Author Archives: Dhananjay Kumar

Fetching SQL Azure firewall rules programmatically

In this post we will fetch firewall rules associated with Database server in SQL Azure programmatically. First step is to create a FireWallRule class. This class contains three properties corresponds to three basic ingredient of firewall rules in SQL Azure. 1. Name of the firewall 2. Start IP address 3. End IP address FirewallRule.cs OnceContinueContinue reading “Fetching SQL Azure firewall rules programmatically”

Listing Firewall rules in SQL Azure

In this post, we will fetch firewall rules from SQL Azure. Each Database server in SQL Azure is associated with one or more firewall rules. Each firewall rules have, 1. Name 2. Start IP Address 3. End IP Address Firewall rules can be fetched by querying against Master Database. To retrieve firewall rules login toContinueContinue reading “Listing Firewall rules in SQL Azure”

A look on Database [SQL Azure] option of new Windows Azure portal

Windows Azure Development portal has been moved to new Silverlight based portal. It has all new look and many new features. SQL Azure can be explored by selecting Database option from the left panel. New SQL Azure portal is having very nice Silverlight based user interactive UI and many more operations can be performed throughContinueContinue reading “A look on Database [SQL Azure] option of new Windows Azure portal”

Windows Azure for Developers Task 10: Creating Storage Account in new Silverlight based Windows Azure Portal

1. Login to Windows Azure Development portal. 2. After login at left panel you can see number of storage and service account in your subscription. 3. Select subscription and storage account option to create new Storage Account. At top left, you will get New Storage Account option. To create new storage account click on newContinueContinue reading “Windows Azure for Developers Task 10: Creating Storage Account in new Silverlight based Windows Azure Portal”

Windows Azure for Developers Task 9: Hosting WCF Service Role in Windows Azure Hosted Service

In Previous Article We saw How to work with WCF Service Web Role I am going to extend previous article to publish in hosted service. Hosting WCF Service Role in hosted service is exactly the same as we host  ASP.Net Web Role. 1. Login to Azure Development portal. 2. Create a new hosted service. IfContinueContinue reading “Windows Azure for Developers Task 9: Hosting WCF Service Role in Windows Azure Hosted Service”

Windows Azure for Developers Task 8: Working with WCF Service Web Role

WCF Service Role enables us to create WCF service and host in Windows Azure. In this article, we will create a WCF Service Role and host on local development fabric and consume in a console application. In second part of this article we will move WCF Service to Azure portal.   To start with, 1.ContinueContinue reading “Windows Azure for Developers Task 8: Working with WCF Service Web Role”

Type casting with is and as operator in C#

I have been seeing many developers are casting between two types using is operator. As we know, we do have as operator also for type casting. For purpose of this article, we are going to use below two classes, Very first let us try to understand, how is operator works? So , if we areContinueContinue reading “Type casting with is and as operator in C#”

Binding XML File to Data Grid in Silverlight

It is a common scenario when we need to bind or display data from XML File to Silverlight Data Grid. In this article, I have tried to demonstrate this with simple steps. What all we are going to do is 1. Download content of XML file as string using WebClient class. 2. Parse XML fileContinueContinue reading “Binding XML File to Data Grid in Silverlight”

Windows Azure for Developers Task 7: Creating Hosted Service in new Silverlight based Windows Azure Portal

Windows Azure Development portal is in new look now.  It is Silverlight based and all operation can be performed from one page. New portal is having Ribbon at top, left panel and right panel. From configuring guest Operating system to stopping or restarting service can be performed from one page using new portal. In thisContinueContinue reading “Windows Azure for Developers Task 7: Creating Hosted Service in new Silverlight based Windows Azure Portal”