Identifying AppFabric Access Control Service users uniquely
In my last posting about AppFabric Labs Access Control Service I described how to get your ASP.NET MVC application to
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ASP.NET MVC 3: Using AppFabric Access Control Service to authenticate users
I had Windows Azure training this week and I tried out how easy or hard it is to get Access Control Service to work with my ASP.NET MVC 3 application. It is easy now but it was not very easy to get there. In this posting I will describe you what I did to get ASP.NET MVC 3 web application to work with Access Control Service (ACS). I will show you also some code you may find useful.
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Web publishing warning: "No element in the source document matches ‘/configuration/hibernate-configuration’"
I created web.config transform that changes NHibernate configuration for Windows Azure projects. When building publishing package I get the following
Read moreWindows Azure: Debug and redeploy your web applications quickly
My previous posting about Windows Azure introduced how to access web role instances using Remote Desktop. In this posting I
Read moreConnecting to Windows Azure web role instance using Remote Desktop
My last posting about cloud covered new features of Windows Azure. One of the new features available is Remote Desktop access to Windows Azure role instances. In this posting I will show you how to get connected to Windows Azure web role using Remote Desktop.
Read moreCreating configuration reader for web and cloud environments
Currently it is not possible to make changes to web.config file that is hosted on Windows Azure. If you want to change web.config you have to deploy your application again. If you want to be able to modify configuration you must use web role settings. In this blog post I will show you how to write configuration wrapper class that detects runtime environment and reads settings based on this knowledge.
Read moreUsing Windows Azure BLOB storage with PHP
My last posting described how to read and write files located in Windows Azure cloud storage. In this posting I will show you how to do almost same thing using PHP. We will use Windows Azure SDK for PHP. The purpose of this example is to show you how simple it is to use Windows Azure storage services in your PHP applications.
Read moreWindows Azure – Using DataSet with cloud storage
On Windows Azure CTP some file system operations are not allowed. You cannot create and modify files located on server hard disc. I have small application that stores data to DataSet and I needed place where I can hold this file. The logical choice is cloud storage service of course. In this posting I will show you how to read and write DataSet to your cloud storage as XML-file.
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.Net Service Bus: How to make training kit examples authenticate without problems
I’m trying out Azure Training Kit examples to study cloud stuff that should hit the streets (or sky) later this year. I faced some trouble when trying to connect with .Net Service Bus using settings mentioned in examples (netTcpRelayBinding and CardSpace). I tried hard but CardSpace authentication failed every time. My final solution was simple: I moved to username and password authentication scheme.
Read moreWindows Azure Developer Porta screenshots
I am writing currently one simple web application that runs on usual hosting environment and also on Azure environment. Web application is already hosted in CodePlex and during next two months I will publish application binaries and also source code. I tested my application in Azure environment and here are some screenshots I made.
Read moreSolving Azure configuration problems
Putting up development environment for Azure development may be not so smooth and easy task to do. All tools have currently CTP status and it is normal that there may be some problems. Here is my short list of problems. I provide solutions that worked for me. If somebody comes out with different solutions then please feel free to drop me a line.
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