Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 29th May 2013

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05/29/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

21Vianet - China

21Vianet Announces the Public Preview of Microsoft Windows Azure Services in China << June 6, 2013

Microsoft – Japan

Microsoft to Strengthen its “Microsoft Windows Azure” Business in Japan Will set up Japan Region << Tokyo and Osaka

Rocky Heckman

The incomparable @ScottGu will be joining us for the most awesome #TechEdAu ever

New Horizons Make it happen in the cloud 18th, 19th & 21st June Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne

Sydney Azure Meetup Windows Azure Mobile Services & Local DC announcement chat –June 20th

Microsoft Australia

Windows BizSpark DevCamp - Sydney Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Microsoft NZ

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

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Announcing the release of AMQP support with Windows Azure Service Bus Microsoft announces major expansion of Windows Azure services in Asia
In the news	Press New regions Windows Azure Expanding to China, Japan and Australia Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers - Computerworld Windows Azure's China debut set for June Redmond meets Red Dragon via 21Vianet Windows Azure becoming local in Australia Microsoft Azure to launch in Australia, Japan and China. Further proof the Asia Pacific cloud must be delivered through multiple nodes. Windows Azure cloud breaks into Chinese market Microsoft strengthens Azure cloud services in Japan, adds data centers in two regions Microsoft extends Azure's reach to China, Japan, and Australia Other Don't look now, but Microsoft is surprising in the cloud Internet2 superfast boffin network peers with Azure cloud Xbox One could use Azure-based cloud computing top quadruple performance Windows Azure Datacenter Dublin: No high heels and don’t be drunk! Cloud NIST Releases Cloud Computing “Security Reference Architecture” (SP 500-299) for Public Comment Critics of big data have overlooked the speed factor Governance Strategies for Successful Cloud Initiatives Cloud vs. Control How cloud services are helping businesses focus on content creation Partner Citrix links cloud-based storage to Microsoft SharePoint and Azure
Case Study	Microsoft Takes Botnet Threat Intelligence Program to the Cloud; Provides Near Real-Time Data Sweet 'N' Spicy mobile phone app by Adhish Technologies moves to Windows Azure

TECHNOLOGY

	Clearwater on Windows Azure Free ebook preview: “Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model” Top 5 Windows Azure Annoyances
	Overview of Windows Azure Services for Windows Server Run Pieces of Windows Azure in Your Own Datacenter
	Overview of Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service
	New Windows Azure SDK for PHP Feature: RunPHP (on Windows) Java on Azure: Tips, Tricks, Examples Node.js Library for Authentication with Windows Azure Active Directory Point-Click Deployment of Neo4J to Windows Azure How to save $5 million running a Node.js application

	A Photo Stream For the Cloud using ASP.NET MVC and Azure Blob Storage
	Using an existing Azure SQL table with Windows Azure Mobile Services Scaffolding Tool for Windows Azure Mobile Services
	How to setup a Load Balanced Web Farm of Virtual Machines (Linux or otherwise) on Windows Azure (command line) Windows Azure hosting Linux Ubuntu Server with LAMP Video: BizTalk Server on Windows Azure IaaS How to Log On to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) Running a Windows Server
	Episode 108 - What's New With Windows Azure Virtual Networking Practical Azure #19 – Windows Azure Virtual Network
	Move your WordPress Blog to Windows Azure Disaster Recovery Planning with WordPress Azure Websites

	Twitter Analytics with Microsoft Data and BI Platform
	Protecting your Azure Blob Storage Items using Shared Access Signatures How to Configure a Custom Domain Name for a Windows Azure Storage Account

	Node.js Library for Authentication with Windows Azure Active Directory
	Announcing the General Availability of AMQP 1.0 in Windows Azure Service Bus!

	Cloud-Based SCCM Distribution Point? Why yes! Automating SharePoint Deployments in Windows Azure using PowerShell Configuring PowerShell for Windows Azure
	Video: Introducing Cerebrata and Azure Explorer Dynamic deploy CloudVHD - The Storage Copy Service - Wizard for Migrating Amazon S3 to Windows Azure Blobs Video: Newvem Analyzes Azure Costs & Assets RunScope - Inspect, debug and test your API integrations.

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Aditi: Join our TweetChat on Windows Azure IaaS Unleashed June 11 11.30am PT

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson/Paul Bouwer) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth MS 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 Australian Developer Community

Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 29th May 2013

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