(The information in this post was created using Visual Studio 2010 and the Windows Azure SDK 1.6 in April of 2012.  All tests were done in the compute emulator.) I think of Azure diagnostics in two broad categories: the stuff that you get more-or-less for free and the stuff that you log with statements...

Angel-funded startup and Bizspark member Wealth Habit ( https://wealthhabit.com/ ) is a Cloud Services company located in Portland, Oregon. Led by CEO James Werner, and CTO Brian Gambs, Wealth Habit provides enterprise-level B2B financial services. It adds value by reducing or removing financial stress...

In this posting I’ll talk about my experiences and final solution to what is usually a simple thing with a Windows Server box: installing Windows features. If your Azure solution requires a Windows Feature, you might be tempted to set up a VHD and then upload to a VM Role.  While this will work...

In my travels I hear about a lot of patterns of cloud computing.  One that I hear frequently is “upload a file and process it”.  This file could be financial data, pictures, video, electric meter readings, and lots more.  It’s so common, and yet when I Bing (yes, Bing ) for blob uploaders...

Certain functions of a system need to run once per day in a typical “batch window” scenario. You might already be aware that Azure compute is paid by the CPU-hour.  If you’re occupying the CPU, whether or not actively using it, you’re still paying for it.  You occupy the CPU ‘slot’ by having...