Azure WCF development
There is a patch you must install that creates a local “load balancer” that fixes an issue with requests to and from AppFabric services. You’ll also have to update the behavior.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wcfazure/Wiki/View.aspx?title=KnownIssues
Azure Initialization
After publishing your services might hang, if they don’t start in around an hour, try stopping and restarting them.
http://blog.toddysm.com/2010/01/windows-azure-deployment-stuck-in-initializing-busy-stopping-why.html
Azure Instances
- You can’t set the number of running instances for any service to 0. If you do you get a Dr. Watson exception thrown in the Azure UI….Really; Dr. Watson!
- You can’t have more then 5 web roles, again cryptic Dr. Watson error message
Azure Upgrade
Upgrade means upload new code, when you do this you can’t change the configuration. If you need to add/remove/rename roles you will have to delete and redeploy.
WP7 Service References
You can only have one service reference in the current CTP.
Upgrading WP7 CTP to April
I tried it; following all the correct instructions the application was running but would bomb randomly. Recreating the project from scratch (copy/paste the code) fixed the issue.
WP7 Panorama
By far the best and most stable panorama: http://phone.codeplex.com/
