Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – Christmas Eve 2013

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12/23/2013

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Green Button

GreenButton(TM) Launches WarpDrive for Cloud Data Transfers - a solution providing accelerated and secure transfers of large datasets to the cloud inCus delivers cutting edge media solution

nanobi Analytics

Building India’s first analytics app store on Windows Azure

Troy Hunt

Working with 154 million records on Azure Table Storage – the story of “Have I been pwned?”

Micro optimising web content for unexpected, wild success

Rocky Heckman

New and Improved features in Windows Azure

See you next year!

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS


Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure November Updates: General Availability BizTalk Services Traffic Manager Active Directory Application Access Mobile Services: Active Directory integration, Xamarin support, Optimistic concurrency Notification Hubs: Price Reduction and Debug Send Improvements Monitoring: Preview release of Windows Azure Monitoring Service Library App Access Enhancements GA Azure AD Premium Preview Windows Azure Storage Release - Introducing CORS, JSON, Minute Metrics, and More Microsoft announces €170m expansion of Dublin data centre Windows Azure Services coming to Brazil (Expanding Windows Azure Capacity – Brazil) Public Preview of Read Access Geo Redundant Storage Windows Azure December Updates: New Windows Azure Scheduler Service Storage: New Read-Access Geo Redundant Storage Option Monitoring: Enhancements to Monitoring and Diagnostics for Azure services
In the news	Press Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Computing System Hits Bumps, Taking Down Xbox Live And Other Services Major Microsoft Cloud Outage Blamed on DNS Failure Microsoft Azure Gaining Ground on Amazon Web Services Microsoft’s data centre of the future Microsoft's Azure Surges in the Cloud Microsoft To Launch Windows Azure Region In Brazil Early Next Year Microsoft to add a new Windows Azure region in Brazil Why Microsoft is Banking Heavily on StorSimple for 2014 Microsoft Azure: Any way and anywhere you want it The future of Microsoft as seen by an insider who could be its next CEO Microsoft Tackles Cloud Data Availability With Azure Storage Option Microsoft: Skype runs on Windows Azure; SkyDrive up next Microsoft Releases Windows Azure BizTalk Services, Other Offerings -- Redmond Channel Partner Microsoft deploys Azure to hunt 'lost primes' - Prime challenge launched by Windows Azure to find 'lost' primes Skype on Windows Azure: VoIP and Messaging App is "Now Running" in the Cloud Microsoft Updates Windows Azure Cloud Automation Features Clash of the Titans! Inside Microsoft’s Battle to Foil the NSA Microsoft Launches Worldwide Cloud OS Network Cloud Gaining a Competitive Edge With Cloud Computing The End of Private Cloud – Five Stages of Loss and Grief The end of the Private Cloud is near, do you really believe that? Crowdsourcing is the new cloud computing -- get with it, CIOs What Types of Data Require Cloud Encryption? Cloud Computing Seen Cutting 2014 IT Industry Sales When Does Internet of Things Become Internet of Agents? << online versions of other traditional services Cloud computing and gamification: More than collecting points Microsoft The StorSimple Acquisition: One Year Later Infographic: Cloud Computing Accelerating in Asia Pacific Bringing the cloud to researchers around the world and online Enabling trust in the cloud Service Providers light up the Cloud OS Leading cloud service providers around the globe bet on Microsoft Partner Dell and Microsoft Strengthen Alliance to Help Customers Take Full Advantage of Public Cloud Microsoft Brings Together 25 Partners For The Cloud OS Network To Drive More Windows Azure Use Windows Azure added to Enterprise Agreement Use it to power your solutions Featured Windows Azure Partner \| The Nimbo Blog Genetec broadens its business with Microsoft cloud Cloud OS Training Sweepstakes official rules Microsoft Cloud OS Network Is Launched
Case Study	Microsoft Case Study: Windows Azure - Nobel Media HarperCollins Publishers Creates Global BI Solution in Weeks Using Windows Azure and SQL Server

