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Information to assist other developers learned by David Hardin while working at Microsoft.
Azure IoT Edge Preview 2 – Restart Error
Currently there is a problem starting IoT Edge runtime unless the "iotedgectl setup" and "iotedgectl...
Date: 06/08/2018
Azure IoT Edge Preview 2 – Module Networking
By default Docker prevents the outside world from communicating with the module running in the...
Date: 06/08/2018
Azure IoT Edge Preview 2 - Lessons Learned Series
I'm writing a series of posts tagged with IoTEdgePreviewLessonsLearned to share knowledge about...
Date: 06/08/2018
Logging Azure Startup Task to WAD
Debugging startup tasks is very challenging so it is useful to log what they are doing. Say that you...
Date: 06/16/2015
Azure Service Fabric Announced
I'm very excited to see the Azure Service Fabric announcement! My blog post from 2011, "Designed for...
Date: 04/20/2015
OData Action Gets 404 Due To Periods In URL
Following the tutorial at:...
Date: 01/13/2015
OData Complex Type Containing an Entity Type Workaround
For OData Actions and POST I want to return a complex type which has a navigation property to an...
Date: 01/13/2015
Web API OData V4 Lessons Learned
Developing an OData service using Web API is relatively simple if you stay within the routing...
Date: 12/17/2014
SysPrep Error Due to Windows 8 Store Apps
A coworker wanted a copy of my development VM so I SysPrep'ed it and gave him a copy of the VHD....
Date: 12/10/2013
AzCopy and the Azure Storage Emulator
AzCopy is now part of the Azure SDK and can copy files to and from Azure Storage. I couldn't find...
Date: 11/22/2013
Using WebPICmd to Install an Older Azure SDK
To avoid regression testing I recently had to build a web role with a minor bug fix using Azure SDK...
Date: 11/20/2013
.publishsettings Warning and Info
Use Azure's ability to generate a .publishsettings file carefully. The capability is described here....
Date: 08/27/2013
Azure Management Certificate Public Key / Private Key
// Today I'm exploring how the public and private keys created with MakeCert.exe are stored. Earlier...
Date: 08/27/2013
CloudFx Tracing and Diagnostics
Today I'm investigating how CloudFx tracing and diagnostics works. I want to control the verbosity...
Date: 08/08/2013
Improved Tracing and ETW Support in .NET 4.5
.NET 4.5 added the System.Diagnostic.Tracing namespace. Classes derived from its EventSource and...
Date: 03/12/2013
Building and Packaging Virtual Applications within Azure Projects
Azure SDK 1.8 introduced a change in how CSPack locates virtual applications given the...
Date: 01/18/2013
SQL Server Parallelism–The Dark Side
I just upgraded my dev box from four cores to six cores with a bunch of memory. I was excited to see...
Date: 09/28/2011
SQL Server 2008 R2 Change Tracking and Backup Fix
My database server rebooted unexpectedly and I started getting this error each time I’d try to...
Date: 09/28/2011
Designed for the Cloud–it is all about State!
I just got back from a proof of concept (POC) review. A POC is what we call the investigation...
Date: 07/19/2011
Cloud Security–Another Viewpoint
I recently wrote in a post that software as a service (SaaS) providers have economy of scale...
Date: 06/21/2011
Where Does the Cloud Lead Us?
I work in IT. Have you ever thought about the cloud paradigm shift going on in IT and where it...
Date: 06/15/2011
Silverlight and Claims-Based Authentication in Windows Azure
I wrote a series of lessons learned articles which Daniel Odievich helped me publish over on the...
Date: 05/02/2011
Configuring diagnostics.wadcfg to Capture Custom Log Files
Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) has the ability to copy files to Azure blob storage. The feature is...
Date: 03/31/2011
Configuring WAD via the diagnostics.wadcfg Config File
Azure 1.3 added the ability to control Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) via a config file. The MSDN...
Date: 03/29/2011
Mechanical Bird
We are lucky that “building” software is so easy and cheap. Imagine how hard it is to build a...
Date: 03/29/2011
Azure Diagnostics and ASP.NET Health Monitoring
By default Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) does not receive ASP.NET Health Monitoring events. ...
Date: 02/26/2011
WAD is Built on ETW
Windows Azure Diagnostics (WAD) is built upon Event Tracing for Windows (ETW). To get the most out...
Date: 02/26/2011
Windows Azure Diagnostics Series
I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts on Windows Azure Diagnostics best practices to...
Date: 02/26/2011
SQL Server 2008 Column Change Tracking
I could not find a good description of how SQL Server Change Tracking determines if a column changed...
Date: 02/06/2011
Dynamics AX Polymorphism
Dynamics AX polymorphism is orders of magnitude more interesting than what is offered in typical OOP...
Date: 01/24/2011
WP7CertInstaller 1.0.0.0 Explained
WP7CertInstaller is a CodePlex project which includes the source code of a website to download your...
Date: 01/19/2011
Azure IntelliTrace
Here is some great information on using IntelliTrace with Azure:...
Date: 01/18/2011
Azure SSL verses Management API Certificates
It is important to distinguish the difference between digital certificates intended for SSL...
Date: 01/18/2011
WP7CertInstaller 1.0.0.0 Prerequisites
WP7CertInstaller requires the Windows Phone Developer Tools along with the Windows Azure Tools for...
Date: 01/12/2011
WP7CertInstaller 1.0.0.0 Released
I just released WP7CertInstaller on codeplex to demonstrate a simple approach for installing Trusted...
Date: 01/12/2011
WP7 and Self-Signed SSL Certificates
While developing a Windows Phone 7 app that calls a WS-Trust authenticated web service I ran into a...
Date: 12/30/2010