#Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 13th June 2012

AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

No local updates this week, too much going on in general in Windows Azure

Bill Chesnut - Mexia

Good to Hear Scott Guthrie mention BizTalk when we was talking about the new Azure IaaS

Mick Badran - Breeze

Azure: Connecting Cloud and On-Premises Applications Using Windows Azure Virtual Network - Breeze

LifeHacker

Not too late to win a Nokia 710. Just do the Azure challenges

Microsoft

MEET WINDOWS AZURE ONLINE

Your chance on June 14th to hear all the news and ask questions

MEET WINDOWS AZURE DEV CAMPS

All day event in Sydney on the 19th June

Register here

PLATFORM FOUNDATION EVENTS

2 day events inSydney , Melbourne , Brisbane

Windows Azure Event in Auckland 21st of June

Brisbane User Group

Hit and Run Azure – My Startups’ Approach

Whats new and coming on Azure

Wednesday 20th June – REGISTER HERE

AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

• Microsoft Brings Linux to Windows Azure Cloud, Microsoft Azure gets a big assist from small PaaS companies, Microsoft broadens Azure's reach by marrying IaaS and PaaS, Windows Azure To Gain IaaS, Linux and Hybrid Cloud Support, CIOs Rejoice: Windows Azure Supports Linux, Microsoft takes on Amazon with Azure Virtual Machines update, Microsoft Azure starts embracing Linux and Python, Microsoft releases more details on Azure relaunch, Microsoft Adds Linux To Azure Cloud Platform, Competing Against Amazon, Microsoft Adds Linux Support to Windows Azure Cloud, Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure to Play With the Big Clouds, Microsoft launches support for Linux on Windows Azure,  CentOS Backs Linux on Windows Azure With SLA, Ubuntu, CentOS, & SUSE Linux comes to Windows Azure, Oracle vs. Microsoft vs. Red Hat: Three cloud recipes, Download Windows Azure SDK for .NET – June 2012 Update, Windows Azure Release Includes New SDKs, Microsoft wants Azure cloud to play with the big boys, SUSE Linux and Canonical invade Windows Azure, Microsoft paints Azure with open source brush, Windows Azure's spring fling: Linux comes to Microsoft's cloud, Microsoft to run Linux on Azure, Microsoft’s Azure platform gets frisky with Linux, Microsoft Moves to Level the Cloud Platform Playing Field, What does Windows Azure Web Sites bring to Microsoft's cloud?, Microsoft Gives Windows Azure Amazonian Facelift, Microsoft upgrades Azure, and Harry Potter is on board, Microsoft backsteps Azure from platform to infrastructure cloud, AppFog, Apprenda And Azure: The Future Of PaaS Is Getting Defined, Microsoft and AppFog Bring Multilanguage PaaS Goodness to Windows Azure, Microsoft Updates Windows Azure With Open-Source Support, More, OpenLogic Delivers CentOS Linux Support on Microsoft Windows Azure, Harry Potter flies to the cloud; Pottermore now on Windows Azure, Microsoft welcomes Linux to the Azure cloud, Windows Azure get new hybrid cloud, infrastructure as a service features, Microsoft Previews New Updates and Services for Windows Azure Cloud Platform, Windows Azure confirmed for SA, Microsoft Switches on Multiple Linux Platforms on Azure Today, Microsoft Linux? Windows Azure Says Yes, Microsoft to offer Ubuntu 12.04 on Windows Azure, Microsoft moves ahead with its IaaS play, Microsoft to Run Linux on Azure, The Strange and Wonderful Second Life of Microsoft Windows Azure, Ubuntu on Microsoft’s Windows Azure IAAS, Azure features Linux, open source offerings, Microsoft announcing new Windows Azure services to deliver Hybrid Cloud, Microsoft Windows Azure Makes Good With Linux Virtual Machines, Microsoft Just Did A Super Smart Thing With Its Cloudx`

Other press

• Microsoft: Azure PaaS tech could be given away for free
• Windows Azure gets real-time application performance monitoring

Related tech

• Meet the new Windows Azure
• Windows Azure updates create full-service cloud
• Cloud Cover Episode 83 - Windows Azure June 2012 Release
• What's new in Windows Azure June Release - SDK 1.7
• Welcome to the Era of the Cloud OS and Infrastructure
• Message Scott Gu at TechEd
• Notes from the MEET Windows Azure Keynote
• Windows Azure Spring Release
• Meet Windows Azure–Christmas in June

Cloud

• World IPv6 Launch: June 6, 2012
• 9 dos and don'ts of cloud computing

Partner

• Agreeya Mobility, Cloud Share, Opscode, AppDynamics, Cloud9, RightScale, AppFog, Cloudant, ScaleXtreme, Aprenda, Joyent, SendGrid, BitNami, Lucid, Suse (Suse Linux), Canonical (Ubuntu), NewRelic

TECHNOLOGY

• Windows Azure Security Guidance

Java

• Eclipse Plugin for Java Developers on Windows Azure

Other:

• Windows Azure - No Kidding

• 10 Things about Windows Azure Web Sites
• Three more Things about Windows Azure Web Sites
• Use NuGet Package Restore to avoid pushing assemblies to Windows Azure Websites
• GitHub for Windows Azure Websites/Get Your GitHub on an Azure Website
• Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 2: Windows Azure Web Sites
• Windows Azure Websites: A PHP Perspective
• Azure Web Sites FTP credentials
• Developing Single Page, Real Time Websites on Windows Azure

• Reintroducing Windows Azure, Part 5: Cloud Services

SQL DATABASE

General:

• The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Developing Scale on Demand Capabilities
• New Windows Azure SQL Database migration content
• Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Windows Azure

Data Sync:

• SQL Azure Data Sync Agent Preview

Federations:

• Migrating Data in Federated Databases with SQL Server Import and Export Wizard
• Story of Federations: How the idea turned into a product?

• Windows Azure Caching Memcache Shim Preview 1.7.0.0
• How to Use Windows Azure Caching (Preview)
• Capacity Planning Guide spreadsheet for Windows Azure Caching (Preview)

COMMUNITY

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)