Editor’s note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.
Here is what we pulled together this week based on your feedback:
Articles, Videos and Blog Posts
- Blog: Windows Azure Virtual Machine: A look at Windows Azure SaaS Offerings (Part 2) by Wely (posted Jan. 9)
- Blog: Apply IP Address Restrictions to your Windows Azure Cloud Services by @sandriodm (posted Jan. 8)
- Blog: Tales from the Trenches: Resizing a Windows Azure Virtual Desk the Smooth Way by @maartenballiauw (posted Jan. 7)
- Blog: Windows Azure Web Site: Deploy from GitHub ScreenCast by @scottcate (posted Jan. 7)
- Blog: How Full is my Windows Azure SQL Database? by @greglow (posted Jan. 3)
- Blog: Working with Windows Azure from within Phpstorm by @maartenballiauw (posted Jan. 7)
- Blog: Introducing Media Center App fro SharePoint 2013 by @vlele (posted Dec. 14)
- GitHub: Restrict access to your Cloud Services based on IP addresses by Sandrino Di Mattia (posted Jan. 8)
- GitHub: Resize a Windows Azure virtual desk directly in blog storage by Maarten Balliauw (posted Jan. 7)
- GitHub: A library that consumes the Windows Azure Active Directory Graph API by Richard Conway (posted Dec. 26)
- GitHub: A simple console app that will copy blobs or containers from one Windows Azure subscription to another by Richard Conway (posted Dec. 26)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October – June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
Europe
- January 16 – 17: Warm Crocodile Developer Conference – Copenhagen, Denmark
- January 17: A Windows Azure Update – West Yorkshire, England
- January 25: HDInsight on Azure – London, England
Rest of World/Virtual
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Interesting Recent Windows Azure Discussions onStack Overflow
- Capturing a video and uploading it to Azure Blob – 1 answer, 0 votes
- Viewing queue/service bus messages from multiple clients – 1 answer, 0 votes
If you have comments or suggestions for the weekly roundup, or would like to get more involved in a Windows Azure community, drop me a line on twitter @markjbrown
Mark