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, Videos and Blog Posts
- How to create a virtual network with Windows Azure Connect by @hroggero (posted Oct 18)
- Send text messages (SMS) from Web API using Windows Azure Mobile Services by @filip_woj (posted Oct 17)
- Windows Azure Insights for the Enterprise-IT Pro by @TechMike2kX (posted Oct 17)
- Quick time to market (15 minuets) for PHP applications on Windows Azure by @DragonBe (posted Oct 16)
- Windows 8 and the Cloud: Better Together by @davidpallmann (posted Oct 14)
- Windows Azure Training Kit – October 2012 by @SyntaxC4 (posted Oct 12)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October – June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
- November 1: RightScale Roadtrip – Redwood City, CA
- November 12: (Satory Global) Windows Azure Developer Camp – Mtn. View, CA
- December 4: MongoSV – Silicon Valley, CA
Europe
- October 25: Catching the Long Tail with SaaS and Windows Azure – Leuven, Belgium
- November 5 – 9: Oredev – Malmo, Sweden
- November 19: WAZUGNL 11: Sharepoint Connections in Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rest of World/Virtual
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Community Discussions and Forums
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- How can I get DIP and VIP addresses? – 3,279 views, 3 replies
- Why do Windows Azure Developers use SendGrid? – 330 views, 5 replies
- Window Azure ACS in a PhoneGap Project – 479 views, 7 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Deploying MVC 4 CodeFirst to Windows Azure – 2 answers, 1 vote
- How to copy SQL Azure schema to another SQL Azure database – 4 answers, 1 vote
- Windows Azure Worker Role, what to do with the main thread? – 4 answers, 1 vote
- Orchestrating a Windows Azure web role to cope with occasional high workload – 4 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