February, 2011

Update 11/06/11: The bug is fixed in the Windows Azure SDK September release . There is a race condition in the current Windows Azure Storage Client Library that could potentially throw an unhandled exception under certain circumstances. Essentially...

With the Windows Azure SDK 1.3 it is now possible to run web roles with Full IIS. If you are unfamiliar with Full IIS you might want to look at this blog which captures the differences between Full IIS and Hosted Web Core (HWC) the only option available...

Overview Windows Azure Blob service provides mechanisms to ensure data integrity both at the application and transport layers. This post will detail these mechanisms from the service and client perspective. MD5 checking is optional on both PUT and GET...

Update 3/09/011: The bug is fixed in the Windows Azure SDK March 2011 release . In the current Windows Azure storage client library, BlobStream.Read() may read less than the requested number of bytes if the user rewinds the stream position. This occurs...

The RetryPolicies in the Storage Client Library are used to allow the user to customize the retry behavior when and exception occurs. There are a few key points when using RetryPolicies that users should take into consideration, the first is when they...