Windows Azure FAQ

Jiri Slapak, Jiri Kusak, Dominik Pinter

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GENERAL QUESTIONSJiri Slapak

How to start?• How do I want to use Windows Azure?

Kentico CMS Azure Guide5 Things When Deploying Kentico CMS to Windows Azure

Kentico CMS on Windows Azure WebSitesKentico+ documentation

Which license is required for Kentico on cloud?• Perpetual licensing• Pay as you go

Kentico on Windows Azure vs. Kentico +

Azure WebRoles Azure WebSites Kentico +• Remote desktop• Network isolation• Startup tasks• Staging environment

• Instant deployment• Deployment from Git,

FTP, WebMatrix …

• Pay as you go licensing• Automated backups• Hotfix from web• Automated licensing

Windows Azure vs. Amazon cloud

SCALINGJiri Kusak

I want to scale my Azure application. Should I use vertical or horizontal scaling?

What is the optimal size of an instance?

How many instances should I use for my application?

TROUBLESHOOTINGDominik Pinter

Files are not accessible directly from blob storage / content delivery network. What‘s

wrong?

• Files just are not there– Files storage

• Error message says: “Resource not found”– Container permissions

• Files are not served through blob/CDN:– Media files – Redirect files to disk

I‘m running on multiple instances on Windows Azure. My webfarm tasks are not synchronized.

What‘s wrong?

• License limitations– Number of instances– License edition

• Tasks are not generated– Webfarms configuration

• Tasks are not synchronized– Webfarm update mechanism– Windows Azure load balancer

SmartSearch module doesn‘t work. What‘s wrong?

• It just doesn’t work– SmartSearch worker configuration

• Event log says: “Lock obtain timeout”– SmartSearch timeout configuration

• Event log says:”Stream doesn’t support writing”– Package inspection

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