I have written some blog posts about consuming Windows Azure Service Management API using C#. I have been quite active on StackOverflow trying to answer some questions about Windows Azure. Recently I observed a number of questions there asking for consuming this API through Java. Also somebody … [Read more...]
Backup WordPress Site to Windows Azure Storage using “BackupToAzure” Plugin
August 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
It gives me great pleasure to announce “BackupToAzure” plugin for WordPress. This plugin will allow you to take a full backup of your existing WordPress site to Windows Azure Storage. The plugin is free and is open source!!! Download the plugin from WordPress Plugin Directory: … [Read more...]
Making Windows Azure Caching Work in Compute Emulator
August 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
Recently I was working on a project where we wanted to use In-Role Windows Azure Caching. We ran into a number of issues while making it work. In this blog post, I will share that experience. Shorter Version (Tl;dr;) Three Two things you would need to keep in mind: If the … [Read more...]
Consuming Windows Azure Service Management API from Web/Worker Role–The Easy Way
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Recently I read a blog post about consuming Windows Azure Service Management API from Web/Worker Role. You can read that post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/asgoyal/archive/2013/07/23/consuming-service-management-api-from-web-worker-role.aspx. Upon reading the blog post, I found the process a bit … [Read more...]
Uploading Large File By Splitting Into Blocks In Windows Azure Blob Storage Using Windows Azure SDK For PHP
July 13, 2013 by 7 Comments
In this blog post, we will see how you can upload a large blob in blob storage using Windows Azure SDK for PHP. I must state that I don’t know anything about PHP and did this exercise in order to help somebody out on StackOverflow. What helped me in the process is excellent documentation on PHP’s … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Blob Storage – Dealing With “The specified blob or block content is invalid” Error
May 18, 2013 by 11 Comments
If you’re uploading blobs by splitting blobs into blocks and you get the error - The specified blob or block content is invalid, then this post is for you. Short Version If you’re uploading blobs by splitting blobs into blocks and you get the above mentioned error, ensure that your block … [Read more...]
Windows Azure SDK 2.0 For .Net – Taking A Second Look At Windows Azure Diagnostics
May 12, 2013 by 5 Comments
A few days ago I wrote a post about newly released Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .Net. You can read that post here: https://gauravmantri.com/2013/04/30/introducing-windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net/. In that post I briefly talked about the improvements in the latest SDK with regards to Windows Azure … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Cloud Services, Extensions and Service Management API – Fun with Remote Desktop
May 6, 2013 by 8 Comments
I want you to try something for me (pretty please with cherry on top ). Fire up Visual Studio, create a simple Windows Azure Cloud Service and then without making any changes just publish that service. When you publish the service, DO NOT ENABLE REMOTE DESKTOP! Once the service is deployed, … [Read more...]
Introducing Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .Net
April 30, 2013 by 4 Comments
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .Net. You can read more about the announcement in Scott Guthrie’s blog post here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/04/30/announcing-the-release-of-windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net.aspx. In this blog post, we’ll cover … [Read more...]
Windows Azure Primer–Basics
April 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
There’re many articles which cover Windows Azure and it’s functionality in great details however I could not find much information when it comes to novice users (or may be I need to brush up on my searching skills ). Anyways, through these series of blog posts I will try and explain Windows Azure as … [Read more...]