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Melbourne Windows Azure Meetup

Melbourne Windows Azure Meetup. 25 February 2013 Chris Padgett Development Consultant, Kloud Solutions. Update New Windows Azure PowerShell Update – December 2012 Windows Azure and VM Depot – Better Together Windows Azure Store: New add-ons and expanded availability

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Melbourne Windows Azure Meetup

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  1. Melbourne Windows Azure Meetup 25 February 2013 Chris Padgett Development Consultant, Kloud Solutions

  2. Update • New Windows Azure PowerShell Update – December 2012 • Windows Azure and VM Depot – Better Together • Windows Azure Store: New add-ons and expanded availability • Windows Azure Service Bus Push Notification Hubs • Backup and Restore to Cloud Simplified in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2 • nopCommerce and Windows Azure Web Sites Uploading VHDs for onboarding virtual machines is simpler Manage ServiceBus Namespaces from the command line Jan+ Extreme Scale / pubsub/multicast

  3. Update • nopCommerceand Windows Azure Web Sites • Windows Azure VMs (IaaS) general availability – getting closer Costs • SQL Reporting Services Pricing Update Released • Windows Azure Media Services Released • Guest OS Updates 3.2, 2.14 and 1.22 roll out begun Feb Decreased from $0.88 per hour for every 200 reports to $0.16 per hour for every 30 reports

  4. Microsoft to offer its 'Drawbridge' virtualization technology on top of its Windows Azure cloud • new hosting model, removing the need for the virtual machine? • 21ViaNet announcedthat it has started construction of a new data center in the Daxing District of Beijing • Microsoft Azure overtakes Amazon's cloud in performance test - Network World • Microsoft’s Data-Center Tab Tops $15 Billion News News

  5. 2 new StorSimple positions in local Windows Azure team • February 26– March 3rd – CAT team in town… • Mahesh Krishnan ‏ – newest Australian Windows Azure MVP! Local News Local News

  6. Aidan Casey (MYOB) – Windows Azure Websites pack a big punch for a small offering • Bill Chessnut (Mexia) - Azure Virtual Network Preview (using DrayTek 2830 ADSL2 Router) • Greg Low (SQL Down Under) How full is my Windows Azure SQL Database?) • Troy Hunt (Pfizer ) ASafaWeb, Excessive Headers and Windows Azure • Mick Badran (Breeze) Azure: 6 weeks of Azure–let the games begin Local Authors Local Authors

  7. Changes in SQL Database Engine throttling 10th January 2012 • Throttling has always existed for finite resouces • Now worker thread throttled at a database level… • Test, test, test • How to provision a Visual Studio based load test environment on Windows Azure • Windows Azure SQL Database and SQL Server -- Performance and Scalability Compared and Contrasted Securing Azure Virtual Machines << Beware of open RDP ports and loose passwords FYI FYI

  8. Real WorldBelieve it or not Real World Believe it Or not Voter Enablement Comic-con 2013 – Windows Azure Genetec Unveils Stratocast VSaaS packages starting below $10 USD a month per camera

  9. Learning Learn Show Tell Near Realtime Sensor Data with Windows Azure Mobile Services Build a SharePoint 2013 Lab in the Cloud on Windows Azure Geolocation sample end to end using Windows Azure Mobile Services 

  10. Tools Tools n Tips Citrix ShareFileon Azure Cerebrata: Best Practices for Building Windows Azure Cloud Applications Aditi: A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows Azure Applications Step-by-Step: Extending On-Premise Active Directory to the Cloud with Windows Azure Free eBook on Designing Cloud Applications-Cloud ALM

  11. Global Windows Azure Bootcamp! On April 27th, 2013 • Apps for Asia Program • Project in a box – Bring your own Pilot • Thursday, 14 March • 6 Weeks of Windows Azure Bootcamp • Saturday, 16 March • Appfest Melbourne • “Build a connected Windows Phone 8 & a Windows 8 application in one day, using Windows Azure Mobile Services.” • Saturday, 2nd March Events Events www.aka.ms/6weeks

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