DIY Microsoft Azure Troubleshooting (HD) - Channel 9

This video shows how to fix the Error ACS50008 in the context of Microsoft Azure Access Control Service. This error usually is displayed as an Inner Message like this:An error occurred while processing your request.HTTP Error Code: 401Message: ACS20001: An error occurred while processing a WS-Federation sign-in response.Inner Message: ACS5008:SAML token is invalid.Trace ID: 903f515f-3196-40c9-a334-71277700aca6Timestamp: 2014-03-02 10:16:16Z Links:How to fix Error ACS50008 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj571618.aspxACS Error Codes https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg185949.aspxACS Documentation https://msdn.microsoft.com/acs

This video shows you how to automatically collect Microsoft Azure Storage Analytic logs. Storage Analytics are key to diagnosing issues with blob, table and queue storage. You can run the Windows Azure Storage Analytics Diagnostics package (.DiagCab) to automatically collect the logs previously generated.Before using this package, you will need to enable Windows Azure Storage Analytics.Links:Download .DiagCab http://dsazure.blob.core.windows.net/azuretools/AzureStorageAnalyticsLogs_global.DiagCabHow to use .DiagCab https://blogs.msdn.com/b/kwill/archive/2014/02/06/windows-azure-storage-analytics-sdp-package.aspxStorage Analytics Video https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/DIY-Windows-Azure-Troubleshooting/Storage-AnalyticsStorage Analytics Documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh343270.aspxStorage Analytics Billing http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh360997.aspxStorage Analytics Log Format http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh343259.aspxStorage Analytics Logging - How to Enable and Where to Find the logs. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cie/archive/2013/10/10/storage-analytics-logging-how-to-enable-and-where-to-find-the-logs.aspxNote:This package will only work on a Windows 7 or later, or Windows Server 2008 R2 or later computer. You will need to have Microsoft Excel installed on the machine where you run this package in order to see the charts.

This video is part four of a four part video series on diagnostics in Microsoft Azure Web Sites. In this video, you'll learn how to use application logging and how you can troubleshoot a crash in your application.Other Videos:Part 1: Troubleshooting ErrorsPart 2: Remote DebuggingPart 3: Failed Request TracingAdditional Resources:Enable Diagnostic Logging for Microsoft Azure Web SitesTracing in ASP.NET MVC Razor ViewsQuick Time Links for this Video:[00:27] Adding Instrumentation to Code[01:06] Adding Configuration to Web.config File for Tracing[02:29] Enabling Application Logging[03:27] Using the Log Streaming Service[04:35] Reviewing the Application Log[05:04] Troubleshooting a Crash[05:53] Signs of an Application Crash[06:29] Reviewing EventLog.xml to Troubleshoot a Crash

This video is part three of a four part video series on diagnostics in Microsoft Azure Web Sites. In this video, you'll learn how to use Failed Request Tracing to narrow down a problem with a slow page in your application.Other Videos:Part 1: Troubleshooting ErrorsPart 2: Remote DebuggingPart 4: Application Logging and CrashesAdditional Resources:Troubleshooting Slow Requests in Microsoft Azure Web SitesHow to FTP Into a WAWS SiteQuick Time Links for this Video:[00:24] Reproducing a Slow Request[01:06] Enabling Failed Request Tracing[01:36] Configuring Failed Request Tracing for Successful Requests[03:11] Reviewing a Failed Request Tracing File

This video is part two of a four part video series on diagnostics in Microsoft Azure Web Sites. In this video, you'll learn how to use Visual Studio to remote debug your application running in Microsoft Azure Web Sites.Other Videos:Part 1: Troubleshooting ErrorsPart 3: Failed Request TracingPart 4: Application Logging and CrashesAdditional Resources:Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Web Sites in Visual StudioQuick Time Links for this Video:[00:37] Reviewing a Detailed Error Message for an Application Error[02:15] Enabling Remote Debugging[03:05] Attaching the Debugger[03:53] Breaking Into the Process When an Exception Occurs

This video is part one of a four part video series on diagnostics in Microsoft Azure Web Sites. In this video, you'll learn how to troubleshoot application errors in Microsoft Azure Web Sites.Other Videos:Part 2: Remote DebuggingPart 3: Failed Request TracingPart 4: Application Logging and CrashesAdditional Resources:How to Monitor Web SitesQuick Links for this Video:[00:49] Configuring Detailed Error Messages[02:07] Logging into Your Site with FileZilla[04:37] Downloading the Detailed Error Message[05:15] Using Web Matrix to Edit a File

Visual Studio 2013 makes it easy to enable and visualize diagnostics in a Microsoft Azure cloud service. You can configure the collection of standard Microsoft Azure diagnostic data such as application logs, event logs, performance counters and infrastructure logs. Just make sure to pick a reasonable transfer period so as not to impact performance, and keep the total information collected under the 4096 overall diagnostic quota. We will also demonstrate how to easily add diagnostic trace messages in your code which will appear in the WADLogsTable in your storage account.Useful links:Configuring Microsoft Azure DiagnosticsIntroduction to Microsoft Azure DiagnosticsMicrosoft Azure Diagnostics Runtime ConfigurationTroubleshooting Best Practices for Developing Microsoft Azure Applications

Visual Studio 2013 enables you to modify the collection of diagnostic data after a cloud service is deployed to Microsoft Azure. This is a useful technique to collect troubleshooting information from a single instance or to temporarily increase the logging level in order to diagnose a problem. Changes that you made via the Visual Studio Server Explorer will persist until you do a full re-deployment of your cloud service because the diagnostic configuration is written to the wad-control-container in your storage account.These are the links shared at the end of the video:Configuring Microsoft Azure DiagnosticsIntroduction to Microsoft Azure DiagnosticsTroubleshooting Best Practices for Developing Microsoft Azure Applications

If you have a Access Control Service (ACS) namespace you will periodically see email indicating your certificate, key or password is about to expire. This video will guide you through what to check for to ensure all you certificates, keys and passwords are up to date.The code references it this presentation can downloaded at https://aka.ms/P4rzx3LinksACS: Certificates and KeysACS Management Service API ReferenceCode Sample: ACS Management Service

Microsoft Azure Storage Analytics generates logs to trace requests, analyze usage trends. Storage Analytics logs contain detailed information for authenticated requests and successful anonymous requests to a storage service. Logs are stored in block blobs in a container named $logs which is automatically created when you enable analytics on a given storage account.It is very useful to enable Storage analytics to diagnose issues with storage accounts.Links:Storage Analytics http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh343270.aspxStorage Analytics Billing: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh360997.aspxStorage Analytics Log Format: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh343259.aspxAzure Storage Explorer(Preview 5.1) http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/releases/view/89713Storage Analytics Logging - How to Enable and Where to Find the logs. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cie/archive/2013/10/10/storage-analytics-logging-how-to-enable-and-where-to-find-the-logs.aspx This link has the attachment for the Analytics.xlsx file referenced in the demo.

Microsoft Azure Diagnostics (WAD) enables you to collect diagnostic data from Cloud Services running in Microsoft Azure. WAD fulfills two new diagnostic gathering requirements introduced by the Microsoft Azure scale-out architecture:Save diagnostic data that would be lost during a reimaging of the instance.Provide a central repository for diagnostics from multiple instances. Using windows azure diagnostics, you can collect diagnostics data off of multiple instances at onceLinks:Troubleshooting Best Practices for Developing Microsoft Azure Applicationshttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh771389.aspx Configuring Microsoft Azure Diagnostics using Visual Studiohttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn186185.aspxMicrosoft Azure Diagnostics Configuration Mechanisms and Order of Precedencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn205146.aspx

This video will describe the diagnostic data available on Microsoft Azure PaaS Virtual Machine, and how to easily gather and preserve this data. Additional Resourceshttps://blogs.msdn.com/b/kwill/archive/2013/08/09/windows-azure-paas-compute-diagnostics-data.aspx - More detailed information about the diagnostics data, links to the SDP package, and a troubleshooting series showing how to troubleshoot various issues.https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/DIY-Windows-Azure-Troubleshooting/Dynamically-Enabling-Windows-Azure-Remote-Desktop - More information on dynamically configuring RDP.https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/DIY-Windows-Azure-Troubleshooting - DIY Microsoft Azure Troubleshooting series. Quick Video Links[00:47] Common Diagnostics Sources - Windows Azure Event logs, Application Event logs, WindowsAzureGuestAgent logs (AppAgentRuntime, WaAppAgent), WaHostBootstrapper log files, IIS log files.[02:21] SDP Package - Quickly and easily gather all of the diagnostics data from a VM into a CAB file.

This video demonstrates how to enable, view and delete account delegates for a business account in the Microsoft Account portal.Account delegates have full access to your account; however, they cannot add, remove, or view other account delegates. You can configure up to 10 account delegates.The account delegate does not gain access to the information in the Microsoft Azure Management Portal. Account Delegates are different from Co-administrators.The Microsoft Azure Account Center currently does not display when a user is logged on as an account delegate. It is up to you to administer account delegates in the Microsoft Account portal.

This video explains common uses of the Microsoft Azure Remote Desktop feature followed by an architectural overview. Finally helpful links are shared to facilitate the troubleshooting of cloud services instances.Here are some useful links:How to enable RD in the portal: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/cloud-services/how-to-configure-a-cloud-service How to enable RD in Visual Studio: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg443832.aspxMicrosoft Azure PaaS VM Logs analysis package: https://wc.ficp.support.microsoft.com/Dashboards/Main/SelfHelpCase/CIE Team blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/cieTroubleshooting Best Practices White Paper https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh771389.aspx

This video explains how to dynamically enable and disable the Microsoft Azure Remote Desktop feature. A step by step demonstration shows how to connect to a cloud service instance in order to securely troubleshoot it.

This video explains how to enable and disable the Microsoft Azure Remote Desktop feature when publishing in Visual Studio. A step by step demonstration shows how to configure a cloud service to enable this important troubleshooting feature.