Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 2nd May 2013

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05/02/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Mick Badran

Azure: #WindowsGlobalAzure Bootcamp–Sydney has a great day

Business Line India

Sonata, Sage to build cloud-based services – ERP product lines on the [Windows] Azure Cloud

No updates this week

Microsoft Free Windows Azure Dev Camps Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth Adelaide - Wednesday 22nd May Melbourne - Thursday 23rd May Perth - Tuesday 28th May Microsoft NZ BizSpark @ Auckland Startup Weekend - Friday the 10^th of May

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Improvements to Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services and a new Ruby SDK Windows Azure Training Kit April 2013 Update Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET
In the news	Press Windows Azure joins Microsoft's billion-dollar business club Microsoft WebMatrix 3 Web Development Tool Comes With Deeper Windows Azure Integration And Support For GitHub Microsoft readies 'Mohoro' Windows desktop as a service Microsoft Adds Windows Azure VPN Improvements Say what? Microsoft Azure’s a $1 billion business? Microsoft ‘Cloud’ Revenue Approaching $2.3B to $2.6B, Says Bernstein Microsoft Solving ‘Unicorn’ Big Data Problem Cloud In the near future, 'cloud computing' will just be 'computing' Keeping Your Options Open with a Hybrid Cloud With Experience Comes Wisdom in Cloud Computing, Survey Shows Security pros to get cloud computing credential How big is cloud's impact? Depends on who's asking Who has your back? Microsoft Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3
Case Study	Toyota, Microsoft beef up Gazoo.com Net service = “starts May 30 in Japan, and will be based on … Windows Azure”

TECHNOLOGY

	FailSafe: Building Scalable, Resilient Cloud Services Episode 106 - Scott Guthrie Discusses Windows Azure SDK 2.0 Online Contents on Windows Azure SDK 2.0 (Being Updated NOW!) Penny Pinching in the Cloud: How to run a two day Virtual Conference for $10
	New course: Introduction to Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service How to Create a Free Account with Windows Azure
	OpenLogic CentOS support on Microsoft Windows Azure
	Troy Hunt: OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks for ASP.NET

	Building a live blog app in Windows Azure Webcast: Build Awesome Windows 8 Apps using Azure Cloud Services
	In-App Purchase and Mobile Services Windows Azure Mobile Services Videos How to integrate Facebook into your Windows Store apps Android Getting Started with Authentication in Windows Azure Mobile Services Sample: WP Authenticate Microsoft Account, Facebook, Twitter & Google w/ Mobile Services
	Video: How Will You Take Back Your Lunch Hour? << funny Tuesdays with Corey - Part 1 Migrating from VPS to Windows Azure Virtual Machines Video: SharePoint on Windows Azure
	Virtual Network adds new capabilities for cross-premises connectivity Video: Video Tutorial: How to Create a Virtual Network on Windows Azure Cloud
	Publishing to Azure Web Sites from any git/hg repo Moving 4th & Mayor to Windows Azure Web Sites Application Frameworks Now Part of the Windows Azure Web Sites Gallery Recurring Timeout Problems with a Shared Windows Azure Website

	Optimizing Joins running on HDInsight Hive on Azure at GFS
	Video: New Tools for Azure Storage and Diagnostics AzureGraphStore .NET Client for Windows Azure Table Storage

	How to leverage Azure IaaS and Active Directory for Identity Access Management? Fun With Windows Azure AD: Calling REST Services from a Windows Phone 8 App
	Introducing the Event-Driven Message Programming Model for the Windows Azure Service Bus

	System Center 2012 SP1 Explained: Managing Hybrid Cloud with App Controller Using Remote Powershell with Windows Azure Virtual Machines
	Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Enabling New Relic Performance Monitoring on Windows Azure Websites Opscode - automate the configuration and deployment of IT The Puppet Module Tool - The Azure module installs and configures the Microsoft Azure Linux agent Windows Azure Automation & Dev/Test for the Enterprise from RightScale

COMMUNITY
Events	Our AZUG speakers at AzureConf2013 Global Render Lab at the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp Global Windows Azure Bootcamp Aftermovie

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 – 2nd May 2013

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