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
- Deploying Certificates with Windows Azure Virtual Machines by @MWashamMS (posted Aug 23)
- Autoscaling with (Windows) Azure with WASABi – Part 2 by @pbouwer (posted Aug 22)
- Updates to Tic-Tac-R. Now it Works with Windows Azure by @pollirrata (posted Aug 22)
- Cloud Services Management via the Windows Azure SDK for PHP by @brian_swan (posted Aug 22)
- Sending Emails Easily From your (Windows) Azure Application by @TapanilaT (posted Aug 21)
- Walkthrough: Role-based Security on a Standalone WPF App Using Windows Azure Authentication Library and ACS by @HaishiBai2010 (posted Aug 21)
- Web Deploy (MSDeploy) How to Sync a Folder by @sayedhashimi (posted Aug 20)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- August 20 – October 11: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ North American cities)
- September 5-7: Heartland Developer Conference – Omaha, NE
- September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
- September 12: (AIS & Microsoft) An Introduction to Windows Azure IaaS – Chevy Chase, MD
Europe
- August 29-September 12: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various, Germany
- August 29: Dutch Windows Azure Group Meeting – Vianen, Netherlands
- August 30: Manchester Windows Azure User Group – Manchester, UK
- August 30: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Edinburgh, Scotland
- September 13: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Bristol, UK
- September 25: Windows Azure Web Sites Deep Dive with Brady Gaster – Mechelen, Belgium
- September 27-28: CloudBurst 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden
Rest of World/Virtual
- August 29: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Bogota, Columbia
- September 14: Hands-on Lab Online: Debugging Applications in Windows Azure – Virtual
- September 19: Hands-on Lab Online: Exploring Windows Azure Storage – Virtual
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- Can’t Import a Subscription Before Deploying to (Windows) Azure – 1,026 views, 5 replies
- What’s Going Wrong With My Worker Role – 2,169 views, 32 replies
- Large Amount of Data from Files to SQL Azure – 646 views, 5 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- How to Create Windows (Azure) Virtual Machine with 16GB RAM – 1 answer, 3 votes
- How can I Secure Internal Roles in (Windows) Azure (SSL at a Minimum – 1 answer, 2 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