Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.
Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure.
Here is what we pulled together for the past week based on your feedback:
Articles, Videos and Blog Posts
- Bending the Azure Media Services – clip or trim your media files (posted Apr. 5)
- Windows Azure SQL Database Backups (posted Apr. 4)
- Presentations from VS Live Las Vegas (posted Apr. 4)
- Ruby + Sinatra + Azure (posted Apr. 4)
- Identity Federation and Sign-Out (posted Apr. 4)
- A journey with Windows Azure Media Services–Smooth Streaming, HLS (posted Apr. 3)
- How I saved the day with Windows Azure Websites (posted Apr. 2)
- Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Part 3 - Deploying the Relying Party Application to Windows Azure Websites (posted Apr. 1)
- CloudDevelop Call for Speakers (posted Apr. 1)
- Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home" Sample, Part 2: UI and Data (posted Mar. 31)
- Talking about Windows Azure Mobile Services at CodeDammit (posted Mar. 30)
- Windows Azure Mobile Services "Rent a Home" Sample, Part 1: Introduction (posted Mar. 29)
- Recap: Node.js & Windows Azure Mobile Services Workshop and Hackathon (posted Mar. 28)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October - June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
- April 8-11, 2013: SQL Intersection - Las Vegas, NV
- Aril 27, 2013: Twin Cities Code Camp - Minneapolis, MN
Europe
- April 9, 2013: Stacked 2013 - Liverpool, England
- April 10, 2013: Windows Azure Spring Summit - Lisbon, Portugal
- April 10, 2013: UKWAUG April Meeting - London, England
- April 10-11, 2013: Microsoft Synopsis 2013 - Darmstadt, Germany
- April 13-14, 2013: Big Data Hackathon - London, England
- April 17-19, 2013: Database Days 2013 - Baden, Switzerland
- April 24-25, 2013: Events and Workshops - Brussels, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- April 16-19, 2013: Tech Ed Africa - Durban, South Africa
- April 22, 2013: SharePoint 2013 Developer Boot Camp - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- April 27, 2013: Global Windows Azure Bootcamp - Various Locations
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Code on GitHub
Interesting Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- Exceeding Quota For “Database Units - Web Edition” - 1 answer, 1 vote
- AS3 Integration With Azure Cloud Hosting - 1 anwer, 0 votes
- Create subdomains in staging azure web role - 1 answer, 1 vote
- Deployed azure virtual application webrole not compiled - 1 answer, 1 vote
- azure storage for logging - 1 answer, 0 votes
- Is Azure TopicClient threadsafe? - 1 answer, 0 votes
- Local Storage in Azure Websites? - 2 answers, 0 votes
- Transactions and Continuation tokens in Windows Azure Storage Tables - 1 answer, 0 votes
- Design of Partitioning for Azure Table Storage - 1 answer, 2 votes
Mark