Welcome to the special #TechEd edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. This edition highlights some of the key coverage and blog posts on this week’s activities and announcements from TechEd North America in Orlando, Florida. If you missed any of this week’s key Learn Windows Azure sessions, you can watch them on-demand here.
Articles and Blog Posts
- Welcome to the Era of the Cloud OS for Infrastructure! by Satya Nadella (posted June 11)
- Web Sites Series: Windows Azure Web Sites Experience on .NET and Visual Studio by Sayed Hashimi (posted June 15)
- Infrastructure as a Service Series: Support for Linux Virtual Machines on Windows Azure by Henry Jerez (posted June 14)
- Inside Windows Azure with Mark Russinovich (VIDEO) (posted June 11)
- Cloud Cover Episode #83: Windows Azure June Release (VIDEO) posted June 9)
- How to Copy an Object from Amazon S3 to Windows Azure Blob Storage using “Copy Blob” by @gmantri (posted June 14)
- Apply to Join the Doer Express to the International Startup Festival in Montreal by Meghan Murphy, Twilio Blog (posted June 14)
- 10 Reasons to Take a Fresh Look at Windows Azure by @davidpallmann (posted June 12)
- TechEd North America – First Impressions by @BrentCodeMonkey (posted June 12)
- Windows Azure Cloud Platform Accepts Linux VMs by David Rubenstein, SD Times (posted June 11)
- Setting up a Webfarm Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines by @maartenballiauw (posted June 10)
- Configuring Team Foundation Service (TFS) for Windows Azure Website or Cloud Services – #MeetAzure Edition by Karthikeyan Anbarasan (posted June 14)
- Three ways of deploying node.js apps to Windows Azure by @tjanczuk (posted June 13)
- Microsoft Brings IaaS to Windows Azure’s PaaS Capabilities by @blair_greenwood, DevPro (posted June 8)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- June 19: AZGroups Meeting – Scottsdale, AZ
- June 20: Windows Azure DevCamp – Toronto, Canada
- June 22: (Windows) Azure & MVC Boot Camp – Menasha, WI
- June 23-24: AngelHack – Boston; New York; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA
Europe
- June 18: Meet Windows Azure Sweden – Kista, Sweden
- June 20: Windows Azure DevCamp – Paris, France
- June 21: Windows Azure DevCamp – Frankfurt, Germany
- June 22: Microsoft Cloud Day – London, UK
- June 26-29: Microsoft TechEd Europe 2012 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- June 26: Dutch Windows Azure User Group – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- June 27: Windows Azure IaaS Launch Event – Zurich, Switzerland
Other
- June 18: Windows Azure DevCamp – Sao Paolo, Brazil
- June 19: Windows Azure DevCamp – Sydney, Australia
- June 20: Windows Azure Camp – New Delhi, India
- June 21: Windows Azure DevCamp – Auckland, New Zealand
- June 22: Windows Azure Camp – Pune, India
- June 29: Windows Azure DevCamp – Tokyo, Japan
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