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
- Service Bus and “Pushing” Notifications by @BrentCodeMonkey (posted July 18)
- New Connection Pattern in the PHP Client Libraries for Windows Azure by @brian_swan (posted July 18)
- Enabling Windows Azure AD Rights Management in Office 365 Enterprise Preview by Dan Plastina (posted July 17)
- Installing and Testing the New Service Bus for Windows by @rseroter (posted July 17)
- Inside the Windows Azure Active Directory Web SSO Sample for Java by @vibronet (posted July 17)
- Java Applications in Windows Azure Cloud Services Using Eclipse (VIDEO) (posted July 17)
- Windows Azure Spring 2012 Release: Four Scenarios in the Hybrid Cloud by @vlele (posted July 16)
- Configure IIS Websites on Windows Azure with Startup Tasks and AppCmd by @leanserver (posted July 15)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- July 26: (Neudesic) Meet the New Windows Azure – Webcast
- July 26: Boston Windows Azure Cloud User Group Meeting – Boston, MA
- August 3: CloudDevelop – Columbus, OH
- August 15: Chicago Windows Azure Cloud User Group Meeting – Chicago, IL
- August 15: NYC/NJ Windows Azure User Group Meeting – New York, NY
- August 23: Boston Windows Azure Cloud User Group Meeting – Boston, MA
- September 5-7: Heartland Developer Conference – Omaha, NE
Europe
- September 27-28: CloudBurst 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden
Recent Windows Azure Forums Discussion Threads
- Certificate and Key Expiration Information Regarding Your Access Control Service (ACS) 2.0 Namespace – 1,395 views, 9 replies
- Using REST API to Access (Windows) Azure Tables from Windows Phone – 673 views, 4 replies
- Web Deploy Through Webmatrix 2 “Unable to Establish Connection” Error – 647 views, 10 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Querying (Windows) Azure Tables for Multiple Entities – 4 answers, 2 votes
- Do I use (Windows) Azure Table Storage or SQL Azure for our CQRS Read System? – 1 answer, 5 votes
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