TECHNOLOGY


	Erich Gamma introduces us to Visual Studio Online integrated with the Windows Azure Portal – Part 1 Windows Azure for Research Technical Papers Research Life Science Projects on the Windows Azure Cloud (Part 2) Delivering Modern Enterprise Applications Success with Hybrid Cloud: Best Practices for Building a Hybrid Cloud
	Working with Windows Azure Pack Service Management API: Creating new users Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack & Usage (Part 1) Troubleshooting Windows Azure Pack and Gallery Items (Part 2) - WAP Wiki – A Collection of Windows Azure Pack and Related Blogs, Videos and TechNet Articles Video: Cloud Cruiser Express for Microsoft Windows Azure Pack Why I think Azure Pack isn’t just for Service Providers Video: Windows2012R2 & Azure Pack Demo Adding an already running VM in Virtual Machine Manager to a Windows Azure Pack Subscription Windows Azure Pack – Installing & Configuring Series Windows Azure Pack Is Clearly The Place To Be Adding an already running VM in Virtual Machine Manager to a Windows Azure Pack Subscription Federated Identities to Windows Azure Pack through AD FS An Introduction to Windows Azure Pack (with three Use Cases)
	Video: Azure Portal Overview Recorded: Windows Azure – Tapping its Capabilities to Fuel Your Company’s Growth Video: Windows Azure Technical Overview Scott Guthrie starts at Step 0 – What is the Azure Cloud OS? Forrester -The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows Azure Windows Azure Review of 2013
	Announcing FogJS for Windows Azure with Node.js Ruby on Rails, Capistrano, OSX & Windows Azure Building a Node.js Web Site on Windows Azure using Node.js Tools for Visual Studio Use Neo4j as your database in Azure Mobile Services MS Open Tech releases updated Azure Node.JS SDK and Command Line Tools for Mac and Linux Episode 122: Java on Windows Azure Windows Azure Provisioning via Puppet How to Configure PHP in Windows Azure Web Sites Videos: Microsoft + Open Source Now Available: Open Source Windows Azure Active Directory Libraries for iOS and Android
	Enabling the Secure and Rapid Adoption of Cloud Services Building Secure Cloud Apps: CSA, SAFECode Provide Guidance 5 Tips to Keep Your Data Secure on the Cloud How Azure helps Microsoft take down cyber criminals Video: Windows Azure Security Architecture & Design Patterns

	Dynamic Deployment with Composite Windows Azure Webrole Windows Azure Websites vs Cloud Services Windows Azure Emulator, Web Apps & 500 Errors caused by IIS Express
	Video: Connecting Android up to Windows Azure Mobile Services (includes setting up the Android Development Tools) New tables in Azure Mobile Services:string id, system properties and optimistic concurrency Application settings in Azure Mobile Services Expanded login scopes in Azure Mobile Services Performing Multiple SQL Queries with queryRaw in Azure Mobile Services Scripts What's new in Azure Mobile Services SDK 1.1.1
	Boosting Transaction Performance in Windows Azure Virtual Machines with In-Memory OLTP #AzureChat - AutoScale and Virtual Machines Windows Azure IaaS Host OS Update Demystified SQL Server on IaaS VM – Manually Install SQL Server on Windows Azure VM Scale out your research with virtual machines: Windows Azure webinar Migrate your VMware VM to Windows Azure in 30 Minutes << cool TSP Understanding the temporary drive on Windows Azure Virtual Machines SQL Server 2014 Database Deploy to a Windows Azure VM Video: Tuesdays with Corey - Secret behind VMs SQL Server 2014 Hybrid Cloud Scenarios: Migrating On-Premises SQL Server to Windows Azure Virtual Machines Video: Meet the New Windows Azure: IaaS Virtual Machines for Linux Preparing Oracle Linux VHD for Windows Azure Cloud Setting up a Passive FTP Server in Windows Azure VM Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Calculating how much storage space a Windows Azure Virtual Hard Disk is really using Continuous Integration in Windows Azure << VM, TeamCity Video: Experiences using CouchDB inside Microsoft's Windows Azure team Running a legacy OS in a Windows Azure Virtual Machine (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, …)
	Introduction to WebSockets on Windows Azure Web Sites Video 4 How to create Azure Websites Windows Azure Friday - Deploying from a Branch with Kudu A Records, CNAME and Using DNS with Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) Disabling ARR’s Instance Affinity in Windows Azure Web Sites Video: Streaming Logs from Azure Web Sites with David Ebbo Deploy a website from Github to Windows Azure Obtaining a Certificate for use with Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) Reduce the trail-deploy-test time with Windows Azure Web Sites and Visual Studio Online Git and Grunt Deploy to Windows Azure IP and Domain Restrictions for Windows Azure Web Sites Using Deployment Hooks with Azure Web Sites plus Zapier Exploring the Super Secret Kudu Debug Console Securing your Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) with HTTPS and SSL PHP 5.5, WinCache 1.3.5 available in Azure Web Sites Video: Episode 123: What's New in Windows Azure Web Sites Azure Web Site 403 Forbidden css bundle Using Django, Python, and MySQL on Windows Azure Web Sites: Creating a Blog Application Windows Azure – secrets of a Web Site Installing PHP and Zend Extensions on Windows Azure Websites

