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.…
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
- TechNet Radio: Virtually Speaking with Yung Chou – How to Load Balance and Make Your Windows Azure Virtual Machine Highly Available (AUDIO) (posted Sept. 28)
- Part 1 of 5: Introduction to Consumer (Windows) Azure Mobile Services from iOS by @brunoterkaly (posted Sept. 26)
- Storing Images from Android in Windows Azure Mobile Services by @chrisrisner (posted Sept. 25
- An Independent Review of Explorer Tools for Windows Azure Blob Storage by @wely_live (posted Sept. 25)
- Cloud Cover Episode 90: Windows Azure Web Sites Update (VIDEO) (posted Sept. 24)
- Where Can I Store My Data on Windows Azure? by @SyntaxC4 (posted Sept. 24)
- (Windows) Azure Tips From The IT Pro Water Cooler by @nwoekcm (posted Sept. 24)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- August 20 – October 11: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ cities)
- September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
- October 1-3: Prairie IT Pro and Dev Con– Regina, Saskatchewan
- October 10-14: Cloud & Virtualization LIVE – Orlando, FL
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
- November 12: (Satory Global) Windows Azure Developer Camp – Mtn. View, CA
Europe
- October 11: UK Windows Azure User Group – London, UK
- October 25: Catching the Long Tail with SaaS and Windows Azure – Leuven, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- October 4: Windows Azure Sydney User Group – Sydney, Australia
- October 12,16,19: TechDays 2012 – South Africa (three cities)
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- Data Sync: Server Failed to Authenticate the Request – 832 views, 9 replies
- ASP.NET Universal Providers – Session not Shared Between Instances as Expected – 925 views, 6 replies
- Upload Image/Video File Into Windows Azure Blog in Windows 8 Modern UI App – 471 views, 5 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Is it Possible to Create a (Windows) Azure VM Without Creating a Cloudservice Through RESTFUL API – 2 answers, 1 vote
- Manually Create Windows Azure .cspkg and The .cscfg Files on Mac/Linux – 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