Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 11th October 2013

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10/11/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Iqnite

See testing in the cloud at IqNite

AIMIA

Mobilising Video with movideo and Mobile Services

No local updates this week

Sydney Meetup

Azure October Update and "Hack Yourself First" with Troy Hunt

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure Active Directory - An update on dates, pricing and sharing some cool data Announcing Dedicated Federal Cloud and Improved Pricing, Networking, and Identity Options
In the news	Press Microsoft’s Windows Azure deemed secure by the Feds Windows Azure Active Directory Getting No-Cost Enhancements Windows Azure Connections Enabled at Equinix Data Centers Microsoft's new wave of server products all the more Azure-centric Microsoft reveals plans for a government cloud platform Microsoft Announces Azure For US Government, Satya Nadella Dodges The CEO Question Microsoft Slashing Prices On Cloud Computing Services Microsoft's Azure Cloud Move: What It Means Windows Server 2012 R2: It's Azure Lite Susie Adams: Microsoft to Construct Data Centers for Windows Azure Govt Cloud Microsoft Says Its Future in the Cloud Is Bright Microsoft Gets Aggressive With Cloud Microsoft will offer discounts on its Azure ‘cloud’ computing service from November Cloud The four pillars of cloud computing success The Government Shutdown and IT Innovation 10 major cloud computing terms you need to know Gartner: 50% of Enterprises to Use Hybrid Cloud By 2017 Why CIOs should encourage rogue clouds Equinix, Microsoft Partner on Direct Access to Windows Azure 10 Reasons to Rethink Your Mobile Worker Solutions Microsoft Coming soon: Government-focused cloud services Microsoft unleashes fall wave of enterprise cloud solutions The Enterprise Cloud takes center stage Partner Microsoft by the Numbers: The Enterprise Cloud
Case Study	Spreaker Provides a Creation and Distribution Platform for Fans of All Types of Audio Programming (Data Sheet)

TECHNOLOGY

	Edge Show 77 - Brad Anderson In The Cloud blog series with Modern Apps Feedback!
	Configuring SPF and Windows Azure Pack for IaaS usage and metering Evaluation Guide for System Center 2012 R2 and the Windows Azure Pack
	Video: Welcome to Windows Azure
	Encloudify On Azure: Setting up Neo4j for Geotopia's graph DB New vmdepot image Azure Data Analysis available
	Device to Cloud, Hands-On. Part 6: Why End-To-End Security Matters Tuesdays with Corey - The New NOC How safe is my Windows Azure virtual machine?

	Easy Background Processing with WebAPI and Windows Azure
	#AzureChat - Mobile Services Git Source Control Integration with Windows Azure Mobile Services Connecting your Android App to Azure Mobile Services (including Android Dev Tools setup) Iterating quickly at a Hackathon with Azure Mobile Services and Dynamic Schema Developing Windows Azure Mobile Services server-side
	Why doesn’t remote desktop to my Windows Azure VM work? (So many questions. So little time. Part 48.) New vmdepot image Azure Data Analysis available Getting Started with Windows Azure and IaaS Setting up a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 development server on Windows Azure Windows Azure Virtual Machines
	Running a pure F# Web API on Azure Web Sites

	Windows Azure and the future of the personalized web : Intro Eating the Elephant: Totally free videos showing an introduction to Visualising Big Data for Business Intelligence Professionals
	Managing Windows Azure Reporting Services Consume ASP.NET Web API hosted in Windows Azure from HTML5 and JavaScript Windows Store Application using WinJS.xhr
	Azure Storage Backup Sample

	An update on dates, pricing and sharing some cool data! Windows Azure Active Directory Has Processed Over 430 Billion User Authentications AAD Provisioning a Windows Azure Active Directory Tenant as an Identity Provider in an ACS Namespace–Now Point & Click! MFA Video: Getting started with Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-Factor Authentication with Azure Active Directory and Azure Access Control Services
	Feature comparison between BizTalk Server and BizTalk Services How to integrate Mobile Services with a LOB app via BizTalk Adapter Service
	Cloud Service Fundamentals – Caching Basics
	Service Bus Explorer 2.1 adds support for Notification Hubs and Service Bus 1.1

	Configure Windows Azure Site to Site with Windows RRAS Step-By-Step: Create a Site-to-Site VPN between your network and Azure S2S VPN from Windows Azure Second Connection

	Calling the Windows Azure Management API from PowerShell free ebook - Windows Azure for IT Professionals
	A quick intro to Windows Azure Dev and Test Scenarios and MSDN Benefits Visual Studio, Team Foundation Service and the Enterprise Cloud
	How can I schedule start/stop of a Virtual Machine via AzureWatch? Cloud Cruiser to Provide Economic Insights for Azure Users -advanced financial management, chargeback and cloud billing (as part of Windows Azure Pack

COMMUNITY
Global Events	Live Webinar – Planning and Implementing Your Hybrid Cloud Deployment – Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Video roundtable Friday 11 2013 11.30 PST - In this video roundtable, three top Azure developers will discuss issues involving the Azure PaaS.

Local Events
User Groups	Sydney (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, June, 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 – 11th October 2013

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