SyncToBlog #10 Lots of Azure and Cloud Links including MIX10 videos

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson.

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Just getting a few interesting cloud links “down on paper”. I last did one of these on Azure in Feb 20010.

Cloud Links:

• Article on Debugging in the Cloud
• https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/azurescale 
  A sample app that demonstrates monitoring and automatically scaling an Azure application in response to dropping performance etc. Basically a console app that checks perf stats and then uses the Service Management API to spin up new instances when needed.
• Azure In Action book is imminent :)
• Running Memcached in Windows Azure from the MS UK team
• Using Microsoft Codename Dallas as a data source for Drupal also from the MS UK team
• I often mention them – but this post is the biz! Metodi on fault and upgrade domains
• Detailed blog post on comparing Azure AppFabric Service Bus REST support to the free Faye Ruby+JavaScript gem that implements the JSON publish/subscribe protocol Bayeux.
• AppFabric LABS allow you to test out and play with experimental AppFabric technologies.
• Details of the upcoming VM support in Windows Azure
• Nice series of posts from J D Meier in the Patterns and Practice team
  • How To Use ASP.NET Forms Auth with Azure Tables 
  • How To Use ASP.NET Forms Auth with Roles in Azure Tables
  • How To Use ASP.NET Forms Auth with SQL Server on Windows Azure

And sessions from MIX10 held March 15th to 17th:

• Lap around the Windows Azure Platform – Steve Marx
• Building and Deploying Windows Azure Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – Jim Nakashima
• Building PHP Applications using the Windows Azure Platform – Craig Kitterman, Sumit Chawla
• Using Ruby on Rails to Build Windows Azure Applications – Sriram Krishnan
• Microsoft Project Code Name “Dallas": Data for your apps – Moe Khosravy
• Using Storage in the Windows Azure Platform – Chris Auld
• Building Web Applications with Windows Azure Storage – Brad Calder
• Building Web Application with Microsoft SQL Azure – David Robinson
• Connecting Your Applications in the Cloud with Windows Azure AppFabric – Clemens Vasters
• Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Azure: A Match Made for the Web – Matt Kerner

Something for everyone :)