure Media Services (WAMS) Asset Replicator release published on CodePlex  Introduction to Windows Azure Media Services
	Integrating BizTalk 2013 with Windows Azure Service Bus Queues & Topics How to integrate Mobile Services with BizTalk Server via Service Bus Blocking outbound IP addresses. Again. No.
	Networking Fundamentals
	Windows Azure PowerShell: One script to rule them all free ebook: Windows Azure for IT Professionals.
	VDI Solution on the Azure
	Kemp VLM - First Full-featured Application Delivery Controller for Windows Azure << application-layer traffic management capabilities Load testing your cloud app - Tools comparison 10 tools of the trade for your #windowsazure environment AppZero - Application Migration to Windows Azure Opscode Chef & Windows Azure – infrastructure automation and management Cynapta – A New Beginning Cloud Startup: Aryaka

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Videos from CloudBurst Live Webinar – Planning and Implementing Your Hybrid Cloud Deployment – Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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, 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