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, Videos and Blog Posts
- Blog: A phone call from the cloud: Windows Azure, SignalR & Twilio by @maartenballiauw (published Nov. 12)
- Blog: Setting up BizTalk Server 2013 Beta on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine by @StephenWThomas (posted Nov. 12)
- Blog: Exploring Windows Azure Execution Models: IaaS by @_caseywatson (published Nov. 13)
- Videos: Windows AzureConf 2012 OnDemand hosted on Channel 9 (posted Nov 14)
- Presentation: DictionaryTableEntity: Working with untyped entities in the Table Storage Service by @sandrinodm (posted Nov 16)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October – June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
- December 4: MongoSV – Silicon Valley, CA
Europe
- November 19: WAZUGNL 11: Sharepoint Connections in Amsterdam – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- December 4: Windows Azure Open Platform Services (OSS) Summit – Paris, France
Rest of World/Virtual
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Community Discussions and Forums
Recent Windows Azure MSDN Forums Discussion Threads
- Silent Install vjredist.exe in Azure Web Role – 258 views, 6 replies
- What technologies to use for turn-based multiplayer app – 1,381 views, 2 replies
Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Security Code Review: What to do with decrypted symmetric keys? – 1 answer, 1 vote
- Another domain pointing to an area of a site – 1 answer, 2 votes
- How do I do an Active login into Windows Azure ACS? – 1 answer, 4 votes
- Conflict between System.Net.Caching.HttpRequestCachePolicy and CloudBlob.FetchAttributes – 1 answer, 2 votes
- Windows Azure – IP Filter depending on the database – 1 answer, 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