Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #32)

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

• Running Linux on Windows Azure by @riedwaanb (posted Aug 16)
• Calling the Windows Azure Service Management API from Python by @smarx (posted Aug 15)
• Customizing a Windows Azure PHP Worker Role by @brian_swan (posted Aug 14)
• (Windows) Azure Node.js Developer Center Homepage Redesign by @digthepony (posted Aug 14)
• URL Shortener Now Available on GitHub by @chrisrisner (posted Aug 13)
• Setting up (Windows) Azure Data Sync Service with Federations in Windows Azure SQL Database for Reference Data Replication by @cihangirb (posted Aug 13)

Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings

North America

• August 20 – October 11:  Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ North American cities)
• August 23: Vancouver Windows Azure Meetup Group – Vancouver, BC, Canada
• September 5-7:  Heartland Developer Conference – Omaha, NE
• September 6-October 11: Cloud OS Signature Event Series – Various (16 cities)
• September 12: (AIS & Microsoft) An Introduction to Windows Azure IaaS – Chevy Chase, MD

Europe

• August 23: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Vienna, Austria (Also September 5)
• August 29-September 12:  Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various, Germany
• August 29: Dutch Windows Azure Group Meeting – Vianen, Netherlands
• August 30: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Edinburgh, Scotland
• September 25:  Windows Azure Web Sites Deep Dive with Brady Gaster – Mechelen, Belgium
• September 27-28:  CloudBurst 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden
• September 30: Manchester Windows Azure User Group – Manchester, UK
  

Rest of World/Virtual

• August 22: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Taipei, Taiwan
• September 14: Hands-on Lab Online: Debugging Applications in Windows Azure – Virtual
• September 19: Hands-on Lab Online: Exploring Windows Azure Storage – Virtual

Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads

• (Windows) Azure Project Templates Not Visible in Visual Studio – 2,193 views, 24 replies
• Redeployed App Fails on (Windows) Azure (SQL) Database – 1,383 views, 6 replies
• (Windows) Azure Virtual Network, Site to Site VPN, Fortigate 110c Firewall – 2,081 views, 5 replies

Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow

• Can I Transfer Diagnostic Data to (Windows) Azure Storage of Different Account and with Some Intermediate API – 1 answer, 3 votes
• Windows Azure Ends Connection and Returns a 324 Code – 3 answers, 4 votes

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