Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. We recently moved this Community Roundup series to Thursdays, so as to provide you highlights from the past and current week, and give you some useful fodder for your late-week and weekend reading. Let me know what you think about these roundups and which day you’d prefer we publish these posts via comments below, or on Twitter @WindowsAzure. Here are the highlights from last week.
Articles and Blog Posts
- Everything you need to know about Windows Azure queue storage to build disconnected and reliable systems by @RobbinCremers (posted Mar. 7)
- Working with SSL Certificates on Windows Azure and IIS7 by @hunt3ri (posted Mar. 6)
- TFS 11 Beta Build Service on Windows Azure by Alexander Vanwynsberghe (posted Mar. 5)
- Windows Azure + MS CRM 2011 Better Together (Part One) by @qmiswax (posted Mar. 5)
- Importance of Affinity Groups in Windows Azure by @NunoGodhino (posted Mar. 4)
Upcoming Events, User Group Meetings
- March 13-14: Windows Azure Boot Camp – Schiphol, Netherlands
- March 20-22: UK Tech Days Online Windows Azure Conferences – Online
- March 21: Enabling Enterprise Storage in the Cloud – Kansas City, KS
- March 21: RBA Tech Spotlight: Windows Azure – Edina, MN
- March 24: Detroit Day of Windows Azure – Detroit, MI
- March 27: I Gotta Get Me Some of That! (Windows Azure Event) – Charlotte, NC
- March 28: Hands on: Windows Azure Diagnostics – Online
- March 29: Boston (Windows) Azure Cloud User Meeting – Boston, MA
- April 4: Houston Cloud Tech Symposium – Houston, TX
- April 4: Windows Azure UK User Group – Manchester, UK
- Ongoing: Cloud Computing Soup to Nuts – Online
Recent Windows Azure Forums Discussion Threads
- Blob download throws Transport connection closed exception – 272 views, 7 replies
- Multi-language database – 241 views, 5 replies
- Active Directory Authentication using Windows Azure Connect – 474 views, 5 replies
- How to change the Service Administrator to in the (Windows) Azure Management Portal – 393 views, 4 replies
Please feel free to send us any articles you come across that you think we should 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.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Himanshu