#Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 13th March 2012
AZURE IN ACTION - HIGHLIGHTS DOWN UNDER
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NEWS
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY
CommVault
Simpana 9 for Windows Azure. Simplified dedup, backup, archive, eDiscovery and much more. Joint solutions available now in Australia
Microsoft Australia
Windows Azure Platform Product Marketing Manager (PMM) Sydney Job
Switched On Briefing coming to a city near you in May
Mexia
Creating TMG Firewall Rules for Azure Service Bus
(missed in February)
Windows Azure Sydney User Group
User Group March meet up will be on running 'Node.js in Windows Azure' 22nd March at 6pm
Brisbane Azure User Group
21st March 2012
Microsoft and Breeze
Ten Must-Have Tools for Windows Azure
April 3rd, 2-4 pm
AZURE IN ACTION - WEEKLY ROUNDUP
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NEWS
Windows Azure Platform
- Reduced Pricing on Windows Azure Storage and Compute
- Summary of Windows Azure Service Disruption on Feb 29th, 2012
- Windows Azure toolkit for Windows 8
In the news
Azure
- Microsoft bringing Dynamic ERP to Azure
- How Windows Azure changes vendor, reseller relationships
- To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company’s First-Ever Startup Accelerator
- Hybrid Cloud Combine Windows Azure, Private Clouds
Related
Partner:
Case Study
- Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Nathan Brouwer, Global Partner Support Manager at Figlo
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TECHNOLOGY
Architecture
Reference
- Windows Azure Architectural Guide’s (WAAG) –updated Part 1 (Adatum) and Part 2 (Tailspin)
Security
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices -- Part 1: The Challenges, Defense in Depth
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices -- Part 2: What Azure Provides Out-of-the-Box
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 3: Identifying Your Security Frame
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 4: What Else You Need to Do
- Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 5: Claims-Based Identity, Single Sign On
Storage
SQL Azure
Cloud Numerics
- Support added for Cloud Numerics format
- “Cloud Numerics” Example: Analyzing Air Traffic “On-Time” Data
Sync
General
- Fast Time to Solution: Introduction to SQL Azure and Cloud Database Solutions
- Moving SQL Azure Servers Between Subscriptions
Federations
- Introduction to SQL Azure Federations
- Scale-First Approach to Database Design with Federations: Part 1 – Picking Federations and Picking the Federation Key
ACS
- Access Control Service – Why not to rely on the nameidentifier claim?
- How to find Azure ‘Management Key’ with ACSV2?
- Using Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service in an iPhone App to Integrate with Facebook
Open
DevOps
Big Data
- Big Data Hadoop Preview Comes to Windows Azure
- Video: Big Data Analytics with Apache Hadoop and SQL Server 2012
Tools
Demo
COMMUNITY
Seminar
- RBA Tech Spotlight: Windows Azure [Mar 21]
User Groups
- Sydney (Conor Brady)
- Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett)
- Brisbane (Steve Nagy Dean Robertson)
- Auckland (Ryan Crawcour)
- Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung)
Regional
- NZ: Follow @technetnz and follow @msdnnz
- Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
Social
- Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series
- FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan
- Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list
- Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure