Melbourne Azure Meetup May 2012

1. Melbourne Azure MeetupMay 2012 Nick Ward, Windows Azure Solution Specialist

2. Meeting the future

3. Platform May Platform Announcements Get ready to meet Windows Azure on June 7th Bing Search API available on the Windows Azure Marketplace Cloud Ninja Multi-Tenant Metering Block (CNMB). Windows Azure Achievements for Visual Studio Windows Media Services arrives Reimagining Active Directory for the Social Enterprise Update to Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 A new Data Center in West USA and EAST USA

4. Recently - April Examples Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for University Researchers Casablanca, a Native Library to Access the Cloud From C++ Updates to Windows Azure Marketplace Offer More Flexibility and Opportunity Windows Azure Trust Center Updated Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Consumer Preview Announcing a Build Service for Team Foundation Service Back up Windows Server 8 to the Cloud SQL Azure Data Sync Preview Update April Refresh of Service Bus EAI/EDI Labs

5. News In the news Future of Cloud Security Assessments: Microsoft Leads with Public Registrations on CSA Microsoft first to register Cloud Security Alliance's (CSA)Security Trust and Assurance Registry(STAR) Microsoft has "tens of thousands" of Windows Azure Customers Interview with Microsoft CVP, Bob Kelly Interest in Cloud Computing Has Peaked Searches down significantly from its previous highs set back in June 2011 Datacenter Expansion and Capacity Planning Windows Azure uses more server compute capacity than was used on the planet in 1999

6. Local Sydney based Software Vendor uses Windows Azure as part of their solution to provide for automation and energy management in homes, apartments and commercial buildings Mick Badran Is Windows Azure–being renamed? Romiko Derbynew Automate Windows Azure snapshot restores David Burela Finally got a printed copy of my Silverlight & Azure book! Christian Longstaff Australian Windows Azure Innovation CIO – CentreBet The return on investment for us was that we didn’t have to invest in any capital expenditure outlays

7. Partners Partner • Twilio, a cloud communications start-up, partnered with Microsoft to offer its APIs to Windows Azure developers along with a credit of 1,000 free text messages or inbound voice minutes – Source • Sage partners with Microsoft Azure to target cloud market • Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft's Azure Cloud Joint solutions CommVaultSimpana9 for Windows Azure - Joint solutions available now Stealth Secure Sharepoint storage packs now available in 41 and 63TB Programs Free Techila to Azure Universities (get in before June) Discounted Windows Azure Storage Offer: Effective April 1st

8. People Ori Amiga Visits in June for Launch Ori Amiga is a Principal Group Program Manager on the Windows Azure core platform engineering team.  His team is responsible for key platform technologies such as the Windows Azure Service Model, Runtime, SDK, Service Management and Infrastructure-as-a-Service APIs Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration Ibrahim Hamza – New PMM for Austraila

10. Tools OneNimbus® 2SQL v 4 – Access to SqlDatabase ATrak - Push files from Windows Azure Blob Storage, to Amazon S3 or Windows Folders Cloud Graphs BlobShare: Corporate Filesharing with Security and Control Cloud Copy – copy storage files with this command line tool

11. Tips N Tricks SQL Azure Engine Throttling • Sending email from Azure – 25,000 free messages per month Generic tips and tricks Windows Azure Security Best Practices Series Windows Azure Basics Series Windows Azure @ Home – Protein Folding [Updated] Windows Azure Guidance area on Codeplex Tips & Tricks On Architecting Windows Azure For Costs Webinar Microsoft Australia and Breeze Connecting Cloud and On-Premises Applications Using Windows Azure Virtual Network MSDN Global MSDN Live Meeting: Windows 8 Notifications From Windows Azure