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SQL Azure Management Portal returns error as An exception occurred while executing the Transact-SQL statement
While creating a new Table in SQL Azure using SQL Azure Management Portal, you might see the...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/24/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone (V1.3.1) is released
The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone is designed to make it easier for you to build mobile...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/24/2011
Retrieving partition key range in Windows Azure Table Storage
While working on Windows Azure Table Storage, I had to retrieve partition key range so I look around...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/23/2011
Windows Azure: Startup task or OnStart(), which to choose?
As you may know that both “Startup task” and OnStart() function, are executed before...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/22/2011
Clearing / Flushing objects in Windows Azure Caching Service (AppFabric Cache)
Recently I was asked if there is a way to clear all of objects in the Windows Azure Caching Service...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/20/2011
Increasing Endpoints in your Windows Azure Application using In-Place Upgrade from Management Portal
Previously: If you need to change the number or type of endpoints for existing roles, you must...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/19/2011
Windows Azure Application launch failed with an error "This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified"
Environment: Visual Studio 2010 Professional SP1 & Windows Azure SDK 1.5 While working on an...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/18/2011
Using RoleEnviornment.IsAvailable and RoleEnviornment.IsEmulated properties in Windows Azure Applications
RoleEnviornment.IsAvailable is used to determine whether the role environment is available or not no...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/17/2011
Handling RoleEnvironment.Stopping event to perform specific action when Windows Azure VM is going down for scheduled update
If you have read my previous article about Windows Azure VM Downtime due to Guest and Host OS...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/16/2011
Windows Azure VM downtime due to Host and Guest OS update and how to manage it in multi-instance Windows Azure Application
I have seen some Azure VM downtime concerns from Windows Azure users who have minimum 2 or more...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/14/2011
Windows Azure Autoscaling Application Block (WASABi) BETA is ready for you to try...
BETA release for WASABi (Windows Azure Autoscaling Application Block) is ready for download from...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/14/2011
Integrating BizTalk Server application with Windows Azure Service Bus Queues
I was asked to find some resources on BizTalk and Windows Azure Integration so after my research, I...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/13/2011
SQL Azure databases will be expanded 3x from 50 GB to 150 GB and SQL Azure Reporting & SQL Azure Data Sync CTP
Upcoming Features for SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release (end of 2011) The maximum database size for...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/13/2011
Microsoft and Hadoop Adoption: The Big announcement about Big Data
Today Microsoft Announced great plans about Hadoop adoption to deliver enterprise class Apache...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/12/2011
Collecting Windows Azure Storage REST API level metrics data without a single line of programming, just by using tools
Time to time you might want to know what the total transaction counts are when you perform any...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/11/2011
Try SCOM for Deploying and Managing Windows Azure Applications for 180 days free using pre-configured VHD
So if you always wanted to try System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) plugin for Managing Windows...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/10/2011
What to do when Windows Azure Management Portal does not list any hosted services even when you are sure to have one or more
There was an incident when Windows Azure Management Portal does not list any hosted services even...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/07/2011
Handling Error ERROR_AZURE_DRIVE_DEV_PATH_NOT_SET when mounting a cloud drive
If you have the same code running in ASP.NET (within web role you may not hit the problem) however...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/07/2011
How to list millions of blob from Windows Azure Storage in less amount of time?
In a situation when you have millions of blobs in a Azure Storage container, it may take hours to...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/06/2011
Handling exception when using RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue in Windows Azure Startup Task
It is possible that Using RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue in your startup task may...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/05/2011
Using ProgramEntryPoint element in Service Definition to use custom application as role entry point using Windows Azure SDK 1.5
Part 1: Basics of running Nodes.js from command line: You can download node.exe from the link below:...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/04/2011
Handling "System.ServiceModel.AddressAlreadyInUseException: HTTP could not register URL" Exception in Compute Emulator with Windows Azure SDK 1.5
Using Windows Azure SDK 1.5, if you create a worker role with HTTP internal endpoint and you have...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/03/2011
Does Windows Azure Startup task have time limit? What to do with heavy processing startup task in Windows Azure Role?
So you have a startup task in your any Windows Azure Role which included the following actions:...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/02/2011
Windows Azure SDK 1.5 update released (Previous 1.5.20830.1814 , Latest 1.5.20928.1904)
As you may already know that Windows Azure Storage team found a bug in Windows Azure SDK 1.5...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 10/01/2011
Uploading Certificate to Windows Azure Management Portal using CSUPLOAD Error - "Key not valid for use in specified state"
Recently I was working with someone on Windows Azure SDK 1.5 and VM Role deployment. While trying to...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/27/2011
Whats new in Windows Azure SDK 1.5 - Using CSUPLOAD tool to upload service certificates for your Windows Azure Application
As you can see below is the certificate, already installed in my machine and I want to upload as my...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/21/2011
How to generate 2048 Bit Certificate with Makecert.exe?
