Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.
Here is what we pulled together for the past week based on your feedback:
Articles, Videos and Blog Posts
- Blog: Talk: Azure Best Practices – How to Successfully Architect Windows Azure Apps for the Cloud - by @codingoutloud (posted Mar. 13)
- Blog: Azure Cloud Storage Improvements Hit the Target - by @codingoutloud (posted Mar. 11)
- Blog: Moving the largest Greek bookstore to the cloud - by @kpantos (posted Mar. 9)
- Blog: Cassandra with a Hint of Azure - posted by @mknz (posted Mar. 9)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October - June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
Europe
- March 11, 2013: Cloud Data for the Everyday Developer - Mechelen, Belgium
- March 13, 2013: Windows Azure Info Day - Bad Homburg, Germany
- April 2, 2013: Real world architectures on Windows Azure - Heverlee, Belgium
- April 10-11, 2013: Microsoft Synopsis 2013 - Darmstadt, Germany
- April 17-19, 2013: Database Days 2013 - Baden, Switzerland
- April 24-25, 2013: Events and Workshops - Brussels, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- April 27, 2013: Global Windows Azure Bootcamp - Various Locations
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Code on GitHub
Interesting Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- How to isolate SQL Data from different customers? (1 answer, 3 votes)
- Azure cloud service - Does VIP swap cause OnStop() to be invoked? (2 answers, 5 votes)
- Windows Azure MessageLockLostException (1 answer, 1 vote)
- transactions in azure table storage (1 answer, 2 votes)
- Has Any one tried in Deploying the package programatically in Azure (1 answer, 1 vote)
- blob read txt php (1 answer, 0 votes)
- Python Azure GetSharedAccessSignature (1 answer, 0 votes)
Mark