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Ensure that your application is capturing diagnostics information. You may find these links useful in enabling diagnostics in your Azure applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee758705.aspx http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/SVC15 http://blogs.msdn.com/sumitm/archive/2009/11/25/windows-azure-walkthrough-simple-logging.aspx http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/threads/ To ensure diagnostics is working fine, there are several ways. One of the way is to look for tables that start with "WAD" in your storage account and blob containers starting with "wad-". Following table summarizes these tables/blob containers names and the information they contain:
Table/Blob Container Name
Information Contained
WADWindowsEventLogsTable
Event Logs data
WADPerformanceCountersTable
Performance Counters data
WADLogsTable
Trace Logs data
WADDiagnosticInfrastructureLogsTable
Azure Infrastructure Logs data
WADDirectoriesTable
Directory Logs data
wad-iis-logfiles
IIS Logs files
wad-iis-failedreqlogfiles
IIS Failed Request Logs files
wad-crash-dumps
Crash Dumps files
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Keep your Azure Storage Account and Subscription information handy. You can get this information from Windows Azure Portal at http://windows.azure.com
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Please ensure that you've uploaded API certificates in Windows Azure Portal. You may find these links useful for this: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel/archive/2009/09/22/using-iis-to-generate-a-x509-certificate-for-use-with-the-windows-azure-service-management-api-step-by-step.aspx http://www.cerebrata.com/Blog/post/Error-in-reading-certificates-from-certificate-store-through-a-WPF-application-when-run-as-Non-Administrator.aspx
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Watch these demo videos covering functionality of Azure Diagnostics Manager Overview: Demo Connecting to diagnostics data sources: Demo Event Logs Viewer: Demo Performance Counters Viewer: Demo Trace Logs Viewer: Demo Infrastructure Logs Viewer: Demo IIS Logs Viewer: Demo IIS Failed Request Logs Viewer: Demo On Demand Transfer: Demo Remote Diagnostics Management: Demo Dashboard: Demo