Michael Washam - Technical Evangelist - Azure | IIS | ASP.NET | Server https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/feed.xml Windows Server Development, Azure, IIS, ASP and everything in between. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:24:23 GMT en-US hourly 1 Round up of recent Posts around Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/round-up-of-recent-posts-around-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:40:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/09/27/round-up-of-recent-posts-around-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0/ As of today there have been 295 downloads of the Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.0.

In the past week or so I've blogged about a few additional samples.

One of them details a fully scripted deployment of a Windows Azure CSPGK file using only PowerShell!

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/09/21/automate-it-deploying-a-windows-azure-service-package-from-powershell/

I've also posted a few others on managing SQL Azure:

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/09/27/updating-sql-azure-firewall-rules-with-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0/

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/09/27/creating-a-new-sql-azure-server-and-firewall-rule-with-powershell/

 

Be sure to visit my Windows Azure Blog to keep up to date!

]]> Managing Performance Counter Logs with Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/managing-performance-counter-logs-with-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:30:18 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/09/19/managing-performance-counter-logs-with-windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0/ I put together a sample on how you can configure, download, analyze and manage your performance counter logs on a Windows Azure service all through the new capabilities we've added with Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.0.

Here is a link to the detailed article:

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/09/19/windows-azure-diagnostics-and-powershell-performance-counters/

If you haven't downloaded the 2.0 Cmdlets: https://wappowershell.codeplex.com/

 

]]> Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets 2.0 have been released! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0-have-been-released Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:27:59 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/09/16/windows-azure-powershell-cmdlets-2-0-have-been-released/

Even while we are here at BUILD we are working hard to make deploying and managing your Windows Azure applications simpler. We have made some significant improvements to the Windows Azure Platform PowerShell Cmdlets and we are proud to announce we are releasing them today on CodePlex: https://wappowershell.codeplex.com/releases/view/73463.

In this release we focused on the following scenarios:

  • Automation of Deployment Scenarios
  • Windows Azure Diagnostics Management
  • Consistency and Simpler Deployment

As part of making the cmdlets more consistent and easier to deploy we have renamed a few cmdlets and enhanced others with the intent of following PowerShell cmdlet design guidelines much closer. From a deployment perspective we have merged the Access Control Service PowerShell Cmdlets with the existing Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets to have both in a single installation.

In addition to those changes we have added quite a few new and powerful cmdlets in this release:

Hosted services, affinity groups and role instance management.
New-HostedService Creation of a new hosted service.
Remove-HostedService Removal of an existing hosted service.
Set-HostedService Update an existing hosted service properties.
Reset-RoleInstance Allows for the reset or reimage of role instances.
Get-RoleInstanceStatus Returns the status of role instances.
Get-RoleInstanceCount Returns the number of instances for a role.
New-AffinityGroup Creation of a new affinity group.
Remove-AffinityGroup Removal of an existing affinity group.
Update-AffinityGroup Updates an existing affinity group.



Automation of Sql Azure Deployments
New-SQLAzureServer Creation of a new Sql Azure server.
Remove-SqlAzureServer Removes an existing Sql Azure server.
Get-SqlAzureServer Returns an existing Sql Azure Server.
New-SqlAzureFirewallRule Adds a new Sql Azure firewall rule to a server.
Get-SqlAzureFirewallRules Returns the firewall rules for the specified Sql Azure server.
Remove-SqlAzureFirewallRule Removes an existing Sql Azure fireall rule.
Set-SqlAzurePassword Set/Reset the password for a Sql Azure server.



Windows Azure Diagnostics Management
Get-PerfmonLog Downloads the specified performance counters for a deployment and optionally converts them to perfmon format (.blg)
Clear-PerfmonLog Clears the performance counters for a deployment (or all deployments) from Windows Azure Storage.
Get-WindowsAzureLog Downloads the specified Windows Azure logs for a deployment.
Clear-WindowsAzureLog Clears the Windows Azure logs for a deployment (or all deployments) from Windows Azure Storage.
Get-WAEventLog Downloads the specified Windows Azure event logs for a deployment.
Clear-WAEventLog Clears the Windows Azure event logs for a deployment (or all deployments) from Windows Azure Storage.
Get-InfrastructureLog Downloads the specified diagnostic infrastructure logs for a deployment.
Clear-InfrastructureLog Clears the diagnostic infrastructure logs for a deployment (or all deployments) from Windows Azure Storage.



Windows Azure Storage
New-StorageAccount Creates a new storage account.
Remove-StorageAccount Removes an existing storage account.
Get-StorageAccount Returns all storage accounts under the specified subscription.
Get-Container Returns the blob containers for the specified account.
Clear-Container Clears the specified blob container(s) of its contents.
Save-Container Saves the contents of the specified blob container(s) to the local file system.
Get-StorageServicePropertiesForAnalytics Returns the current properties for storage analytics for the specified account.
Set-StorageServicePropertiesForAnalytics Sets the service analytics settings for a storage account.
Get-StorageAnalyticsLogs Saves to the file system storage analytic logs for the specified storage account.
Get-StorageAnalyticsMetrics Saves to the file system storage analytics metrics for the specified storage account.