	RDMA in Windows Azure
	Maximizing HDInsight throughput to Azure Blob Storage Automating HDInsight cluster creation with PowerShell Use Windows Azure HDInsight PowerShell - Curah! Video: Exploring the new Hadoop Implementation in Azure Getting Started with the Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator Insights on HDInsight
	Windows Azure Storage Performance Best Practices Windows Azure Tables Breaking Changes (November 2013) - Windows Azure Storage Team Blog Windows Azure Storage Known Issues (November 2013) New Changes to Windows Azure Storage – A Perfect Thanksgiving Gift Windows Azure releases new cloud storage features Windows Azure Storage and Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) – Lets Have Some Fun SOSP Paper – Windows Azure Storage: A Highly Available Cloud Storage Service with Strong Consistency Windows Azure Tables: Introducing JSON Windows Azure Storage Redundancy Options and Read Access Geo Redundant Storage Video: Exploring Windows Azure Storage Using Windows Azure Storage with a Jenkins Continuous Integration Solution How to CRUD table storage entities without knowing the schema at runtime in Windows Azure
	Is There a Good Solution for SQL Server HA & Azure? Managing Windows Azure SQL Databases Using the Management Libraries for .NET Scott Guthries explains SQL Databases in Azure Windows Azure SQL Database Management Library 0.9.2-preview

	App Access Enhancements GA + Azure AD Premium Preview Windows Azure AD Rights Management Administration Tool Video: Overview of Single Sign On, Windows Azure AD O365 saturday how to (remote) control office 365 with windows azure How to configure and assign groups in Windows Azure AD How Microsoft Does Windows Azure Active Directory PowerShell Use Windows Azure HDInsight PowerShell - Curah! Group Management for Admins – Public Preview! Download STS Integration Paper using WS-* Protocols Edge Show 85 - Windows Azure Active Directory Premium Demo Custom Branding Support in Azure AD now in Preview! Accessing Resources Secured by Azure Active Directory with iOS and Android Multi-Factor Authentication… the simple way <<good
	Instant Azure Caching with MVC ASP.NET Session state broken after migrating from Windows Azure shared Cache to Role Based Cache
	Windows Azure BizTalk Services SDK Setup Azure Thoughts, EAI Challenges: Windows Azure BizTalk Services is general available Windows Azure BizTalk Service–Updating WABS Windows Azure BizTalk Services: Integrating with on-premises LOB systems using the BizTalk Adapter Services Video: Unleashing the Power of Windows Azure BizTalk Services Window Azure BizTalk Services: How to Get Started and When to Use It Managing Windows Azure BizTalk Services with REST API Step by step debugging of bridges in Windows Azure BizTalk Services Enabling Rich Messaging Endpoints with Windows Azure BizTalk Services How Do BizTalk Services Work? I Asked the Product Team to Find Out
	WindowsAzure.MediaServices.Extensions NuGet package 2.0.0 released! Announcing Windows Azure Media Services .NET SDK Extensions Version 2.0 TechTalks Mingfei Yan Program Manager Windows Azure Media Team
	Windows Azure Gets Its Own AT Command
	Windows Azure Service Bus Explorer sample in C# for Visual Studio 2012 Improved version of Service Bus Explorer 2.1 and new version 2.2 IoT, Mobility, Hybrid Cloud, ESB Oh My! A Closer Look at the Neudesic Gartner AADI Demo

	Adding failover to your application with Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage and the Windows Azure Traffic Manager
	Episode 120: Service Agility with the Service Gateway Video: Windows Azure Virtual Networks & Storage New Windows Azure Network Security Whitepaper Available Video: Part 6: Windows Azure Network Architecture & Design Patterns

	PowerScripting Podcast – Tommy Patterson from Microsoft on PowerShell and Azure Ebook: Hybrid Cloud Management with System Center 2012 R2 App Controller Bootstrapping a PowerShell DSC Pull Server and Client << automatically provision a PowerShell DSC Pull Server and Client using Windows Azure Virtual Machines Using Azure to provide a monitoring gateway into Operations Manager The Truth About Windows Azure PowerShell Windows Azure – Disk Cleanup with Virtual Machines From Microsoft Private #Cloud to Hybrid Cloud Services Part 2 of 5 Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery Six Daily Tips for DevOps Step-by-Step: Build Your Cloud with System Center 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V and Windows Azure
	Microsoft Finally Allows Use of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
	AIS Manage Azure Media Services Assets With WAMS Manager Preview BOOK: Download Book Download: Building Elastic and Resilient Cloud Applications - Developer's Guide to the Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure BOOK: Hybrid Cloud Management with System Center 2012 R2 App Controller AD Forefront Identity Manager Connector for Windows Azure Active Directory Windows Azure AD Rights Management Administration Tool Episode 121: New Relic \| Windows Azure Cloud Cover Show Cynapta Azure CORS Helper – Free Tool to Manage CORS Rules for Windows Azure Blob Storage AzureInsight (Enterprise IT Chargeback, Self-Service and Deployment for Windows Azure) << looks excellent Windows Azure Developer InfoKit -- Nice single page hand out to give to your developer contacts Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment Azure Management Studio and Blob Container ACLs

COMMUNITY

Coming up Globally	Azure and Windows Azure Pack - 8 Jan 2014 GMT
Regular 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 – Christmas Eve 2013

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