The makecert.exe tool which comes with VS2010 can generate up to 1024 bit certificate. To create a...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/21/2011
How to Backup SQL Azure Database to Windows Azure Blob Storage directly from your own machine
Using Import/Export Service for SQL Azure CTP you can directly import or export between a SQL Azure...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/20/2011
Great new feature introduced in Windows Azure Storage: Geo Replication
Now anyone using Windows Azure Storage can sleep without any tension, by knowing that their data in...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/18/2011
Whats new in Windows Azure SDK 1.5 - Use of _CSRUN_SKIP_LIMIT_VALIDATION environment variable
Recently a major change in Windows Azure allows you to have total 25 roles, along with 25 internal...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/17/2011
How to change your Instance number for your Windows Azure Role form Windows Azure Portal
If you decide to change (higher or lower) Windows Azure Application instance count, you can do it...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/16/2011
Whats new in Windows Azure SDK 1.5 - Each instance in any role gets its own IP address to match compute emulator close the cloud environment
Using new Windows Azure SDK 1.5 testing application in compute emulator is much closer to real cloud...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/16/2011
Whats new in Windows Azure SDK 1.5 - Local and Cloud Configuration setup for your Windows Azure Application
When you create a new application with Windows Azure SDK 1.5, you will see two separate Service...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/15/2011
Windows Azure SDK 1.5 (Version 1.5.40909.1602) Installation and Quick Walkthrough
As you may very well know Windows Azure SDK 1.5 is released today and available immediately so you...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/14/2011
Windows Azure SDK 1.5 is released along with lots of new features in Service Management, Azure Storage, Marketplace, Service Bus v2..
Today Windows Azure Team, release long awaited Windows Azure SDK 1.5, along with several other...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/14/2011
Windows Azure Integration Pack and Windows Azure Autoscaling Application Block - Preview Release
Windows Azure Team have released a preview of the Windows Azure Autoscaling Application Block (Code...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/13/2011
Different versions (so far) of Windows Azure SDK 1.4
Here is a list of Windows Azure Tools SDK 1.4 version Windows Azure SDK 1.4: Azure Tools SDK -...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/13/2011
General Steps to investigate problems with Windows Azure Diagnostics
After you enable Windows Azure Diagnostics with Web and/or Worker Role please make sure to use...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/12/2011
Performing batch operations on disparate entity types in Windows Azure Table Storage
Here are some architectural information on dealing with disparate entity types with Windows Azure...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/10/2011
Setting custom domain for Window Azure CDN with Office 365 (Professional and Education) account
The problem I am describing here is related with setting up custom domain for Window Azure CDN in...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/09/2011
Why Ping between Windows Azure roles does not work?
A question always comes if it possible to ping between roles in Windows Azure deployment? This is...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/09/2011
Windows Azure: XML Configuration Error while deploying a package to Windows Azure Management Portal
It is possible that you may hit “Bad XML Error” while deploying your Windows Azure...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/08/2011
Experiment with Role.Instances Collection and creating all Role Instances Order
When there are multiple instance in a web role, I was trying to check if Role.Instances collection...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/07/2011
Windows Azure: SQL Azure Import/Export Service (CTP) is now available and live in all Windows Azure Data Centers
The new Import/Export Service for SQL Azure CTP is now live in all datacenters as a public CTP. The...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/06/2011
Using Windows Azure Traffic manager (WATM) in fail-over mode with Worker Role or WCF Web Role
Using Windows Azure Traffic manager (WATM) in fail-over mode with following scenarios: - Service...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/05/2011
Windows Azure Traffic Manager: Using Performance Load balancing method for multiple services in the same DC
As you may know Windows Azure Traffic Manager (WATM) BETA is available. Windows Azure Traffic...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/05/2011
Windows Azure Storage REST API: Conditional PUT operations by using the If-Match request header
As you may know using Windows Azure storage service REST API you can perform conditional PUT...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/04/2011
Performing conditional update and/or batch update with Windows Azure Table Storage
Here is a Windows Azure Table Update scenario which I found very useful to share: You objective is...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/03/2011
Using Co-Administrators with your Windows Azure Subscription
New Windows Azure Portal let you add up 10 users as co-administrator using Windows Live ID. You just...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 09/02/2011