#Azure Action –Weekly Newsletter - 15th October 2010

Local Overview

• Further details on the Fujitsu Azure “Down-Under” Data Center

Readiness & Resources

Storage:

• Windows Azure Storage performance Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
• External File Upload Optimizations for Windows Azure
• How to publish a file on Azure Blob Storage, making it visible via the public web, and doing so in one page of code

Windows Phone 7

• Moving your WCF REST + JSON Service to Windows Azure

PHP

• Accessing Windows Azure Table Data as OData

• Windows Azure Companion CTP

SQL:

• TownHall is stored in Microsoft’s SQL Azure

EXAM:

• Exam 70-583: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications

MSDN Magazine:

• AppFabric Service Bus

In the news:

• Q&A: Microsoft's Bob Muglia details cloud strategy
• Microsoft: Cloud Lets You Fight Above Your Weight Class

Events:

• Join us in the Microsoft Sydney Office to watch the live stream of the Professional Developers Conference

29 Oct 2010, 3:00 AM

• Azure Readify RDN days – October

Community:

Are people interested in an Australian Azure User Group? If so please contact me!

Guidance

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In the meantime here are some tips

• Best Practices for Developing on Window Azure
• Books

Also definitely link to:

Questions

Azure 27001 Data Center certifications