#Azure in Action – Community Newsletter – 2nd August 2012 - Team Individualism - Site Home

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

Revera (NZ)

Microsoft works two angles with 'sovereign safe' Revera cloud computing hookup

Romiko Derbynew

Windows Azure Cloud Drive–Dealing with large VHD’s and Blob Snapshot Restores

Brisbane Azure User Group

Wednesday 8th August 2012 @ Microsoft

Windows Azure SQL Database and SQL Reporting for Developers with Dr. Greg Low

Sydney Azure User Group

Thursday 9th August @ City Hotel - Emperor Lounge

Azure Virtual Machines & Saasabi (ISV)

Melbourne Azure User Group

2nd August session Postponed

TechEd Australia 2012

Get all the early info the landing page

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

	NEWS
Windows Azure Platform	Introducing a New Capability in the Windows Azure AD Developer Preview: the Windows Azure Authentication Library Microsoft Offers Customers and Partners a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for Windows Azure Windows Azure Marketplace Update: New Features, Availability in 12 New Countries Windows Azure Active Directory Rights Management Preview now available
In the news	Press Microsoft pins Azure outage on network miscue Microsoft opens up Office 365 and Azure single sign-on for developers Windows Azure Quietly Puts Its Pieces Into Place Microsoft Azure cloud grows four-fold in a year Price Drops on the Azure Cloud Cloud What considerations must a CIO make when moving to the cloud Persistent Threat Management DoD Cloud Computing Strategy Innovate with Cloud Computing How to Survive in the Cloud (Infographic)
Case Study	KU Leuven benchmarks Machine Learning in the cloud iVoteSports Scales its Baseball-Focused Mobile Game App with Windows Azure MLS Using Windows Azure in Education Sports New Media Social Media Tool Helps Sports Stars and Organisations Engage with Fans ”Site Selector” Enhanced with Microsoft Windows Azure (integrates commercial real estate with community and market analysis )

	TECHNOLOGY
Introduction	How to Assess Costs of using Windows Azure for your Applications How to choose the right Cloud service in Windows Azure Azure Data and Databases - When to use what
Architecture	The “traffic cop” pattern Great management tools can be a catalyst for Azure adoption Windows Azure Visio Shapes
Security	"I want to program my firewall using IP ranges to allow outbound access only to my cloud apps" Running WIF Relying parties in Windows Azure
DevOps	Cloud driving DevOps transformation, importance
Hosting	Configuring Windows Azure Services for Windows Server Service Bus [for Windows Server] Symmetry Service Bus for Windows Server, the New Features Windows Azure Services for Windows Server - Part 2 Hands-on Windows Azure Services for Windows
Open Development	General OSCON 2012 Node.JS Node.js script for releasing a Windows Azure blob lease JAVA Cool cloud stuff for Java programmers Java Applications in Windows Azure Cloud Services using Eclipse
Mobile	How to install Windows Azure Toolkit (v1.3.2) for Windows Phone
-- Features
CLOUD SERVICES	The Power of the Worker Role: Windows Azure + Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Better Together, Part Three Configure IIS websites on Windows Azure with startup tasks and AppCmd
MEDIA SERVICES	Getting started with Windows Azure Media Services
WEB SITES	Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Web Sites Modern Application Sample – Cloud Survey Facebook Apps and Windows Azure Web Sites (Part 1 – Getting Started) Windows Azure for IT Pros Series: “Web Site” Feature Running multiple wordpress blogs on Azure Websites
VIRTUAL MACHINES	Building a Multi-Server SharePoint Farm in Windows Azure Connecting Windows Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell Data Series: How To Setup SQL Server on Windows Azure Virtual Machines Hosting SQL Reporting Service on Azure Virtual Machine
VIRTUAL NETWORK	Windows Azure Virtual Network VPN with TMG 2010 Creating a Windows Azure virtual network with site-to-site VPN to SonicWALL Introduction to Windows Azure - IaaS Virtual Network
--- Core Services
CACHING	The issues you may have with the Azure co-located cache 1.7 and other caching gems
SERVICE BUS	Transactions in Windows Azure (with Service Bus) – An Email Discussion Installing and Testing the New Service Bus for Windows Service Bus and “pushing” notifications
SQL DATABASE	Fault-tolerance in Windows Azure SQL Database SQL Azure’s Journey from Inception in Year 2008 to June 2012!
STORAGE	Extending ELMAH on Windows Azure Table Storage Windows Azure Table Storage and Windows Azure SQL Database - Compared and Contrasted How to create a custom blob manager using Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012 RC, and the Azure SDK 1.7 CloudCover Episode 84 - Windows Azure Storage Updates and a Preview of the Client Storage Library vNext Windows Azure Storage – 4 Trillion Objects and Counting Upload to Shared Access Signature blob using WebClient (REST API) Windows Azure: Effective use of the Storage and SQL Azure
TRAFFIC MANAGER	How Azure Traffic Manager Makes Cloud Networking Easier
ACCESS CONTROL SERVICES	Oauth2 delegation through Windows Azure Access Control Service for ASP.NET Web API
ACTIVE DIRECTORY	Windows Azure Authentication Library: a Deep Dive Identity & Windows Azure AD at TechEd EU Channel9 Live Windows Azure Active Directory enables single sign-on with cloud apps Inside the Windows Azure Active Directory Web SSO Sample for Java Adding Your Domain to a Windows Azure Active Directory in Office 365 Preview Enterprise (E3) Edition Get Started with Windows Azure Active Directory (Developer Preview) A Guided Tour of the Windows Azure Active Directory Developer Preview Sample Application Single Sign On with Windows Azure Active Directory: a Deep Dive Enabling Windows Azure AD Rights Management in Office 365 Enterprise Preview
-- Other
Marketplace	Check your Windows Azure Datamarket remaining quota New Bing SERP checker using Windows Azure Datamarket
Big Data	Hadoop on Windows Azure Windows Azure Recipe: Big Data Big Data in the Cloud
Office	Windows Azure auto provisioned apps for SharePoint 2013 Power View Tip: Scatter Chart over Time on the X-Axis and Play Axis Windows Azure and Office 365 Configure SharePoint Online Preview to use Windows Azure AD Rights Management
Windows 8	Building Connected Windows 8 Apps with Windows Azure
Tools	Azure Tools Belt: Application Auto-scaling Bloc – WASABi Windows Azure Performance Management, Monitoring Using AppDynamics RightScale Supports Windows Azure Eyeing Greater Market Share An Independent Review of Explorer Tools for Windows Azure Blob Storage

	COMMUNITY
General Webinars	Hortonworks and Microsoft Bring Apache Hadoop to Windows Compuware Presents Live Customer Webcast Featuring Time Cockpit: "How timecockpit.com Made Azure Work for Them"
General Events	Announcing BUILD 2012
User Groups	Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari) Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett) Brisbane (Steve Nagy, Dean Robertson) Auckland (Ryan Crawcour) Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung) Regional NZ: Follow @technetnz and follow @msdnnz Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)
Social	Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series (still to be move to Azure Web Sites!) FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure