Error deleting VHD: There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID...
UPDATE 10/08/2013: There are currently no scenarios where manually breaking the lease via script or CloudXplorer, etc. is useful in resolving this issue, so the script has been removed from this...
View ArticleSharepoint & MS Dynamics VM - with sample data
Hi all;We need a Sharepoint and MS Dynamics install with sample data so we can test that our OData connectors can connect to and pull down selected data from each. Is there a way to create VMs of...
View ArticlePerformance problems after last global issue
HelloThe previous post issue was solved with global post-update maintenance and I have expected that performance will be restored at the previous level however my observation of thevirtual machines...
View ArticleUploading a VHD
Hi,I have gone through the fun of uploading a VHD and having to use the powershell cmdlets.Ok great that it is there - but to me it seems over-complex for something so fundamental.Does MS plan of...
View ArticleProvisioning a VM
Hi,I am provisioning a VM from a VHD I have uploaded. The VHD was 100GB.Anyway on the Azure console is saying: Running (Provisioning)However this is taking I think about an hour so far.It seems to be...
View ArticleHow do I upgrade my OS from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2?
You would think I could find an answer to this question after a quick search, but I can't. I have a current Azure server running Windows 2012 and I want to upgraded it to R2. I have seen about 50...
View ArticleUpgrading Win Server 2012 Datacenter to 2012 R2
Is there a simple way to upgrade from Win Server 2012 Datacenter to 2012 R2 in a VM? One can create a new VM in the portal with R2, but there doesn't appear to be a way to upgrade an existing VM. I...
View ArticleIntermittent ASP.NET warning indicating connectivity issue from web servers...
Windows 2012 64 bit IIS Web servers running ASP.NET 4.0 64 bit web application. Â Most of the time the application works fine, however, intermittently I am seeing warnings in the web server application...
View ArticleAzure upload an Active Directory DC - VHD?
Hi,I have trying to deploy a Azure VM from a VHD I have uploaded.Unfortunatly it had a timeout on provisioning.I was reading that the VM/VHD needs to be generalized. Is this a requirement? My VHD is an...
View ArticleUpgrading free account to paying keeps a flag stopping larger dbs and web roles
We decided to keep Azure on this subscription, changing the status from cancelled free to live with active card.However, whenever we try to publish without first deleting the production or staging, we...
View ArticlePublicIP ran cmdlet and cannot locate PIP address
I ran the PublicIP cmdlet on this Azure page -Â http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn690118.aspxRan this PS successfully :Â Get-AzureVM -ServiceName xxxWeb -Name xxxWeb | Set-AzurePublicIP...
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Calling All Wise Men! Azure Gurus Needed! Apply Within! No One Turned Away!
Calling all wise men!Join us and rejoice! The time for giving is upon us again!A time for family (community) and gifts of knowledge!Why not wrap up a little something extra special this year.After all,...
View ArticleProvisioned Server 2012 r2 not activated (bizspark)
I tried provisioning a server 2012 r2 data center VM today, but it isn't activated. I deleted and retried a few times, but every single one was not activated. I have a bizspark subscription (msdn...
View ArticleCan't RDP to Azure VM
Hi!As per this thread, I'm writing this thread because I'm unable to connect to an Azure VM. I have re sized and restart the VM several times and no luck. It's very annoying having to worki with...
View ArticleCan't connect to Azure VM via RDP
Hi.I can't connect to my Azure VM via RDP. It says me that my credentials are invalid.What I've used: a) my email, \email, dns-name\email as loginb) restart my VMc) change password via Powershelld)...
View ArticleCan't connect to Azure VM
Remote Desktop can't find the Computer " ***.cloudapp.net" This might mean that ***.cloudapp.net does not belong to the specific network. Verify the computer name and domain that you are trying to...
View ArticleScale multiple availability sets in the same cloud sevice
I have multiple (n+1) availability sets within the same cloud service all utilising Virtual Machines (not Web or Worker roles). Within the Management Portal, I'm presented with a UI for scaling each...
View ArticleTransfer captured VM image to another region
Good afternoonI wonderifthere is someway to transfera VMimage to anotherregion , to create a another VM with this image on that region?My VM and the snapshot is in Europe i want create the VM with the...
View ArticleHow to increase more than two RDP sessions in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Hi ,Please provide me the information and procedure to set up more than two RDP session on Windows Azure Virtual machine.Do i have to buy the license and how to add to my virtual machine or is there...
View ArticleFailed to start virtual machine
Hi, we have a cloud service with about 10 VM's (all WS 2012 R2) and some of them would not start this morning with error: "Failed to start virtual machine - The server encountered an internal error....
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