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 two weeks based on your feedback:
Articles, Videos and Blog Posts
- Blog: Using Windows Azure Virtual Machines to Publish and Synchronize a Web Farm - by @wadewegner (posted Mar. 3)
- Blog: Configuring Connectivity with Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets - by @michaelcollier (posted Feb. 28)
- Blog: Are there Other "as-a-Service" Cloud Offerings? - by @toddysm (posted Mar. 6)
Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings
North America
- October - June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
Europe
- March 11, 2013: Cloud Data for the Everyday Developer - Mechelen, Belgium
- March 13, 2013: Windows Azure Info Day - Bad Homburg, Germany
- April 2, 2013: Real world architectures on Windows Azure - Heverlee, Belgium
- April 10-11, 2013: Microsoft Synopsis 2013 - Darmstadt, Germany
- April 17-19, 2013: Database Days 2013 - Baden, Switzerland
- April 24-25, 2013: Events and Workshops - Brussels, Belgium
Rest of World/Virtual
- April 27, 2013: Global Windows Azure Bootcamp - Various Locations
- Ongoing: Windows Azure Virtual Labs – On-demand
Interesting Recent Windows Azure Discussions on Stack Overflow
- azure media services - How to secure my Video URL from users Downloading it? - 1 answer, 0 votes
- Azure Active Directory as Domain Controller for Azure Virtual Machines - 1 answer, 4 votes
- The fastest way to purge/copy Azure Storage Table data to SQL Azure? - 4 answers, 1 vote
- Azure, best way to store and deploy static content (e.g. images/css)? - 1 answer, 1 vote
- Azure Storage Table design with multiple query points - 3 answers, 2 votes
- Best practices (unit) testing Windows Azure - 1 answer, 1 vote
- What is the difference between Azure Web Site and Azure Cloud service - 2 answers, 1 vote
Mark