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
- WPC Day 2: Cloud, Business Solutions, Windows Phone 8 and Some Cool Research by @janettu, The Seattle Times (posted July 10)
- Take That, vCloud: Microsoft Opens Windows Azure to Web Hosts by @derrickharris, GigaOm (posted July 10)
- Microsoft DevRadio: Developing a Windows 8 App for the “Rock, Paper, Azure” Challenge VIDEO (posted July 11)
- Windows Azure and the Hybrid Cloud by @janakiramm (posted July 10)
- Windows Azure IaaS Overload by @MWashamMS (posted July 9)
- Hosting Git on the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines by Flavien Charlon (posted July 9)
- MongoDB Installer for Windows Azure by Doug Mahugh (posted July 9)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- July 18: NYC/NJ Windows Azure User Group Meeting – New York, NY
- July 26: Boston Windows Azure User Group Meeting – Boston, MA
- August 3: CloudDevelop – Columbus, OH
Europe
- July 18: Webcat – Barcelona, Spain
Rest of World
- July 18: Brisbane (Windows) Azure User Group – Brisbane, Australia
Recent Windows Azure Forums Discussion Threads
- VPN Question with New Virtual Network Feature – 2,585 views, 27 replies
- How to Partially ACS a Web Site on (Windows) Azure – 654 views, 3 replies
- Microsoft.SQLServer.Types & SQLServerSpatial.dll Issues on (Windows) Azure – 363 views, 5 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- With Multiple (Windows) Azure Virtual Machines, What’s a Good Way to Deploy Code Updates – 2 answers, 5 votes
- Windows Azure and Multiple Storage Accounts – 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