Complete Azure Storage Samples
David Pallmann created an Azure Storage Sample project on CodePlex. There are two implementations available that show how all the functionality of Azure’s storage can be used. One invoking methods by...
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Global MVP Summit 2011
Yesterday at 6:30 pm I arrived back at Stuttgart airport from my very first visit in the United States and my very first Microsoft MVP summit at Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. It was pure fun...
View ArticleWindows Azure SDK 1.4 Released
Microsoft just released the newest version over the Windows Azure SDK and the Windows Azure Tools on their download platform. Get it here! Looking forward to check out the newest features and maybe...
View ArticleHow to efficiently read messages from a CloudQueue
While staying at the MVP summit in Redmond I could exchange ideas of code patterns in Windows Azure. One new pattern to me was to save money by reducing calls to a CloudQueue.On first thought one would...
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Multiple Sites in a single Cloud Project: Using Ports
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is: “How can I manage to run multiple websites in a single Windows Azure deployment?” And the answer is that there are multiple ways to achieve this...
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Multiple Sites in a single Cloud Project: Using Virtual Applications
Another very simple way to host multiple websites in a single Windows Azure deployment is to integrate a website into an existing WebRole as a virtual application. You might want to chose this way when...
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Multiple Sites in a single Cloud Project: Using Virtual Directories
The third way to host multiple websites in a single Windows Azure deployment is similar to the one using virtual applications. While virtual applications allow to run ASP.NET web applications virtual...
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Multiple Sites in a single CloudProject: Using Host Headers
The last and – for me – most interesting way to host multiple websites in a single Windows Azure deployment is to use Host Headers. This allows you to map for example www.mydomain.tld and...
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Ensuring only one WorkerRole instance performs a task at a time
As a developer in a cloud environment one has to deal with several issues. Using multiple instances that can be shut down and transferred to other devices, up- and downscaling make it impossible to...
View ArticleKinect for Windows SDK beta now available!
For all of you who awaited this moment as longing as I did: Since today the beta of the Kinect for Windows SDK is available for download. Enjoy!Download here…
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CloudNinja project: Multi tenancy and metering sample
Few days ago version 2.0 of the Cloud Ninja project was published on the CodePlex platform. This sample project demonstrates how some of Windows Azure’s capabilities can be used to implement common...
View Articletangible.AzureIO - Accessing BlobStorage like System.IO
Writing and reading blobs to and from the Windows Azure BlobStorage isn’t as comfy as one could wish. So why not dealing with Files transferred to the cloud as if they were files we are used to work...
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tangible.AzureIO - small sample
Because I’m short on time at the moment, I’ll just post a tiny little sample on the AzureIO library. I promise to publish a larger sample soon. Maybe I can think of something really useful, we’ll...
View ArticleWindows Azure Web Role Accelerator
Deploying new WebSites to Windows Azure or updating existing ones used to take a lot of time. And the Windows Azure Team worked hard on this issue making it more comfortable for developers.And the...
View Articlemsshrtmi.dll - Hybrid Applications: Running in the cloud AND on premise
Recently I tried to deploy an application that was originally designed for the cloud on an in-house server. The only cloud capability the application used was the Windows Azure Blob Storage. So in...
View ArticleIssue: change physical path of site named “Web”
In earlier posts I showed how to use multiple sites within a single WebRole. This required to use the physicalDirectory attribute within the ServiceDefinition file. If you tried to use this attribute...
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How To: Look inside the Service Package file
If you ever wanted to see what’s inside a published .cspkg file: here is a small guide how to achieve this…First there is to say that a .cspkg-file is only a ZIP file with extensions changed. But the...
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Installing updates manually on Windows Azure
While trying to manually install the PowerShell 2.0 update on a Windows Azure Role I ran into the following error message:“Installer encountered an error: 0x80070422”In order to solve this problem:Open...
View ArticleSending e-mails using IIS SMTP Server on Windows Azure
If you want to send emails from a Windows Azure Role, there’s the possibility to use the built-in SMTP Server of IIS 6.0. Here is a guide how to use startup scripts and PowerShell commands to set up a...
View ArticleSetting environment variables in Windows Azure
At the latest when you want to run java applications on Windows Azure you need to set several environment variables. Since there are startup tasks you may perform before your Role is being started,...
View ArticleSetting environment variables on Windows Azure: easy way
A few hours after writing the last post, I discovered that one can specify environment variables in the .csdef...
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Allow Silverlight to access clipboard after having clicked “NO” before
Silverlight applications can put information into the computer’s clipboard. But only when the user grants the application access to it.So while using Silverlight apps online you might have come across...
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Windows Azure: Local User Account Expires
Symptom: mounted network drive missingThere was a scenario in which I needed a local user to perform actions in a Windows Azure Deployment. In this special scenario a local user named “fileshareuser”...
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Windows 8: Hide Virtual Keyboard Programmatically
The visibility of the virtual keyboard in Windows 8 Metro Style Apps depends on whether a text input enabled control is focused or not:In the left image the user tapped into a TextBox control. This tap...
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Windows 8: View And Renew Developer License
Developer licenses are only valid for a given period of time e.g. one month. After expiration you may not run your own applications any more. Even the XAML-Designer in Visual Studio 2012 states that...
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