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
- Round Two: Windows Azure Mobile Services on DevRadio by @jerrynixon (posted Oct 4)
- Kirill Gavrylyuk and Josh Twist: Inside Windows Azure Mobile Services (VIDEO) (posted Oct 3)
- Understanding Windows Azure Diagnostics Costs and Some Ways to Control It by @gmantri (posted Oct 3)
- Having Fun with (Windows) Azure Mobile Services –The Setup by @qmatteoq (posted Oct 2)
- Connecting an Existing Database to Windows Azure Mobile Services by @chrisrisner (posted Oct 2)
- Your Seat in the Clouds Await You (Easy Jet customer story) by @bertcraven (posted Oct 1)
- Microsoft Cloud Analysis Tool and Infrastructure Optimization Tool by JD Meier (posted Sept 28)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October – June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
- September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
- October 6-7: Silicon Valley Code Camp – Los Altos Hills, CA
- October 10: Windows Server & Windows Azure Launch Event – San Diego, CA
- October 10-14: Cloud & Virtualization LIVE – Orlando, FL
- October 16-18: TwilioCon – San Francisco, CA
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
- November 12: (Satory Global) Windows Azure Developer Camp – Mtn. View, CA
Europe
- October 10: Manchester Windows Azure User Group – Manchester, UK
- 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 12,16,19: TechDays 2012 – South Africa (three cities)
- October 17: Brisbane Windows Azure User Group – Brisbane, Australia
- October 18: Windows Azure Sydney User Group – Sydney, Australia
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- TableServiceContext.SaveChanges() Fails? – 3,730 views, 4 replies
- (Windows) Azure Site to Site VPN and OpenVPN – 2,636 views, 7 replies
- DataSync: Server Failed to Authenticate the Request – 1,072 views, 12 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Load Balancing for Custom Client Server App in the Cloud – 1 answer, 2 votes
- Cannot start Windows Azure Virtual Machine Programmatically – 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