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 and Blog Posts
- Go From No (Windows) Azure to BizTalk 2010 R2 CTP in Less Than 30 Minutes (VIDEO) by @StephenWThomas (posted Sept 5)
- Backup and Restore Your SQL Azure Database Using PowerShell by @sandrinodm (posted Sept 5)
- (Windows) Azure Mobile Services: For Those Who Just Want To Code by @MarkedUpMobi (posted Sept 5)
- David Pallmann Demonstrates AzureQuery (VIDEO) by @SyntaxC4 and @bradygaster (posted Sept 5)
- Using (Windows) Azure Mobile Services In Your Web Apps Through ASP.NET Web API by @filip_woj (posted Sept 3)
- Building a SharePoint 2010 Farm on Windows Azure with PowerShell by @PaulStubbs (posted Sept 3)
- Developing and Deploying Windows Azure Cloud Services Using Visual Studio by Paul Yuknewicz and Boris Scholl, MSDN Magazine, September 2012
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- August 20 – October 11: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (20+ North American cities)
- 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
- October 30-November 2: Microsoft BUILD 2012 – Redmond, WA
Europe
- August 29-September 12: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various, Germany
- September 13: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Bristol, UK
- September 13: IT Camp: Hands-on with Windows Azure – Zaventem, Belgium
- September 25: Windows Azure Web Sites Deep Dive with Brady Gaster – Mechelen, Belgium
- September 27: An Evening in the Cloud: The Old, The New and The Big – Kontich, Belgium
- September 27-28: CloudBurst 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden
- September 30: Manchester Windows Azure User Group – Manchester, UK
- October 25: Catching the Long Tail with SaaS and Windows Azure – Leuven, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- September 11-14: Microsoft TechEd Australia 2012 – Gold Coast, Australia
- September 14: Hands-on Lab Online: Debugging Applications in Windows Azure – Virtual
- September 19: Brisbane Windows Azure User Group – Brisbane, Australia
- September 19: Hands-on Lab Online: Exploring Windows Azure Storage – Virtual
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- What’s Going Wrong With My Worker Role – 2,493 views, 33 replies
- (Windows) Azure Site to Site VPN & OpenVPN – 1,614 views, 6 replies
- Best Practices to Organize Distributed Team Work (Windows) Azure+TFS+VS) – 1,144 views, 6 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- How to Get (Windows) Azure Webrole to Log All 404s – 2 answers, 1 vote
- Is Maximum Limit of SharedAccessExpiryTime 60 Minutes? – 2 answers, 1 vote
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Have a great weekend!
Himanshu