Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 16th January 2014

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01/16/2014

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Green Button

GreenButton Partners With NVIDIA to Support Mental Ray Renderer In the Cloud

Troy Hunt

Video: Scammer identifies "viruses" in a brand new Windows Azure VM

Aidan Casey

Enabling remote desktop on an Ubuntu VM in Windows Azure

How to serve up .json files from a Windows Azure Website

John Azariah

John is our newest MVP for Windows Azure in Australia. Check out his profile here.

Check out the talk he did at NDC with Mahesh Krishnan in London: Modern Architectural Patterns for the Cloud

Brisbane Azure Meetup

Brisbane Monthly Evening Meetup Wed Feb 12

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

NEWS


Windows Azure Platform	Windows Azure: Staging Publishing Support for Web Sites, Monitoring Improvements, Hyper-V Recovery Manager GA, and PCI Compliance Staged Publishing Support Web Sites: Always On Support Monitoring Improvements: Web Sites + SQL Database Alerts Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager: General Availability Release Download the Windows Azure PCI Attestation of Compliance and Windows Azure Customer PCI Guide
In the news	Press Microsoft Windows Azure vs. Cloud OS Network: Friends & Foes? Windows Azure Key Tool in Microsoft Battle to Enlist Cloud Developers Microsoft Expands Windows Azure Services in Brazil Microsoft's late fixing Windows, but ahead on the cloud Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service Microsoft Azure Cloud Is Seen As A Bright Spot Amid CEO Search MSFT Microsoft To Build More Data Centers To Meet Cloud Demand e.g. 202 acres to Quincy Cloud 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2014 Rebuilding applications for the cloud The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Top 10 How The New Windows 8.1 Update Puts Cloud Computing Front And Centre Tapping into the IT cloud crowd Desktop as a Service a.k.a. DaaS Microsoft Microsoft Goto Market Services Video: Environmental Science on the Cloud with Windows Azure - Webinar New Windows Azure Network Security Whitepaper Get Better Acquainted with Azure SharePoint Server 2013 Trial in Windows Azure [Updated] AzureDev Community Campaign Winner Announcement Partner Top 10 announcements of Windows Azure in 2013 Microsoft and Oracle Partner on Windows Azure Windows Azure now Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Platform as a Service
Case Study	Start-up Stories: European start-up with $bn global ambitions shelves server farm in favour of the Cloud. Private Property breaks new ground with Microsoft Windows Azure

TECHNOLOGY


	The Windows Azure Architect’s Reference Service Gateway for Windows Azure (1) – Getting Started Access Trumps Ownership LiveSide on Windows on Azure: some first impressions
	Video: Centralized Protection for Windows Azure Private Cloud Windows Azure Pack Remote Console with the RD gateway in a DMZ Windows Azure Pack Publishing using SNI Service Management Automation (SMA) Whitepaper
	Windows Azure Review of 2013 Microsoft Student \| Develop Apps for Windows Azure My experience with Windows Azure Video: State of Windows Azure Video: Intro to Windows Azure with Scott Hanselman
	Publishing a Node.js Website to Azure in under 2 minutes using only the browser
	New Windows Azure Network Security Whitepaper Download the the Windows Azure PCI Attestation of Compliance and Windows Azure Customer PCI Guide

	Windows Azure Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, and Virtual Network SLA Video: Diagnosing Cloud Apps Using Visual Studio 2013
	Windows Azure Mobile Services - Microsoft Backend for Mobile Applications Video: Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services for Visual Studio 2013 Video: GeekFest: #1 - Schedulers in WAMS Custom Authentication with Azure Mobile Services and PikShare Using the Facebook Android SDK for logging in to Azure Mobile Services Microsoft’s Project Siena Needs a Windows Azure Mobile Services Sample App Episode 126: Using Sencha With Windows Azure Mobile Services
	Video: Adding Virtual Hard Drives, Storage Accounts, and Scaling Virtual Machines Resources and Guidelines for Deploying SharePoint on Windows Azure Virtual Machines How to Locate and Track the International Space Station using Windows Azure Creating Windows Azure Virtual Machines Using Azure CLI and VM Depot TechNet Radio: (Part 1) Windows Azure IaaS Quick Start Kit - Facts and Prerequisites
	MVA Jump Start – Windows Azure Web Sites Deep Dive Video: Introducing Windows Azure Websites for Visual Studio Developers Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) and Intermediate Certificates Publishing a Node.js Website to Azure in under 2 minutes using only the browser Windows Azure Websites Development Stacks Support Publishing apps for Office and SharePoint to Windows Azure Websites What am I doing wrong-Is this Normal Behavior How to serve up .json files from a Windows Azure Website

	Generic Resource Scheduler for Azure
	Use Hive with HDInsight - Curah! 3 Reasons Hadoop is Heading to the Cloud
	Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager: General Availability Release
	Wot no CDN
	Data Migration to Windows Azure SQL Database: Tools and Techniques SQL CAT: Be aware of the difference in isolation levels if porting an application from Windows Azure SQL DB to SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machine Migrating SQL Server Databases to Windows Azure by Leveraging BACPAC Files

	Windows Azure Active Directory Updates in 2013
	Storing Session State in Windows Azure Co-Located Cache Understanding Windows Azure Caching
	Video: BizTalk360 for Managed Services - Utilizing the power of Windows Azure Service Bus and AD
	Behind the Scenes With Windows Azure Media Services
	HOW TO make an automated call to a web page with Windows Azure Scheduler The Azure Mobile Scheduler service preview Getting Started with Windows Azure Scheduler – Part 1
	An Introduction to Windows Azure Service Bus Brokered Messaging

	Video: Edge Show 86 - Windows Azure Traffic Manager Demos
	Build Windows Server 2012 R2 DC in Azure: IP Addressing Create an Azure VPN with a Draytek router

	Unattended Install ConfigMgr 2012 R2 in Windows Azure Setting ACLs on Your Windows Azure InputEndpoints
	Video: Dynamically Enabling Windows Azure Remote Desktop Video: RDS on Windows Azure IaaS Toying with Server 2012 R2 and #WindowsAzure : the (rd)X-Files Enabling remote desktop on an Ubuntu VM in Windows Azure
	Pluralsight: Windows Azure Marketplace
	Awesome >> A new year's present: introducing Glimpse plugins for Windows Azure E-book:Scott Guthrie’s “Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure”

COMMUNITY

Coming up Globally	Global Windows Azure Bootcamp 2014 – trailer January 27-31 is Windows Azure Week! Get Started with Windows Azure Today Jump Start January 27, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PST Designing Applications for Windows Azure Jump Start January 28, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PST Building Windows Azure Applications Jump Start January 29, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PST Windows Azure IaaS Deep Dive Jump Start January 30, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PST Mobile Apps to IoT: Connected Devices with Windows Azure January 31, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PST
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, Mick and John are our 5 Windows Azure MVPs in 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 – 16th January 2014

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