Where is Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics?

Question

Project references to the various parts of the Azure SDK should live in the installation of the Azure SDK, but for some odd reason my code (an Azure Mobile Service) can no longer see Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics:

I should be able to pick the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.dll up from my Azure SDK 2.7 installation, but here's what I see in the SDK's 'ref' directory:

I.e. I just have

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.dll
WindowsAzureEventSource.dll
WindowsAzureTelemetryEvents.dll

but I do not have Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.dll. Interestingly there is an NuGet package called Unofficial.Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics, with over 30,000 downloads, which suggests that I am not the only one having this problem.

Where should I reference Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics from; is it a DLL somewhere in an SDK or in a NuGet package; where is it?

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '15 at 08:55

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You can find it here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.7\bin\plugins\Diagnostics. With SDK version 2.5, diagnostics is now a plugin.

answered Sep 02 '15 at 08:55

Gaurav Mantri

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Your answer helped me when I had this same issue for v2.9. For v2.9 it is located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.9\bin\plugins\Diagnostics – Brendan L Apr 28 '20 at 10:52

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 13 '16 at 02:31

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It's not in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.7\ref, but is in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.7\bin\plugins\Diagnostics\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics.dll

It was a simple matter of removing the stale reference and re-adding it through the Reference Manager:

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Robotnik

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answered Sep 02 '15 at 08:55

dumbledad

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Specifically, it's under extensions in Reference Manager – BobbyA Mar 15 '18 at 17:53

Where is Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics?

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