Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 28th August 2012

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08/29/2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Xamling

Built a mosaic generating Azure application melding user photos into a big mosaic. Invisalign took thousands of Smiling photos to the streets of Sydney

Photo: A while ago we built a mosaic generating Azure application which allows users to enter their photo which then gets integrated in to a big mosaic automatically. Invisalign then took the final result after thousands of entries, printed it and put it in Martin place (it's there today!)

Breeze

Microsoft Partner Helps Online Bookmaker to Bet on Windows Azure—and Both Win Big

Timely

Featured New Zealand BizSpark Startup on Azure

No local technical article this newsletter. Everyone preparing for TechEd!

TechEd Australia 2012 Make sure you book your Windows Azure sessions and jump on the landing page

Sydney User Group

Slide Decks up from the last Sydney Windows Azure User Group

Brisbane User Group

Windows Azure Service Bus and NServiceBus

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Announcing organizational accounts on Windows Azure Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services: A Backend for Your Connected Client Apps Windows Azure Training Kit Update Released – August 2012 SQL Data Sync Preview 6 is now live! Windows Server 2012 Now Available in the Windows Azure Virtual Machine Gallery Windows Azure Node.js Developer Center Homepage Redesign
In the news	Press Microsoft Launches Windows Azure Mobile Services: A Cloud Backend For Windows 8 And Mobile Apps Time for a Second Look at Windows Azure? Cloud The Cloud Integration Stack Calculate 'return on agility' to find the cloud's real value Partner New Relic - Friends with Benefits
Case Study	Microsoft Case Study: Windows Azure - Essex County Council Real World Windows Azure: Global Leader in Cognitive Science Builds Online Memory Assessment Solution in the Cloud

	TECHNOLOGY
Introduction	Windows Azure Virtual Lab Windows Azure: Lessons From the Field Cloud Computing: The Big Picture Video training Windows Azure: The Big Picture Video Training Franky's Notes
Architecture	Windows Azure Host Updates: Why, When, and How Book Download: Building Elastic and Resilient Cloud Applications - Developer's Guide to the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure Sending emails easily from your Azure application
Hosting	Configuring Windows Azure Services for Windows Server
Mobile	iOS and Windows Azure Communication using SignalR Android Cloud Apps with Azure
Open Development	Python Calling the Windows Azure Service Management API from Python PHP Windows Azure SDK for PHP with Anton Babadjanov Customizing a Windows Azure PHP Worker Role Cloud Services Management via the Windows Azure SDK for PHP Drupal Migrating Drupal to Windows Azure Web Sites Node.js Using Node.js with Windows Azure SQL Database Introducing azureQuery: the JavaScript-Windows Azure Bridge
Security	Building a virus scanning gateway in Windows Azure with Endpoint Protection Microsoft steps up to the HIPAA Compliance challenge in the Cloud
-- Features
CLOUD SERVICES	Cloud Services in Windows Azure Windows Azure Web / Worker Roles: Running Socket.io Cloud Services in Windows Azure Windows Azure Cloud Services and Virtual Networks
MEDIA SERVICES	Windows Azure Media Services Enables Cloud Delivery of London Olympics What is Windows Azure Media Services How to track uploading asset progress for Windows Azure Media Services SharePoint 2013 and Windows Azure Media Services
MOBILE SERVICES	Windows Azure Mobile Services Dev Center Introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services: A Backend for Your Connected Client Apps Introducing Mobile Services—A Quick Start to Windows Store Apps with Windows Azure
WEB SITES	Episode 87 - Jon Galloway on What's New in VS 2012, ASP.NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 and Windows Azure Web Sites Git Deployment To An Azure WebSite: Keeping Configuration Secrets Windows Azure Web Sites simplifies app deployment Using a naked domain with a Windows Azure Web Site
VIRTUAL MACHINES	Tips and Tricks for Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Publishing and Synchronizing Web Farms using Windows Azure Virtual Machines Send push notifications from a node.js application to a Windows 8 device using Windows Notification Services. Quick Look – Windows Server 2012 on an Azure VM Running Tomcat7 in Ubuntu Linux Virtual Machine at Windows Azure Deploying certificates with Windows Azure Virtual Machines and PowerShell
VIRTUAL NETWORK	Connecting Web or Worker Roles to a Simple Virtual Network in Windows Azure BYON into the public cloud with Azure Virtual Networks
--- Core Services
ACCESS CONTROL SERVICES	Walkthrough: Role-based security on a standalone WPF application using Windows Azure Authentication Library and ACS Windows Azure Access Control Service Management Client for Node.js
ACTIVE DIRECTORY	Windows Azure Active Directory — Taking a First Look AD RMS under the hood: Client bootstrapping (Part 2 of 2) Windows Azure Active Directory enables single sign-on with cloud apps
CACHING	Local File Cache in Windows Azure Explain timeouts on Windows AppFabric Cache
MARKETPLACE	Using the Cloudant Data Layer for Windows Azure
SERVICE BUS	Azure ServiceBus Message Payload Serialization using protobuf Bringing Windows Azure Service Bus to your Home Ballpark EAI and EDI in the Cloud: Prospects of Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI – Part I A Microsoft Branded Service Bus without BizTalk
SQL DATABASE	Setting up Azure Data Sync Service with Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database For Reference Data Replication Data Series: Control Database Access Using Windows Azure SQL Database Firewall Rules Using a Windows Azure SQL Database with Autohosted apps for SharePoint Announcing Enhancements to SQL Data Sync in Windows Azure SQL Azure - Disaster Recovery Online Course: Mastering SQL Azure
STORAGE	How to use Azure SDK 1.7.1 Storage library BlobShare is now on Windows Azure Web Sites Cory Fowler Interviews Doug Mahugh about the Windows Azure Storage for WordPress Plugin
-- Other
Big Data	Marching Hadoop to Windows Power View Tip: Scatter Chart over Time on the X-Axis and Play Axis Learn Big Data Application Development on Windows Azure Geek Out Project: Hive Plot Demo
DevOps	Upgrading to the Windows Azure 1.7 SDK Controlling your instances in the Windows Azure Compute Emulator How to use Windows Azure Profiling Tools in Visual Studio MYGet Build Services Hosted on Windows Azure - Join the private beta! X-Ray Vision Into Your Azure Apps
Windows 8	How To Take Photographs From Windows 8 Applications And Automatically Upload Them To The Cloud–Part 4 of 6
Tools	BlueMove for ColdFusion automatically moves your Adobe® ColdFusion® applications to Microsoft© Windows Azure™. Quest Software Debuts Foglight for Windows Azure Applications All Windows Azure customers can get New Relic Standard for free

	COMMUNITY
General Webinars	Microsoft and Hortonworks Bring Apache Hadoop to Windows Azure
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (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 (still to be move to Azure Web Sites!) FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure

Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 28th August 2012

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