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“Could not import package” when restoring a Windows Azure SQL Database Export
One of my customers encountered some issues when trying to restore a Windows Azure SQL Database export: If we take a closer look at the error for the Importing database operation we’ll see the...
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“Request value ‘enable’ was not found” when using Get-AzureVM
A while ago we built our own test rig in Windows Azure using 12 virtual machines. Now since these machines use lots of resources we only turn them on when we need to do heavy load testing for our...
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Planning to run something in Microsoft Azure? Then choose your region wisely…
So you want to run your application, your next project, … something on Microsoft Azure? Now image you’re already at that point where you start using Microsoft Azure. What would be the first thing you...
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Migrating your Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine to a different subnet with the...
In the past you had to redeploy your Virtual Machine when you wanted to change the subnet in which the machine was deployed. There could be a few reasons why you would need to change the subnet for a...
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Customizing your Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines with the new CustomScript...
After you deploy a Virtual Machine you typically need to make some changes before it’s ready to use. This is something you can do manually or you could use Remote PowerShell to automate the...
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Manually installing the VM Agent on your older Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Yesterday I covered the new CustomScript extension for the VM Agent and in today’s post we’ll continue on the VM Agent topic. The VM Agent was introduced a few weeks ago with support to install it when...
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Talking about Microsoft Azure at DevCon 2014 in Russia
Next month Microsoft is organizing DevCon 2014 at the Moscow Region resort of Yakhonty: May 28 – 29, 2014, the DevCon annual conference for developers of Microsoft platform applications will be held at...
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My talk at DevCon 2014: Failover for Microsoft Azure (Web Sites)
Yesterday I did a talk at DevCon 2014 on how Microsoft Azure has native support for high-availability and disaster recovery. We talked about what you get out-of-the-box for high-availability and which...
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Using the Azure File Service in your Cloud Services (Web and Worker Roles)
Last month at TechEd Microsoft announced the public preview of the Azure File Service (or Azure Files, or DFS-as-a-Service). This new feature allows us to access a Storage Account using the SMB...
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Migrating your Windows Server 2003 workloads to Microsoft Azure
A few weeks ago I explained how you could run any legacy OS in Microsoft Azure using Virtual Box. This was OK for testing purposes but not really suited for actually migrating resources to Microsoft...
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Getting started Azure Service Bus Event Hubs: building a real-time log stream
More posts on Event Hubs: IoT with Azure Service Bus Event Hubs: authenticating and sending from any type of device (.NET and JS samples) At WPC 2014 Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Event...
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IoT with Azure Service Bus Event Hubs: authenticating and sending from any...
Yesterday I wrote a post that introduces you Azure Service Bus Event Hubs. Today we’ll be covering a real IoT scenario, allowing your devices to authenticate with Event Hubs and send out events without...
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Introducing Microsoft Azure Search and the RedDog.Search Client SDK
Related Post: Managing Microsoft Azure Search with the RedDog Search Portal Related Post on Just Azure: Getting Started With Microsoft Azure Search Today Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure...
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Managing Microsoft Azure Search with the RedDog Search Portal
Related Post: Introducing Microsoft Azure Search and the RedDog.Search Client SDK Related Post on Just Azure: Getting Started With Microsoft Azure Search In my previous post I explained the basic...
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New site extension available for Azure Web Sites: Search Portal for Azure Search
After Azure Search was released as public preview I wrote a post introducing the RedDog.Search client and the management portal. The portal is a great resource to help you manage your Search Service,...
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The POODLE SSL vulnerability: disabling SSL v3 in your Azure Virtual Machines...
Yesterday Google published the details of a vulnerability in SSL v3.0, POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption). People like Troy Hunt have already taken the time to provide us with a...
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Deploying a load-balanced, high-available FTP Server with Azure Files
FTP has been around for a very long time and it looks like it won’t go away soon, especially in “the enterprise” with products like BizTalk, BizTalk Services, … which still use FTP to transfer large...
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Mounting your Azure File Shares on-premises through WebDAV
In last week’s post we looked at how we could use Azure Files to run a high-available, distributed FTP Server in Azure. This opens up a few interesting integration opportunities between processes...
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My talk at AzureConf 2014: Meet Azure Files, your new Swiss Army Knife
On October 21st, 2014, Microsoft will be hosting AzureConf, another free event for the Azure community. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie, along with numerous sessions...
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Managing your Azure resources in Visual Studio with your Microsoft Account
The Azure SDK is what makes it possible to manage resources in one or more Azure subscriptions from within Visual Studio. You’ll find it in the Server Explorer next to the Data Connections, SharePoint...
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