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 from this week.
Articles and Blog Posts
- Windows Azure and Java: Working with Service Runtime Configuration by Satish Nikam (posted May 25)
- iVoteSports Brings Social Networking for Sports Fans on (Windows) Azure (VIDEO) by @brucedkyle (posted May 24)
- How to Calculate What to Move to the Windows Azure Cloud by @wadewegner, ZDNet (posted May 23)
- Introducing the (Windows) Azure Plugin Library by @richorama (posted May 21)
- Six0Run Scores Big with Windows Azure by @clinted (posted May 18)
- Public Sector in the Cloud? Preconceptions, Stories and Reality by @SaaSinCloud (posted May 24)
Upcoming Events, and User Group Meetings
North America
- NEW! – June 7: MEET Windows Azure (Register here)– San Francisco, CA & Live Streaming
- May 30: Windows Azure Camp – Reston, VA
- May 30: Windows Azure Meetup – Vancouver, Canada
- May 31: Windows Azure Camp – Iselin, NJ
- June 9: Windows Azure Kick Start – Columbus OH
- June 11-14: Microsoft TechEd North America 2012 – Orlando, FL
- June 13: (SELA) Windows Azure Workshop for Developers – Toronto, Canada
- June 23-24: AngelHack – Boston; New York; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA
Europe
- May 26: Node.js in the Cloud with Windows Azure – Oslo, Norway
- June 20: Windows Azure Dev Camp – Paris, France
- June 22: Microsoft Cloud Day – London, UK
- June 26-29: Microsoft TechEd Europe 2012 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- June 27: Windows Azure for IT Professionals – What’s New? – Zurich, Switzerland
Other
- May 29: Windows Azure Sydney User Group – Sydney, Australia
- May 31: Melbourne Windows Azure Meetup Group – Melbourne, Australia
Recent Windows Azure Forums Discussion Threads
- .NET 4.5 Beta in (Windows) Azure – 1,642 views, 5 replies
- DiagnosticMonitor/Transferring Logs to Storage – 1,179 views, 12 replies
- Database Compatible with Windows Azure – 646 views, 5 replies
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
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2012/05/25/windows-azure-community-news-roundup-edition-20.aspx
