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Microsoft Azure is a Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing platform. Use this tag for programming questions concerning Azure. General server help can be obtained at Super User or Server Fault.

If you need help setting up Azure resources, ask those questions on Server Fault or Super User.

Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure) is Microsoft's application platform for the public cloud. Microsoft Azure can be used to build web applications or services that run and store data in Microsoft data centres. It can connect on-premises applications with each other or map between different sets of identity information.

Azure offers several high-level services

Azure offers several services currently in preview

Intro to Azure

Each of these services offers the ability to scale up or down based on demand using predetermined virtual machine sizes to run the services.

Use this tag for questions relating to applications hosted on Azure.

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Azure Cosmos DB - Understanding Partition Key

I'm setting up our first Azure Cosmos DB - I will be importing into the first collection, the data from a table in one of our SQL Server databases. In setting up the collection, I'm having trouble understanding the meaning and the requirements…
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Is it possible to rename an Azure App Service plan using the Azure Portal?

Is it possible to rename an App Service Plan? I have already tried in both the old and new portals and can't find any rename options.
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Missing value for AzureWebJobsStorage in local.settings.json local development in Visual Studio 2017

I'm developing a azure function locally, with the Storage Emulator and de Storage Explorer opened. File tree local.settings.json { "IsEncrypted": false, "Values": { "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true", …
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Differences between Azure Block Blob and Page Blob?

As I recently started mingling around with Windows Azure, I've came up to a situation where, which one to go for between the Block Blob & Page Blob. I'm currently in progress of uploading some text, csv or dat files to a blob storage and then do a…
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Removing/Hiding/Disabling excessive HTTP response headers in Azure/IIS7 without UrlScan

I need to remove excessive headers (primarily to pass penetration testing). I have spent time looking at solutions that involve running UrlScan, but these are cumbersome as UrlScan needs to be installed each time an Azure instance is started. There…
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Difference between Service Principal and Managed Identities in Azure

I would like to know if it is always recommended to use Managed Identities in Azure , mostly system assigned or a Service Principal? When should Service Principals be used in Azure compared to a managed identity, what is the advantage of one over…
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Azure Functions Database Connection String

How do I add or access an app.config file in Azure functions to add a database connection string? If you're not supposed to add an app.config and there is a better way to access an external database to execute the function please let me know best…
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Where do you set and access run-time configuration parameters per environment for service fabric?

For two environments, local and cloud, how would I set up custom settings or parameters for resources such as Sql databases, storage accounts, etc... Ideally it would be one parameter name called in code to say, point a DbContext towards a…
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How and where to define an environment variable on Azure

I have an ASP.NET MVC web application deployed to Azure. I'm reading my setting using the GetEnvironmentVariable(...) method. The problem is that I can't find a way to define this environment variable in Azure Portal. Where can I do that? I don't…
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Azure Blob Storage "Authorization Permission Mismatch" error for get request with AD token

I am building an Angular 6 application that will be able to make CRUD operation on Azure Blob Storage. I'm however using postman to test requests before implementing them inside the app and copy-pasting the token that I get from Angular for that…
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How do I pause an Azure App Service Plan?

I thought one of the advantages of Azure was that I could turn services on and off depending on when I want them to be available. However I cant see how to pause my App Service Plan. Is it possible? I want to use the S1 tier so that I can play with…
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Why do I get the error "The target GatherAllFilesToPublish does not exist"?

I have recently installed the new Azure development tools for Visual Studio 2010 service pack 1. Every time that I try to publish an existing website (using file system deployment) I get the following error: The target "GatherAllFilesToPublish"…
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Azure CLI vs Powershell?

Not precisely able to understand the merit of Azure CLI on Windows environment. Is it targetted for the audience who want to manage Azure IAAS from Linux environment? I thought Powershell core is going to be the way for non-Windows admins. Is…
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When should I use Sql Azure and when should I use table Storage?

When should i use Sql Azure and when should I use table Storage? I was thinking , use table storage for transaction processing scenarios e.g. debit credit accounts kind of scenario and use Sql Azure when data will not be used for transactional…
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AzureStorage Blob Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature

I'm trying to upload a image in Windows Azure Blob and I'm geting the following error which I can't handle. Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature. The…
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