Breaking Changes From 1.0 to 2.0

Previous Releases Version 2.0
Import-Module AcsManagementToolsSnapIn Import-Module WAPPSCmdlets
Add-PsSnapin AzureManagementToolsSnapIn Add-PsSnapin WAPPSCmdlets or Import-Module WAPPSCmdlets

 

Previous Releases Version 2.0
Set-WindowsEventLog Set-WAEventLog
Get-StorageProperties Get-StorageAccountProperties
Get-StorageServices Get-StorageAccount



Previous Releases Version 2.0
StorageServiceName StorageAccountName (See New-Deployment, Set-Deployment / Update-Deployment)


Updated Namespaces in the Cmdlets Solution

The namespaces in the cmdlets solution have undergone substantial change. While this should not typically affect any existing scripts, it should be taken into account in the rare event that classes in the cmdlets project are being instantiated directly.

Click Here To download the Windows Azure PowerShell Cmdlets

Make sure and take a look at the Readme.docx in the install folder (C:\WindowsAzure\WAPPSCmdlets\docs).

Follow my other Windows Azure Blog as well.

 

]]> Debugging Windows Azure Applications with ADPlus.exe https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/debugging-windows-azure-applications-with-adplus-exe Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:08:26 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/08/22/debugging-windows-azure-applications-with-adplus-exe/ I wrote an example of how you can use PowerShell to automate attaching adplus.exe to all instances of a role in your Windows Azure deployment. This can be EXTREMELY handy for tracking down random crashes that are just difficult to figure out through logging/instrumentation alone. This is definitely not something you want to run with full time but it can definitely be a life saver when debugging crashes.

Here is the link to the details: Debugging a Random Crash in Windows Azure with ADPlus.exe posted on my Windows Azure Blog.

 

]]> Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure 1.4 (August 2011) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/visual-studio-tools-for-windows-azure-1-4-august-2011 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:01:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/08/03/visual-studio-tools-for-windows-azure-1-4-august-2011/ An updated release of Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure have been released. You can download them here though the Web Platform Installer.

New in this release:

-          Profile applications running in Windows Azure.

-          Create ASP.Net MVC3 Web Roles.

-          Manage multiple service configurations in one cloud project.

-          Improved validation of Windows Azure packages.

I have written two more detailed blog posts: What's New in the August 2011 Windows Azure Tools Release and Using the Profiler with the Visual Studio tools for Windows Azure.

]]> Windows Azure AppFabric Queues with Native C++ https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/windows-azure-appfabric-queues-with-native-c Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:18:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/06/24/windows-azure-appfabric-queues-with-native-c/ In between preparing for the BUILD event in September I've been hacking away with C++ and Windows Azure AppFabric queues.

I put together a short (well short by C++ standards) example of using WinHTTP to access AppFabric queues from native C++. 

Windows Azure AppFabric Queues with Native Code (C++)

]]> Understanding Windows Azure AppFabric Queues https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/understanding-windows-azure-appfabric-queues Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:22:03 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/06/11/understanding-windows-azure-appfabric-queues/ Interview with Principal Technical Lead Clemens Vasters and Principal Development Manager Murali Krishnaprasad (MK) regarding the May 2011 CTP release of Windows Azure AppFabric.

We discuss new technologies such as Topics, Queues, Subscriptions and how this relates to doing async development in the cloud.



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]]> TechEd 2011 Fun Stuff https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/teched-2011-fun-stuff Wed, 18 May 2011 15:39:46 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/05/18/teched-2011-fun-stuff/ I made my first demo in Norm Judah's foundation session!

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/05/18/my-first-teched-demo-and-the-rest-of-teched-2011-recorded-sessions/

The most exciting tech (for me) was the Windows Azure AppFabric CTP announcements:

https://michaelwasham.com/2011/05/18/azure-appfabric-may-ctp-announced-at-teched/

 

 

]]> COM+ and Serviced Components within Windows Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/com-and-serviced-components-within-windows-azure Sun, 15 May 2011 12:23:27 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/05/15/com-and-serviced-components-within-windows-azure/ I have started writing some articles on how to deploy COM+ out into the cloud.

The first post is here: https://michaelwasham.com/2011/05/15/com-and-serviced-components-within-windows-azure/. It gives an overview of what is available and what isn't.

The second post can be found here: https://michaelwasham.com/2011/05/15/deploying-a-com-servicedcomponent-to-windows-azure/ and it goes into the details on how to deploy a COM+ object on a worker role and call it from a web role in Windows Azure.

It also covers the simpler case of just deploying to the web role.

More to come!

 

]]> How to Start a Service from an Azure Worker Role https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mwasham/how-to-start-a-service-from-an-azure-worker-role Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:07:55 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mwasham/2011/04/14/how-to-start-a-service-from-an-azure-worker-role/ I just made a quick follow up post on my primary blog regarding starting a Windows Service from the Run() method of an Azure role. If you set the service to manual and start it using the ServiceController class the service "should" fall within guest firewall's rules and allow communication over your internal endpoint without needing additional firewall configuration.

 

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