azure-web-roles

How many roles can you have per Azure instance

I know that you can only have 1 web role per instance but does this apply to Background roles as well? In more detail can 1 instance run a background role and a web role? ...

Windows Azure - Web Role cannot access Local Development Queue Storage

I have a class library that is shared between multiple Role projects in my solution. Two of these projects are a Web Role and a Worker Role. They each have the same Configuration Setting: <Setting name="QueueConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" /> each of them is making a call to this function: public static void Ad...

Scheduling Azure Instances

I'd like to run a single Azure instance on a predetermined schedule (e.g. 9-5 PM EST, Mon-Fri) to reduce billing and am wondering what the best way to go about it is. Two parts to the question: Can the Service Management API [1] be used to set the InstanceCount to 0 on a predetermined schedule? If so, are you still billed for this se...

Which do I choose: Web Role with Worker Threads, or Worker Role with HWC?

I want to combine the features and function of the Azure Web Role and Worker Role into one. My driving reason for this is because I only need one of each, but the SLA is forcing me to get two instances of each role. Since 4 * $0.12 / hour is more than what I want to spend out of pocket, I want to combine purposes into two highly availa...

Deploying Projects on EC2 vs. Windows Azure

I've been working with Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services EC2 for a good many months now (almost getting to the years range) and I've seen something over and over that seems troubling. When I deploy a .NET build into Windows Azure into a web role (or service role) it takes usually 6-15 minute for it to startup. In AWS's EC2 it takes...