Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 8th June 2013

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06/08/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Australian Government

Australian government announces its National Cloud Computing Strategy << the Aussie government is a giant fan of cloud computing

Mick Badran

Azure: BizTalk Services is up for Preview

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

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure: Announcing New Dev/Test Offering, BizTalk Services, SSL Support with Web Sites, AD Improvements, Per Minute Billing Windows Azure offers $200 credit for first month of service
In the news	Press Microsoft announces updates to Windows Server, SQL Server and Azure as it pushes deeper into the cloud The week in cloud: Can Windows Azure disrupt Amazon’s cloud? Stay tuned. Microsoft Satiates Developers’ Ever-Loving Appetites For Lower Pricing With Per-Minute Billing On Windows Azure Microsoft finds a new way to deliver a private cloud in a box TechEd 2013's sleeper hits: Windows Azure, Windows 8.1, and Exchange Massive Technology Displacement at Microsoft TechEd 2013 Microsoft will offer Azure by the minute to take on Amazon’s cloud Microsoft: We're adding 7,000 Azure IaaS users per week Microsoft Rings In Some Cheer For Developers Using Windows Azure Microsoft says, 'Live with us in forests (and clouds) of Azure' Microsoft overhauls pricing for Azure Web services Is Microsoft Winning The Public Cloud Wars? Microsoft focuses on 'cloud OS' Cloud Using Cloud Computing to Monitor Agricultural Pests Could Save Wheat Crops Preparing for disaster Microsoft Faster development, global scale, unmatched economics… Windows Azure delivers. Winds of Change: Azure Is Breaking Through Nine More Reasons Everyone Should be Excited about the Microsoft Cloud Video: Microsoft president Satya Nadella: The Enterprise Cloud Era Partner HP: 5 use cases to think through your journey to cloud Windows Azure competes with AWS, pushes more frequent, granular updates
Case Study	Placing its bet on Windows Azure is cloud product/services startup Icertis; will it pay off? How easyJet Added Azure To Its Site (And Made Customers Pay For It) How Hero MotoCorp is leveraging the cloud to enhance collaboration << two wheeler motorcycle manufacturer

TECHNOLOGY

	Building Resilient, High-Scale Services in Windows Azure Windows Azure Powered By Hyper-V
	Enabling On-Premises IaaS Solutions with the Windows Azure Pack Building Private Clouds Using Windows Azure Services for Windows Server Microsoft finds a new way to deliver a private cloud in a box
	Community @ TechEd - Dev & Test If you like to know whats inside… this is gold: Windows Azure Internals Understanding Windows Azure – an Artist's Conception
	Microsoft Open Technologies on Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Node.js SDK Filters Access SQL Azure from a Node.js app deployed to Windows Azure Web Sites Microsoft Windows Azure PaaS Gets Node.js Update

	How to get a sticky load balancer in Windows Azure How to Install and Configure he SSL for an Application in Windows Azure
	How to troubleshoot Windows Azure Mobile Services Mastering Mobile Apps With Azure Use Fiddler to Retrieve Data from your Windows Azure Mobile Service Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home" Sample, Part 4: Push Notifications Windows Azure Mobile Gaming Infographic
	Announcing Windows Azure Media Services .NET SDK open source on Github
	Using Azure Virtual Machines for Hosting WCF Services and Communicating with On Premises Applications Migrate VMWare VMs to Windows Azure A Guide to Azure IaaS VHDs, Disks, and Images Windows Azure Infrastructure Services Poster Video: Tuesdays with Corey @ TechEd Video: Tuesdays with Corey 5.1 Video: Tuesdays with Corey 5.2 Video: Tuesdays with Corey Part 5 - Feat. Mark Russinovich How to delete a VM in Windows Azure and not incur any charges << no longer needed? Deploying Virtual Machines via Windows Azure Servers The Top 10 Things to Know When Running SQL Server Workloads on Windows Azure Virtual Machines Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
	Edge Show 64 - Windows Azure Point to Site VPN
	On Moving a Blog to Azure Web Sites HowTo: Publish a #ClickOnce application using and #AZURE website Compiling less on a Windows Azure website

	Twitter Analytics with Microsoft Data and BI Platform
	How Azure Boosts Disaster Recovery For SMEs
	Windows Azure SQL Administration and Application Self-Servicing
	Protecting your Azure Blob Storage Items using Shared Access Signatures How to Configure a Custom Domain Name for a Windows Azure Storage Account

	Using Amazon Login (and LinkedIn and …) with Windows Azure Access Control Episode 109 - Using Windows Azure Active Directory from Windows Store apps Video: Vittorio Bertocci explains Windows Azure Active Directory DirSync with Password Sync is now Available!
	Windows Azure BizTalk Services - June 2013 Preview MS Integration Platform Poster Windows Azure BizTalk Services Preview SDK Episode 110 - Windows Azure BizTalk Services Introduction to Windows Azure BizTalk Services Windows Azure BizTalk Service EAI Overview Using Service Bus EAI and EDI Labs to Integrate with an On-Premises SAP Server
	Glenn Block Explains Socket.IO Scale-Out on Service Bus

	QuickTricks: Integrating the Azure portal into the Operations Manager console - Windows Azure for IT Pros Jump Start Using PowerShell Web Access to manage your Windows Azure Virtual Machines and everything else
	Point-Click Deploy ElasticSearch on Azure (cloud friendly scalable search) BitNami ThinkUp is available in the VM DEPOT portal for Windows Azure Citrix CloudBridge Now Ready for Windows Azure

COMMUNITY
Global Events	MSDN benefit before September 30^th, 2013 are also automatically entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win an Aston Martin V8 Vantage sports car! 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 – 8th June 2013

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