In the part 1 we have finished a Rails application name "RubyonAzure" as described in the link below: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/04/26/ruby-on-rails-in-windows-azure-part-1-setting-up-ruby-on-rails-in-windows-7-machine-with...

To start RDP Access first time, you just need to go to Windows Azure Management Portal to use the Remote Desktop credentials. If you want to know how to create RDP access to Windows Azure Application use the following blog: http://blogs.msdn...

Lets start with main component installation as below: 1. Ruby 1.9.2 2. Rails 3.0.7 Ruby Installation: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167 I have installed it at C:\Applicaitons\Ruby\Ruby192 Gems (Ruby Package Manager) Installation...

If you create a Console Application in VS 2010: 1. Add reference DLL: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient 1. Add code: using Microsoft.WindowsAzure; using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient; When you compile this application you...

Here is a list of performance counters, which you can use with Windows Azure Web Role: // .NET 3.5 counters @"\ASP.NET Apps v2.0.50727(__Total__)\Requests Total" @"\ASP.NET Apps v2.0.50727(__Total__)\Requests/Sec" @...

All of these tips are applicable to Windows Azure SDK 1.4, 1.5 and newly released 1.6. After working on VM Role deployment for so many times, I decided to writeup this blog entry as a note before starting VM Role deployment: Tools: 1. Be sure...

In this article we will learn how to enable RDP Access to Windows Azure Application. Right click on your Cloud Project i.e. "Azure14VMRoleApplication" Name and in the newly opened menu, please select "Publish" option as below: With SDK older then SDK...

While opening Microsoft Office WORD and EXCEL Files before saving from Windows Azure Storage in ASP.NET Web Role, a few partners reported the following Error: The file <File name> cannot be opened because there are problem with...

If you decide to host Silverlight PivotViewer control in Windows Azure ASP.NET web role, here are the instructions: Tools: Install Silverlight PivotViewer SDK: - http://www.silverlight.net/learn/pivotviewer/ Microsoft Live Labs Pivot Tools...

Windows Azure Cloud OS is available in following two Windows Server 2008 Versions: Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Older Windows Azure Cloud OS versions 1.0 - 1.11 are available with Windows Server 2008 SP2. (OLDER). Newer...

On 15th April Windows Azure Team released Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh which only included "Web Deploy" plugin in addition to original Windows Azure SDK 1.4. After the Refresh is installed you can see new addition to the SDK plugins folder and new...

You can download this full VS2010 Solution and open in VS2010 admin mode. Edit MainPage.xaml.cs and enable to following line so you can use my prebuilt Pivot in your Code and then just press F5 to test sample in compute emulator: private static...

Windows Azure SDK 1.4 Refresh is ready to install which has an important plugin name "Web Deploy" which will help you to: Web Deploy only works with a single role instance. The tool is intended only for iterative development and testing...

Following is the C# Source code to mount a Page Blob VHD in any Windows Azure VM outside any Web, Worker or VM Role: Console.Write("Role Environment Verification: "); if (!RoleEnvironment.IsAvailable) { Console.WriteLine(" FAILED........!!"...

MountVHDAzureVM application will help Windows Azure users to mount a VHD in any Windows Azure VM outside Role. Windows Azure users can host a group of tools and contents in a VHD and store this VHD in Azure Storage. Using this application, Azure VM users...

If you deploy a WCF Web Role based Windows Azure Application it is wise to change the "Web Server" setting to use "Auto-assign Port" instead of using fixed IP.IF you deploy the application with fixed IP Address/Port, it will not work on Cloud and return...

If you have a worker role crashing with the following exception details, it is possible I have solution for you: Application: WaWorkerHost.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception...

Installing Windows Azure Cmdlets on Windows 7 SP1 OS based machine with Windows Azure SDK 1.4 could results following TWO errors: 1. You will get an error that installer is not Compatible with your OS (Windows 7 SP1). 2. You will get an error...

When created VHD for VM Role one important steps is to SYSPREP your OS. You can launch SYSPREP application (sysprep.exe) which is located at %WINDIR%\System32\sysprep folder as below: Once SYSPREP Application is launched you will see the following...

Using Windows Azure SDK 1.4 you can use the following code in Web Role or Worker Role to Add : public override bool OnStart() { // Set the maximum number of concurrent connections ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit = 12; //We need...