Windows Azure Action – Community Newsletter – 31st October 2012

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

WINDOWS AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

Windows Azure Platform

• Windows Azure Store preview
• Introducing Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 for .NET and Windows Runtime
• Windows Azure SDK for .NET - October 2012 (and Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012)
• Windows Azure HDInsight Service and Microsoft HDInsight Server for Windows
• SQL Data Sync now available in the East and West US Data Centers!

• Microsoft Launches Hadoop For Windows Server and Azure
• Microsoft Releases Hadoop On Windows
• Halo 4 Will Be First Major Game Backed by Windows Azure [EXCLUSIVE]

• Why data centers have a big impact on the economy
• Cloud computing will save us from the zombie apocalypse

Partners

• EVault Signs Alliance Agreement with Microsoft to Offer EVault Cloud-Connected Backup and Recovery Services on Windows Azure
• AVEVA Announces ‘Future of Plant Design’ Initiative Built on Windows 8 and Windows Azure
• Openness Partner Spotlight: Canonical Brings Ubuntu to Windows Azure
• Numerix signs alliance agreement with Microsoft
• Aspera expands its EMEA Operations to Support Triple-Digit Growth

• Xpertdoc Technologies Document Generation Company Deploys New Hosted Offering in the Cloud

TECHNOLOGY

• Overview of Windows Azure features, services, and common uses #WindowsAzure Poster
• Download the Windows Azure Poster

• List of components installed with Windows Azure SDK 1.8
• Casablanca - Saying “Hello World”

• Exporting and Importing VM settings with the Azure Command-Line Tools (for Mac and Linux)

• Windows Identity Foundation Tools for Visual Studio 2012 RTM          

Features

• Using Windows Server 2012 OS with Windows Azure Cloud Services and .net 4.5

• Episode 92 - iOS SDK for Windows Azure Mobile Services
• Data Paging using the Windows Azure Mobile Services iOS client SDK

• Continuous Deployment with Windows Azure Websites and Bitbucket
• Build a Location API Using Entity Framework Spatial and Web API, on Windows Azure Web Sites

• Working with Azure Virtual Network Preview

Core Services

• Windows Azure Messaging Features Come To Windows Server

• Announcing the Windows Azure SQL Data Sync October Update
• SQL Data Sync now available in the East and West US Data Centers!
• How to Shard with Windows Azure SQL Database
• Event Table in SQL Azure / sys.event_log
• Worker thread governance coming to Azure SQL Database

• Introducing Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 for .NET and Windows Runtime
• Windows Azure Storage Client Library 2.0 Breaking Changes & Migration Guide
• Optimising upload speed to windows Azure blob storage

Other

• Simplifying Big Data for the Enterprise
• Getting Started with Windows Azure HDInsight Service
• Piggybank for Hadoop on Azure
• Oh where, oh where did my S3N go? (in Windows Azure HDInsight) Oh where, Oh where, can it be?!

• Agile path ways into the Azure Universe – Configuring the Azure Emulator to work as part of our specification fixtures
• Using Trace in Windows Azure Cloud Applications

• Here’s What’s New with the Windows Azure Marketplace

• Faster, Simpler access to Azure Tables with Enzo Azure API
• Azure Diagnostics Viewer app for Windows in the Windows Store

COMMUNITY

• Windows Azure Sessions at //BUILD/ 2012 - Quick Reference Guide

• A Windows Azure Community Event

• Windows Azure in the Real World – November 8th 10am GMT
• Java fast food for thought: running Java code on Windows Azure - Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:30 PM GMT+1

User Groups

• Sydney (Conor Brady/ Ershad Nozari)
• Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett)
• Brisbane (Dean Robertson)
• Auckland (Ryan Crawcour)
• Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung)

Regional

• NZ: Follow @technetnz @msdnnz
• Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)

Social

• Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list
• FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan
• Links: Windows Azure developer jump site for Australia