Windows Azure Action - Community Newsletter - 15th July 2013

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07/14/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Imagine Cup Indian team wins Windows Azure Challenge Prize

Greg Low

IDisposable : Is there more to using SQL in Azure than redirecting your connection string?

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WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Running VDI Session-Based Desktops on Azure now supported for SPLA Securing access from smart client apps to web API’s using Windows Azure AD and OAuth 2.0 Application access enhancements for Windows Azure Active Directory
In the news	Press Citrix's XenDesktop 7 available on Microsoft's Windows Azure Citrix lets Microsoft Azure spew virtual desktops from the heavens In a World of Previews, Microsoft Puts Windows Azure at the Center Microsoft Expands Cloud Computing Capacity With New Australian Data Centers << New South WHALES? Microsoft: Cloud computing is the new normal Microsoft splurges on single sign ons with Active Directory update Microsoft: It's Time To Pounce On Cloud Market With The Right Tools Window Azure Active Directory Gets 'Preintegrated' Single Sign-On Support Cloud Is PRISM Damaging Cloud Computing? What economists can teach us about cloud computing The cloud privacy wars are coming Going Up? 5 Reasons SMBs are Looking to Cloud Computing Microsoft Going ‘Cloud First’ with Windows Azure Partner Hosting Citrix Desktops from Windows Azure Top 5 Scenarios for XenDesktop on Windows Azure Extending High Performance App and Desktop Delivery to Microsoft’s Windows Azure Socrata’s Suite of Open Data Solutions Now Available on Windows Azure Worldwide
Case Study	Microsoft Case Study: Seattle Aims to Reduce Downtown Energy Usage by 25 Percent with Smart Buildings

TECHNOLOGY

	Video: Windows Azure Remote Desktop Architecture Telemetry – Application Instrumentation CSF Blog Cost architecting: Azure and price comparison with On-premise
	Building Private Clouds with Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Parallels Launches Windows Azure Pack for Web Hosts
	Video: How to register for FREE Trial Windows Azure Cloud Service Models (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS) + How Microsoft Office 365, Azure Fit In
	Uploading Large File By Splitting Into Blocks In Windows Azure Blob Storage Using Windows Azure SDK For PHP Production MongoDB Replica Sets now available on Windows Azure! Windows Azure Toolkit For Eclipse Updated

	Upload File to Windows Azure Blob in Chunks through ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript and HTML5
	How to integrate a Mobile Service with a SOAP Service Bus Relay Service Book: Windows Azure Mobile Services Video: Using Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites for a Mobile Contest — Part 1 Azure Mobile Services–Custom APIs and URI Paths Great new samples and tutorials for Mobile Services integration scenarios
	Videos and Training on Windows Azure IaaS from TechEd New Orleans Video: Enabling Windows Azure Remote Desktop When Publishing Xbox One – What Is Cloud Computing Demonstrations Of Azure Which Powers Xbox One & Virtual Machines Windows Azure: How to Create an Image from a Linux Virtual Machine
	Take the Windows Azure and DNN challenge, build a website in minutes! DNN on Windows Azure backed by a ‘device pool’ of Cloud resources Moving a WordPress Blog to Windows Azure – Part 2: Transferring Your Content Moving a WordPress Blog to Windows Azure – Part 3: Setting Up Your Custom Domain Moving a WordPress Blog to Windows Azure – Part 4: Pretty Permalinks and URL Rewrite rules Moving a WordPress Blog to Windows Azure – Part 5: Moving From a Subfolder to the Root Scaling Up and Scaling Out in Windows Azure Web Sites

	Building A Recommendation Engine - Machine Learning Using Windows Azure HDInsight, Hadoop And Mahout
	IDisposable : Is there more to using SQL in Azure than redirecting your connection string? A Closer Look at the Premium Offer for Windows Azure SQL Database << interesting quotes from MYOB and Easyjet
	Step by Step : Backup and Restore for SQL Server in Windows Azure Blob Storages Introducing Storage Client Library 2.1 RC for .NET and Windows Phone 8 Windows Azure Storage Best Practices

	Manage Identities in the Cloud with Windows Azure Active Directory Securing access from smart client apps to web API’s using Windows Azure AD and OAuth 2.0
	How to create the Service Bus Brokered Messaging on Windows Azure

	Managing Windows Azure with System Center AppController Introducing the Windows Azure Service Dashboard
	Windows Azure Marketplace is available in 50 additional countries and features new exciting content including our own Bing Optical Character Recognition service
	Barracuda Web Application Firewall Provides Security-As-A-Service For Windows Azure

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Announcing the Windows Azure email discussion list *Forrester Deploying and Managing Applications in a Hybrid Cloud - July 31, 2013*

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady handing over to Simon Waight) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Dean Robertson and 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 - 15th July 2013

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