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 (VIDEO) Channel 9 (posted Sept 12)
- Disk to Disk to Cloud Protection of Hyper-V Virtual Machines by @hvredevoort
- C1 Deployment of (Windows) Azure Web Roles Using TeamCity by @skirkland (posted Sept 11)
- Debugging or Running an ASP.NET Application without Windows Azure Compute Emulator by @wely_live (posted Sept 11)
- Backup (Windows) Azure Tables, Schedule (Windows) Azure Scripts…and More by @hroggero (posted Sept 11)
- Windows Azure Web Sites Internals with Nir Mashkowski (VIDEO) Channel 9 (posted Sept 10)
- Running a Windows Azure Virtual Machine Locally with Hyper-V or VMware8/VMware 9 by @StephenWThomas (posted Sept 9)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- August 20 – October 11: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ North American cities)
- September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
- October 4: Vancouver Windows Azure Meetup – Vancouver, British Columbia
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
- November 12: (Satory Global) Windows Azure Developer Camp – Mtn. View, CA
Europe
- August 29-September 12: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various, Germany
- September 24: London Windows Azure User Group – London, UK
- 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
- October 10: 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 19: Brisbane Windows Azure User Group – Brisbane, Australia
- September 19-28: Windows Azure Hands-on Labs Online – Various, Virtual
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- (Windows) Azure Site to Site VPN & OpenVPN – 1,894 views, 6 replies
- Does the 8 MB Post Serialization Object Size Limit Apply to Windows Azure Caching Preview Too? – 1,559 views, 9 replies
- Database Re-provisioning Failed – 417 views, 7 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- MemCache vs. (Windows) Azure Caching – 1 answer, 1 vote
- Concurrent Connections on (Windows) Azure Worker Role – 1 answer, 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