Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 3rd April 2013

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04/03/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

No local updates this Easter

Microsoft/Breeze

Global Windows Azure Bootcamp in Sydney

April 27th - register NOW!

Brisbane Azure User Group

A .NET Developer's Dive into Riak

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Microsoft NZ

Create a Virtual Machine in Windows Azure and be in to win!

Windows Azure for IT Professionals - An IT Camp in Christchurch on the 8th of April!

Auckland REST Developers

A presentation by Glenn Block on Windows Azure Mobile Services – 10th April

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	No platform updates known this week.
In the news	Press Microsoft Announces Its Next Build Developer Conference: June 26-28 In San Francisco – Including Windows Azure Cloud Europe: How to regulate cloud computing? Microsoft Windows Azure: What’s in it for the Enterprise? Introducing the new class at the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure
Case Study	Customer Spotlight: Ascribe Uses Windows Azure HDInsight to Open Doors to Real-time Medical Insights Crowdsourcing the cloud to find cures for rare and “orphaned” diseases – “For commercial projects, you simply spool up as many cores you need on the Azure cloud”

	TECHNOLOGY
	Managing Deployments and Updates in Windows Azure Not Azure but fun Tidbits of best practices information from around the web
	Windows azure platform Azure data centers evolution Getting Started with the Cloud: Microsoft Windows Azure Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online Windows Azure in One Picture Windows Azure Components
	Debugging node.js errors in Windows Azure Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.0 Adds IntelliSense, Virtualenv and Windows Azure Support Java on Azure: Tips, Tricks, Examples
Features
	Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 1 – Hybrid IT
	Make another small step, with the JavaScript Console Pig in HDInsight Introduction To Windows Azure HDInsight Service 1/2 HDInsight (Hadoop on Azure) Demo: Submit MapReduce job, process result from Pig and filter final results in Hive
	Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home" Sample, Part 2: UI and Data Cross Mobile Development with Icenium, KendoUI & Azure Mobile Services Dynamic Lockscreen Changer for Windows Phone 8, Built With ASP.NET MVC and Azure Mobile Services Windows Azure Mobile Services Releases HTML5 Client iOS and Mobile Services and Windows Azure Storage
	Build Scalable Websites & Apps on Windows Azure Running SSL with Windows Azure Web Sites Today Azure-Git deployment: Process 'git.exe' aborted due to idle timeout. Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Using Windows Azure to Build Back-End Services for Windows 8 Apps – ASP.NET Web API
	Windows Azure- virtual machines A Match Made in the Clouds - Windows Server 2012 Server Core & Windows Azure VMs Migrate a Virtual Machine to Windows Azure using PowerShell
Core Services
	Running, Supporting, and Troubleshooting the Service Bus Cloud Service
	Azure SQL Database Maintenance Execution Plans in Azure SQL Database
	AzCopy – Using Cross Account Copy Blob
Other
	Systems Center Automating Windows Azure Virtual Machines with System Center 2012 Service Manager Powershell Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets Now Supports Storage! Adding Clouds to SC App Controller 2012 SP1 with PowerShell EdgeShow 56 - Windows Azure PowerShell Demos Migrate a Virtual Machine to Windows Azure using PowerShell
	Microsoft Server Posterpedia Windows 8 App - reference posters for Windows Azure etc. Octopus - Windows Azure Cloud Services Deployment Deploying Plesk in Windows Azure AzCopy – Using Cross Account Copy Blob Ebook Gallery Cognosys Technologies Launches StorOmni, A Cloud Integrated Storage Solution, To Securely Integrate OnPremise Storage With Public Cloud

	COMMUNITY
Events	Windows Azure Community Events

LOCAL GENERAL
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson/ Paul Bouwer) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung) Regional NZ: Follow @technetnz@msdnnz Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
MVPs	Check in on what MVPs around Australia & New Zealand are up to David, Steve, Mahesh and Mick are MVPs for Australia
Social	Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Facebook: Becoming a Facebook fan Links: Windows Azure developer jump site for Australia

Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 3rd April 2013

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