Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – April 10th 2013
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NEWS
Windows Azure Platform
- Windows Azure Receives G-Cloud Impact Level 2 Accreditation from Cabinet Office for Use across the UK Public Sector
- Windows Azure: Active Directory Release, New Backup Service + Web Site Monitoring and Log Improvements
In the news
Press
- Microsoft's latest pitch to business: Make Windows Azure 'your datacenter'
- Windows Azure gets G-Cloud IL2 nod – Microsoft cloud service now certified to transmit data securely
- Windows Azure Opens Active Directory For General Availability As Identity Battle Heats Up
- Microsoft starts making more of its Azure cloud services generally available
- Windows Azure: ‘We Will Never Have A Data Centre In Every Country’
Cloud
- Know the key legal and security risks in a cloud-computing contract
- Cloud computing services: Lease vs. own - The Costly Cloud?
- Cloud Living
- Cloud Migration Tips #3: Plan to Fail
- Cloud Computing Case Studies and Success Stories
- Companies Finally Listen to Their Employees -- At Least When it Comes to Cloud
- Microsoft wins, even if the PC loses
Microsoft
- Windows Azure Active Directory: Ready for Production with over 265 Billion Authentications & 2.9 Million Organizations Served!
- Microsoft Teams Up With NBC Sports Group to Deliver Compelling Sports Programming Across Digital Platforms Using Windows Azure
- The Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, powered by TechStars
- Microsoft delivers Webmatrix 3 Web-development tool bundle
- Microsoft’s growth areas: Azure, Server with Hyper-V, Office 365, Windows Phone
Case Study
- NBC Sports to use Windows Azure to stream Internet sports events
- How Windows Azure is Helping Manage Solar Energy Generation in Japan
TECHNOLOGY
- Working with Windows Azure SQL Database in PhpStorm
- Java on Azure: Tips, Tricks, Examples
- Windows Azure Mobile Services Adds HTML5 Support
- Another government certifying Azure: UK
- A walk ‘inside’ the cloud - Microsoft’s Dublin data centre
- Building a simple custom STS using VS2012 & ASP.NET MVC
Features
- Auto-Update of the Signing Keys
- Federated Authentication–Mobile Login Page for Microsoft Live Id
- Quick Start Guide for Integrating a Single Forest On-Premises Active Directory with Windows Azure AD
- Windows Azure Active Directory: Ready for Production with over 265 Billion Authentications & 2.9 Million Organizations Served!
- Windows Azure Active Directory Reaches General Availability
- Walkthrough #1: Adding Sign-On to Your Web Application Using Windows Azure AD
- Getting Started with Windows Azure Active Directory
- Active Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks Part 3 – Virtual DCs and AD File Placement
- Windows Azure Active Directory on Existing Subscription
- How to use Windows Azure Table Storage in Windows Azure Mobile Services
- Accessing non-Mobile Services tables in Server Scripts
- Windows Azure Mobile Services Adds HTML5 Support
- Step by Step working with Windows Azure Mobile Service Data in XAML based Windows Store Apps
- Step by Step working with Windows Azure Mobile Service Data in JavaScript based Windows Store Apps
- Episode 104: Building cross platform Android and Windows Store apps using Windows Azure Mobile Services
- Adding filters to monitor Mobile Services activities in a Windows Store app
Recovery Services
- Recovery Services Backup (Preview) & Hyper-V Recovery Manager (Preview)
- First look at Microsoft Windows Azure Backup Services Preview
- Using Windows Azure Backup Vault (Preview)
- Creating and Deploying Windows Azure Web Sites with Microsoft WebMatrix 3
- Running SSL with Windows Azure Web Sites Today
- Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 3) Using Windows Azure to Build Back-End Services for Windows 8 Apps – ASP.NET Web API
- Windows Azure Web Sites - Things they don’t teach kids in school
- Video: From End to Edge and Beyond - Episode 27
- How to Solve Windows Azure Multiple Time Zone Issues
Core Services
- Windows Azure Service Bus – Detailed training
- Socket.io store that connects to Windows Azure Service Bus
- Scaling Out Socket.IO with Windows Azure Service Bus
SQL Database
- Windows Azure SQL Database Backups - “You will need backups”
Other
- WindowsAzure Virtual Network Services for Hybrid Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1
- Windows Azure PowerShell Demos - EPC Group
- Streaming Diagnostics Trace Logging from the Azure Command Line (plus Glimpse!)
- Getting data from Windows Azure Marketplace into your Office application
- Build Your Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Lab in the Cloud with Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Marketplace – new end user experiences, new features, new data and app services, but still the same old excitement and added value!
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