Windows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #63)

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 

• Lessons Learned: Taking the best out of Windows Azure Virtual Machines (posted Apr. 22)
• Using Active Directory Federation Services to Authenticate / Authorize Node.js Apps in Windows Azure (posted Apr. 22)
• WAAD – Integrate with Web App (posted Apr. 23)
• Use Mobile Services to easily schedule tasks in Windows Azure (posted Apr. 25)
• Windows AzureConf – Spring 2013 (posted Apr. 23)
• Power of Windows Azure PaaS: State Share and Persistence in the cloud (posted Apr. 22)

Upcoming Events and User Group Meetings     

North America

• October - June, 2013: Windows Azure Developer Camp – Various (50+ cities)
• Aril 27, 2013: Twin Cities Code Camp - Minneapolis, MN
• May 4, 2013: Carolina Code Camp 2013 - Matthews, NC
• May 15, 2013: Chicago Azure User Group Meetup - Downers Grove, IL
• May 16, 2013: Scott Guthrie, AZGroups day of Azure - Scottsdale, AZ
• May 17, 2013: Stir Trek: Darkness Edition - Columbus, OH
• June 1, 2013: Pittsburgh TechFest 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA

Europe

• May 2-4, 2013: SQLBits XI – Nottingham, United Kingdom
• May 3, 2013: Windows Azure Security and Compliance Workshop – London, England
• May 6, 2013: Alan Smith talks twice: migrating to the cloud & web site authentication - Belgium

Rest of World/Virtual

• April 27, 2013: Global Windows Azure Bootcamp - Various Locations
• April 27, 2013: SQL Saturday Brisbane - Brisbane, Australia
• April 28, 2013: SharePoint 2013 Developer Boot Camp - Khobar, Saudi Arabia
• May 5, 2013: SharePoint 2013 Developer Boot Camp - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• May 5-9, 2013: SELA Developer Practice - Israel 
• May 25, 2013: SQL Saturday Sydney - Sydney, Australia

Mark