Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 17th October 2012

NEWS

Windows Azure Platform

• Announcing: Improvements to the Windows Azure Portal
• Bringing Windows Azure Services to Windows Server – Beta Release
• Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012 - now with speaker notes, new demos
• Windows Azure Mobile Services: New support for iOS apps, Facebook/Twitter/Google identity, Emails, SMS, Blobs, Service Bus and more

In the news

Press                  

• Microsoft acquires cloud-storage appliance vendor StorSimple

• Microsoft delivers beta of Azure services for Windows Server
• Microsoft Invests In DotNetNuke Bringing It To Azure

Microsoft

• Microsoft Reaches Agreement to Acquire StorSimple
• Microsoft Acquires PhoneFactor  - phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Cloud Rap: World's Fastest Rapper on Windows Azure Cloud
• Enter the Fast Contest!
• Imagine Cup Windows Azure Challenger 2013 - The power of Windows Azure is yours to command

Cloud

• A Storm of Confusion: What People Really Think About Cloud Computing [infographic]
• Cloud Computing Saves Health Care Industry Time And Money
• How Cloud Computing Is Improving Asynchronous Learning In Schools

Partners

• Announcing Riak on Microsoft Windows Azure - CentOS 6.2 NoSQL

Case Study

• Case studies that show how the Windows Azure cloud is used in higher education research

• Cloud-based core banking becomes a reality in Kenya

TECHNOLOGY

Introduction

• Microsoft Will Judge Your Company's Cloud Readiness
• Microsoft DevRadio: How to Get Started with Windows Azure
• The Cloud and the Whiteboard

Architecture

• Best Practices for Designing Large-Scale Services on Windows Azure
• Cloud Architecture Patterns book has been released!!
• Recipes for Multi-tenant Cloud Service Design – Recipe 1: Throttling by Tenants Using Multi-site Cloud Services and IIS 8 CPU Throttling
• Recipes for Multi-tenant Cloud Service Design – Recipe 2: Centralized SSL Certificate Management
• Announcing StockTrader 6 Reference Application: Cross-Device Mobile Applications with Windows Azure Cloud Services

Security

• Top 8 security hazards on Windows Azure - Part 1
• Top 8 security hazards on Windows Azure - Part 2

Open Development

• Build and Deploy a Node.js Website to Windows Azure Using WebMatrix
• Troubleshooting Node.js Apps Hosted on Windows Azure

Windows 8

• Building Cloud Data and Services for Windows 8 Apps
• Windows 8 and the Cloud: Better Together
• Windows 8 and Windows Azure: Convergence in the Cloud
• Learn Windows Store App Development in 31 Days – Day 1 – Overview and Requirements of Windows Store App Development

-- Features

CLOUD SERVICES

• Windows Azure Cloud Service or Web Site: Where am I Deployed?

MEDIA SERVICES

• Windows Azure Media Service–Part I (Introduction)
• Windows Azure Media Service-Part II (Setup, API and Access Token)
• Windows Azure Media Services-Part IV (Managing Access Policies via REST API)

MOBILE SERVICES

• Kirill Gavrylyuk and Josh Twist: Inside Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Blog Series: Sending Windows 8 Push Notifications using Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Having fun with Azure Mobile Services – The setup
• Part 4 of 4: Introduction to Consuming Azure Mobile Services from Android
• Localized Windows Azure Mobile Services Deck, HOL and Demo script           
• Round Three: Windows Azure Mobile Services on DevRadio
• Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Windows Azure Mobile Services—Now We Are Getting Somewhere
• Windows Azure Mobile Services, Maps & More

VIRTUAL MACHINES

• Learning SQL Server 2012 with labs built in Windows Azure IaaS VMs
• Installing PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 12 running on Windows Azure

VIRTUAL NETWORK

• Setting up a Sharepoint farm as an extension to Enterprise Network

WEB SITES

• Website Pricing, Shared or Reserved
• Microsoft DevRadio: (Part 1) What is Windows Azure Web Sites?
• .NET Framework 4.5 Support in Windows Azure Web Sites
• Gallery Server Pro and Windows Azure Web Sites
• How to Host a Website on Azure and Link it to a Domain like .IO

--- Core Services

CACHING

• Cross-role Events using Windows Azure Caching (Preview)
• Using Memcache to access a Windows Azure Dedicated Cache

SERVICE BUS

• Introducing a New User Experience for Windows Azure Service Bus
• CQRS Journey - Windows Azure Service Bus

STORAGE

• More efficient erasure coding in Windows Azure storage
• What PartitionKey and RowKey are for in Windows Azure Table Storage
• Enabling cross domain access to Windows Azure Blobs from Flash clients
• How to download a blob on a Linux machine
• Wazproxy: an HTTP proxy that signs Windows Azure storage requests for you.

SQL DATABASE

• Updated SQL Azure Data Sync Agent Preview

-- Other

Big Data

• Windows Azure Hadoop. Understanding, Diving and Solving issues
• Piggybank for Hadoop on Azure

DevOps

• Understanding Windows Azure Diagnostics Costs And Some Ways To Control It
• System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager - The Review
• Azure Tips from the IT Pro Water Cooler
• Running TeamCity in Windows Azure

Labs

• Testing Math Functions in Microsoft Cloud Numerics

Tools

• Neudesic Launches Cloud Assessment v2
• CommVault Integrates Modern Data Management for Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and Windows Azure Environments
• Hyland Software Makes Implementing Mobile Solutions Easier by Utilizing Windows Azure
• CA ERwin Data Modeler for Microsoft SQL Azure
• DotNetNuke Azure Accelerator 6.3

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