Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. Here are the highlights for this week.
Articles and Blog Posts
- Windows Azure Mobile Services and iOS by @chrisrisner (posted Aug 30)
- How I Built an “Awesome Chat” Application for Windows 8 with Windows Azure Mobile Service by @gmantri (posted Aug 30)
- Creating a Custom Login Page for Federated Authentication with Windows Azure ACS by @astaykov (posted Aug 29)
- Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services for Windows 8 by @davidpallmann (posted Aug 28)
- Introducing Mobile Services – A Quick Start to Windows Store Apps with Windows Azure by @ggailey777 (posted Aug 28)
- The SiteMonitR Sample by @bradygaster (posted Aug 28)
- Windows Azure SDK for PHP with Anton Babadjanov (VIDEO) (posted Aug 27)
- Windows Azure Cloud Services and Virtual Networks by @mknz (posted Aug 26)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- August 20 – October 11: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ North American cities)
- September 5-7: Heartland Developer Conference – Omaha, NE
- September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
- September 12: (AIS & Microsoft) An Introduction to Windows Azure IaaS – Chevy Chase, MD
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
Europe
- August 29-September 12: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various, Germany
- September 13: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Bristol, UK
- September 13: IT Camp: Hands-on with Windows Azure – Zaventem, Belgium
- September 25: Windows Azure Web Sites Deep Dive with Brady Gaster – Mechelen, Belgium
- September 27: An Evening in the Cloud: The Old, The New and The Big – Kontich, Belgium
- September 27-28: CloudBurst 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden
- September 30: Manchester Windows Azure User Group – Manchester, UK
- October 25: Catching the Long Tail with SaaS and Windows Azure – Leuven, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- September 11-14: Microsoft TechEd Australia 2012 – Gold Coast, Australia
- September 14: Hands-on Lab Online: Debugging Applications in Windows Azure – Virtual
- September 19: Brisbane Windows Azure User Group – Brisbane, Australia
- September 19: Hands-on Lab Online: Exploring Windows Azure Storage – Virtual
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- Migrating EF Model-First to (Windows) Azure – 665 views, 10 replies
- Query Cross Federated Tables in Different Federation Members – 452 views, 4 replies
- Up Scaling and Down Scaling a Virtual Server in (Windows) Azure – 493 views, 4 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- (Windows) Azure Service Bus Scalability – 3 answers, 1 vote
- How do I Deploy a Java Application on Windows Azure – 2 answers, 1 vote
Send us articles that you’d like us to highlight, or content of your own that you’d like to share. And let us know about any local events, groups or activities that you think we should tell the rest of the Windows Azure community about. You can use the comments section below, or talk to us on Twitter @WindowsAzure.
Have a great weekend!
Himanshu