Why does Azure deployment take so long?

As a fellow Azure user, I share your pain – deploying isn’t “quick”https://stackoverflow.com/”painless” – and this hurts especially when you’re in a development cycle and want to test dev iterations on Azure. However, in general deployments should take much less than 60 minutes – and less than 20 minutes too. Steve Marx provided a brief … Read more

How do I copy SQL Azure database to my local development server?

There are multiple ways to do this: Using SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services). It only imports data in your table. Column properties, constraints, keys, indices, stored procedures, triggers, security settings, users, logons, etc. are not transferred. However it is very simple process and can be done simply by going through wizard in SQL Server Management … Read more

How to get the azure account tenant Id?

Time changes everything. I was looking to do the same recently and came up with this: Note added 02/17/2021 Stable Portal Page thanks Palec added 12/18/2017 As indicated by shadowbq, the DirectoryId and TenantId both equate to the GUID representing the ActiveDirectory Tenant. Depending on context, either term may be used by Microsoft documentation and … Read more

Azure Webjobs vs Azure Functions : How to choose

There are a couple options here within App Service. I won’t touch on Logic Apps or Azure Automation, which also touch this space. Azure WebJobs This article is honestly the best explanation, but I’ll summarize here. On Demand WebJobs aka. Scheduled WebJobs aka. Triggered WebJobs Triggered WebJobs are WebJobs which are run once when a … Read more

What is the difference between an Azure Web Site and an Azure Web Role

Web Roles give you several features beyond Web Apps (formerly Web Sites): Ability to run elevated startup scripts to install apps, modify registry settings, install performance counters, fine-tune IIS, etc. Ability to split an app up into tiers (maybe Web Role for front end, Worker Role for backend processing) and scale independently Ability to RDP … Read more

Could not load file or assembly “System.Net.Http, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a”

Changing the binding information in my web.config (or app.config) – while a “hack” in my view, allows you to move forward with your project after a NuGet package update whacks your application and gives you the System.Net.Http error. Set oldVersion=”0.0.0.0-4.1.1.0″ and newVersion=”4.0.0.0″ as follows <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name=”System.Net.Http” publicKeyToken=”b03f5f7f11d50a3a” culture=”neutral” /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion=”0.0.0.0-4.1.1.0″ newVersion=”4.0.0.0″ /> </dependentAssembly>

Cannot determine the organization name for this ‘dev.azure.com’ remote url

What fixed the issue for me is going to Tools > Options > Source Control > Git Global Settings, there I changed all 4 dropdowns which were still selected as “Unset”: Prune remote branches during fetch – False Rebase local branch when pulling – False Cryptographic network provider – OpenSSL Credential helper – GCM Core … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)