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Azure VM Assistant (AzureVMAssist) : Windows Azure VM Information, Investigation and Diagnostics Utility
Azure VM Assistant (AzureVMAssist) is an utility which runs inside Azure VM and provide important...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 06/05/2011
SSL Report for Windows Azure Site using Qualys SSL Labs
Today I decided to check SSL report for my Web Role report, using Qualys SSL Lbs online test suite,...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 06/01/2011
Windows Azure Package Deployment failed with Error - "The specified deployment slot Production is occupied"
It is possible that when you deploy your CSPKG file , you may encounter an error as "The specified...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/29/2011
How to share Windows Azure VM RDP access with others in case you needed
If you find a situation, where you will have to share the RDP access with someone else, in this case...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/29/2011
How to perform custom IIS configuration such as Adding Dynamic Compression for additional mime types in Web Role using Startup Task
As you may know, you can use appcmd.exe application to configure IIS and when you are using Web Role...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/28/2011
How to add Certificate in your Azure VM using Startup task
Here are the detailed steps: 1. Create a folder name Startup in your Project 2. Add your certificate...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/27/2011
Setting PERFMON using Startup Task in Windows Azure for Performance Monitoring via RDP in Azure VM
When you have you application running in Windows Azure the best thing is to enable diagnostics...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/26/2011
Role Environment Variables in Full IIS Web Role and in HWC Web Role
When you will use the following code in Page_Load function of default.aspx: String sRootPath =...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/25/2011
Windows Azure Bootstrapper: A Command Line Tool for post processing jobs like downloading, unzipping, installing outside web or worker role
The Windows Azure Bootstrapper is a command line tool meant to be used by your running Web and...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/25/2011
Windows Azure Connect with Domain Join in multiple VM Role Instances
When you deploy multiple instances to VM Role along with Windows Azure Connect and domain join...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/18/2011
Handling Error - Unable to deploy package due to error "The file provided is not a valid service package"
When you deploy your package to Windows Azure Management Portal it is possible you may received the...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/17/2011
Collecting diagnostics log information for Windows Azure Connect related issues
When you enabled Windows Azure Connect in any of your Windows Azure Role (Worker Role, Web Role or...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/17/2011
Creating MVC 2 Web Role in Visual Studio 2010 cause error - "The project template referenced by the roletemplatedata.xml file cannot be found"
Recently I was working on an issue in which Azure Partner reported the following issue: When...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/15/2011
ASP.NET MVC3 Web Role Deployment in Windows Azure (SDK 1.4) - Detailed steps and Full Sample
Please be sure to have Visual Studio 2010 (or Visual Web Developer) along with Windows Azure SDK 1.4...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/14/2011
How to deploy ClickOnce Application using Windows Azure Storage in very simple steps?
In this blog I will show you step by step how you can deploy a ClickOnce application designed using...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/09/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS 4.3
This first release of Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS provides an easy and convenient way of accessing...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/09/2011
Handing Web Role Exception - This request operation sent to net.pipe://localhost/iisconfigurator did not receive a reply within the configured timeout (00:01:00).
ERROR MESSAGE: This request operation sent to net.pipe://localhost/iisconfigurator did not receive a...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/09/2011
When you RDP to your Web or Worker Role, you might see AzureAgentIntegrator.exe process consuming 70-80% CPU
I was recently working on a problem in which Windows Azure user reported the following issue: When...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/06/2011
Microsoft Platform Ready Certification for Windows Azure Application Part 2 - Using Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool
Prev: Microsoft Platform Ready Certification for Windows Azure Application Part 1 - Application...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/03/2011
Microsoft Platform Ready Certification for Windows Azure Application Part 1 - Application Submission and Microsoft Platform Ready Test Tool Download & Installation
Microsoft Platform Ready (MPR) is designed to give you what you need to plan, build, test and take...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 05/03/2011
Ruby on Rails in Windows Azure - Part 2 - Creating Windows Azure SDK 1.4 based Application to Host Ruby on Rails Application in Cloud
In the part 1 we have finished a Rails application name "RubyonAzure" as described in the link...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/26/2011
Ruby on Rails in Windows Azure - Part 1 - Setting up Ruby on Rails in Windows 7 Machine with test Rails Application
Lets start with main component installation as below: 1. Ruby 1.9.2 2. Rails 3.0.7 Ruby...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/26/2011
Source Code: Hosting Silverlight Pivot in Windows Azure
You can download this full VS2010 Solution and open in VS2010 admin mode. Edit MainPage.xaml.cs and...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/22/2011
Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh: Installation Walkthrough
Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh is ready to install which has an important plugin name "Web Deploy"...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/21/2011
Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh: Web Deploy Addition to original SDK 1.4
On 15th April Windows Azure Team released Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh which only included "Web...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/21/2011
Hosting Silverlight PivotViewer control in Windows Azure Web Role
If you decide to host Silverlight PivotViewer control in Windows Azure ASP.NET web role, here are...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/20/2011
Mount VHD from Azure Storage In any Windows Azure Virtual Machine (Utility and Source Code)
MountVHDAzureVM application will help Windows Azure users to mount a VHD in any Windows Azure VM...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/18/2011
Uploading Crash Dump from Azure VM to Windows Azure Storage using Diagnostics Monitor Agent
Using Windows Azure SDK 1.4 you can use the following code in Web Role or Worker Role to Add :...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/18/2011
Mount a Page Blob VHD in any Windows Azure VM outside any Web, Worker or VM Role
Following is the C# Source code to mount a Page Blob VHD in any Windows Azure VM outside any Web,...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/15/2011
Expert Tips on VM Role Deployment with Windows Azure SDK 1.6
All of these tips are applicable to Windows Azure SDK 1.4, 1.5 and newly released 1.6. After working...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/12/2011
Sysprep related issues when creating Virtual Machine for VM Role
When created VHD for VM Role one important steps is to SYSPREP your OS. You can launch SYSPREP...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/07/2011
Downloading WORD and EXCEL files from Windows Azure Storage in a ASP.NET Web Role
While opening Microsoft Office WORD and EXCEL Files before saving from Windows Azure Storage in...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/05/2011
WCF Web Role Deployment with fixed IP Address/Port will cause error after deployment
If you deploy a WCF Web Role based Windows Azure Application it is wise to change the "Web Server"...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/05/2011
Console application using Windows Azure Storage Client Library with Windows Azure SDK
If you create a Console Application in VS 2010: 1. Add reference DLL:...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/04/2011
How to Login into Windows Azure Virtual Machine using Remote Desktop
To start RDP Access first time, you just need to go to Windows Azure Management Portal to use the...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/03/2011
Setting RDP Access in Windows Azure Application with Windows Azure SDK
In this article we will learn how to enable RDP Access to Windows Azure Application. Right click on...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/03/2011
Windows Azure Commandlets installation Issues with Windows Azure SDK 1.4 and Windows 7 SP1
Installing Windows Azure Cmdlets on Windows 7 SP1 OS based machine with Windows Azure SDK 1.4 could...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/03/2011
How to change your Windows Azure Deployment (Stage or Production) Cloud OS Version
Windows Azure Cloud OS is available in following two Windows Server 2008 Versions: Windows Server...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/03/2011
List of Performance Counters for Windows Azure Web roles
Here is a list of performance counters, which you can use with Windows Azure Web Role: // .NET 3.5...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/01/2011
Windows Azure Worker Role Exception: System.Runtime.Fx+IOCompletionThunk.UnhandledExceptionFrame
If you have a worker role crashing with the following exception details, it is possible I have...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 04/01/2011
Troubleshooting problems with VHD upload using CSUPLOAD Tool
While uploading VHD for your VM Role using CSUPLOAD tool, if you experience issues, you can use the...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/30/2011
Error uploading VHD using CSUPLOAD: The request channel timed out attempting to send after 00:01:00. Increase the timeout value passed to the call to Request or increase the SendTimeout value on the Binding
When using CSUPLOAD to upload your VHD to use with VM role, it is possible you may receive the...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/30/2011
Complete Solution: Adding SSL Certificate with Windows Azure Application
First of all you will need to get SSL certificate from a certificate authority (CA) for your domain...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/28/2011
Reading and Saving table storage entities without knowing the schema or updating TableStorageEntity schema at runtime
When you have Windows Azure Table Storage with a schema, you declare a class which inherits from...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/28/2011
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 is released
Cloud services and phone applications are a powerful combination, and our goal is to make it as easy...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/23/2011
Using Custom Domain name with Windows Azure Storage instead of windows_stroage_name.blob.core.windows.net
When using Windows Azure storage it is possible that you would like to refer Windows Azure Storage...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/22/2011
Opening an internal http endpoint with WCF ServiceHost/BasicHttpBindings may cause System.Net.HttpListenerException/System.ServiceModel.AddressAccessDeniedException
When using WCF endpoint in Windows Azure it is possible you may receive the following exception:...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/22/2011
Enabling PS Remoting (Enable-PSRemoting) in Windows Azure Role using Startup Task
Recently I was working on an issue in which enabling PS Remoting PowerShell script in Windows Azure...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/17/2011
Using Startup Task in Windows Azure detailed summary
Using Windows Azure SDK 1.3 or later you have ability to launch a process (called startup task)...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/17/2011
Unexpected Internal Storage Client Error when using Windows Azure Storage Client Library
Recently I was working on ASP.NET webrole to implement Sessions between multiple instance using ASP...
Author: Avkash Chauhan - MSFT Date: 03/15/2011