#Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 6th February 2012

AZURE IN ACTION - HIGHLIGHTS DOWN UNDER

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Windows Azure for BizSpark Plus 

coming soon to Australia

Romiko Derbynew

Windows Azure–Diagnosing Role Start-ups

Brisbane Azure User Group First Meeting

First date on 15th February 2011

AZURE IN ACTION - WEEKLY ROUNDUP

NEWS      

Windows Azure Platform

• Introducing Microsoft Research’s Excel Cloud Data Analytics
• Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games Updates

Microsoft

• Microsoft Ramps Up Fight to Be Cloud Leader

Case Study

• Need to Change Your Go-To-Market for SaaS? Here’s How One ISV Did It with Windows Azure
• SendGrid Launches on Windows Azure Enterprise Cloud Platform
• Pixar Ventures in Cloud Computing Animation

General

Azure

• Microsoft coaches NoSQL options for Azure cloud
• Azure: 10 Things You Need to Know
• Can Microsoft Save Windows Azure?

Cloud

• Why Platform-First Approach to the Cloud ?
• Super Bowl XLVI and the Cloud
• Gartner Reveals Platform as a Service (PaaS) Forecast

TECHNOLOGY

Architecture

• Building a Massively Scalable Platform for Consumer Devices on Windows Azure

Storage

• Building a Simple Azure Blob Tree Viewer With Azure StorageClient API
• Windows Azure Storage Emulator Account Name and Key
• Browsing Blobs within a container using the Windows Azure Node SDK

Troubleshooting

• Found: Windows Azure Document Treasure Trove!

Mobile

• Windows Azure as a Mobile Backend Platform
• Story Creator Sample Application for Windows Phone 7

SQL Azure

• SQL Azure Migration Wizard: Fantastic tool for moving data between SQL Azure Federations and SQL Server and scale out single SQL Azure DBs
• Use SSIS to push data to SQL Azure
• Quick Review of Backup tools for SQL Azure

Federations

• Cloud Cover Episode 69 - SQL Azure Federations with George Huey :

Open

• Using Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) from a node express app
• Handling two known issues with Windows Azure node.js SDK 0.5.2
• NougakuDoCompanion: A “Ruby on Rails” companion for Windows Azure

DevOps

• Change AppPool identity programmatically

Big Data

HPC            

• License Link for Windows Azure and Windows HPC

Hadoop

• Introducing Apache Hadoop Services for Windows Azure

Office

• Visual guide to Azure Access Controls Services authentication with SharePoint 2010

Labs

• New on SQLAzure Labs. Codename Trust Services. Encrypt your data when using the public cloud.

Tools

• Viscount Freedom Bridge security software now powered by Windows Azure
• IFS 360 Scheduling – Always Optimal on Windows Azure
• Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant 5.2 is Now Available