Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 8th May 2013

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	New Windows Azure SQL Database Management Pack for System Center 2012
In the news	Press Would you use a cloud-based version of Windows? Cloud Computing: Microsoft's Saving Grace Microsoft Refreshed Windows Azure with Point-to-Site, Dynamic DNS, Remote PowerShell and Ruby SDK Microsoft working on DaaS solution hosted on Azure Is Microsoft Set to Add Hosted VDI to Azure? Microsoft and Codeproject Kicks off Windows Azure Developer Challenge Cloud Cloud Computing at the Hotel California, Check-in and Never Leave! Cloud computing forecast is bright and sunny
Case Study	Windows Azure brings Genetec video surveillance to the cloud Vibal Publishing taps Microsoft’s Windows Azure

TECHNOLOGY

	Designing Great Cloud Applications Building a Real-Time Photo Gallery with Xamarin, SignalR, Azure, and WebAPI Enterprise Software in the Cloud: Why We Chose Azure as our First PaaS Platform
	TWC9: WebMatrix 3, Azure SDK 2.0, EntLib 6, NuGet 2.5 and more
	Three ways to set up a Ruby stack on Azure Geo-Protection for Video Blobs Using a Node.js Media Proxy and MongoDB A new way for iOS and Android users to access corporate resources: The Application Gateway If you’re working with Java on Windows Azure, this update is for you!
	5 Little-Known Windows Azure Security Measures

	Using Windows Firewall to restrict access to Windows Azure instances Windows Azure Cloud Services, Extensions and Service Management API – Fun with Remote Desktop
	Windows Azure Media Services
	Push Notifications in Windows 8 Apps How to format Date and Time on Windows Azure Mobile app development: native, web-based or hybrid? << related
	Video: How Will You Take Back Your Lunch Hour? (Part 2) SharePoint 2013 – Deploy SharePoint 2013 platform on Windows Azure Using ArcGIS 10.1 for Server on Windows Azure Creating a Minecraft server in Azure Iaas << an oldie now on video Aggregate SLA’s & Windows Azure IaaS
	Reference implementation: Creating a hybrid cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Networks software based Site-to-Site VPN Azure – New Point to Site VPN
	Installing mojoPortal CMS in Windows Azure from the Web App Gallery Video: Web Site Authentication with Social Identity Providers

	Add Built-In Hive UDFs on HDInsight Azure
	Video: Launch Your SQL Database Into The Cloud with Azure How To: Troubleshoot Deadlocks In Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) Video: Webinar: Azure Reporting with Stacia Misner Windows Azure SQL Database Backup with SQL Server Management Studio
	Video: New Tools for Azure Storage and Diagnostics AzureGraphStore .NET Client for Windows Azure Table Storage

	Step-By-Step: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Forest Via Windows Azure Active Directory: Differences Between On Premise and In the Cloud
	What is new in Service Bus 2.0? << very good summary

	Windows Azure SQL Database Management Pack for System Center 2012
	SQL SERVER – Azure SQL Databases Backup Made Easy with SQLBackupAndFTP

COMMUNITY
Global Events	How to bring Windows Azure Portal to your own datacenter (Tuesday, May 21 GMT +1) The Global Windows Azure Bootcamp render lab explained

Local Events
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 – 8th May 2013

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