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When working with Azure Service Bus or Storage Queues, Fiddler help in troubleshooting errors that could happen while talking to the remote service. Particularly useful when there's a mismatch between .NET client library that wraps RESTful API and remote service. Using Fiddler, you can trace the traffic going back and forth. Communication happens over HTTPS and sometimes Fiddler can refuse to show the values. When that happens, you no longer troubleshoot your Azure Service usage, but Fiddler configuration. Luckily, the fix as easy as resetting certificates used by Fiddler.

I've heard about Humanitarian Toolbox a few times on the .NET Rocks Show. In case you've never heard of it, this is what it is:

There are scenarios when messages need to be sent in bulk. For example: you recieve a message with CSV-like data and generate multiple messages (message per record in the file). To gain performance, generated messages can be batched and sent out in an atomic operation.

Xavier Decoster has a great post how to restore NuGet packages properly. NuGet team has documented it. An excellent automated solution is on GitHub.

In my previous post I have demonstrated how NServiceBus endpoint can be hosted in a WebJob. To extend that concept and demonstrate that you could host multiple endpoints, I have taken NServiceBus VideoStore sample application and converted non-web endpoints to be hosted int WebJobs. Bits, as usual, are on GitHub.

If you're slowly moving from the current Azure portal to the preview portal (new-new portal), there are a lot of hidden gems. One of those gems is Active Paths feature baked into the portal on the control bar on the left side.

Azure WebSites have become a significant building component on Azure platform lately, with many features and tools built around it. WebJobs is one of the features, based on Kudu engine, that allows to run background tasks in Azure website. There's plenty of information about Azure WebJobs and possibilities it opens for Azure WebSites. I'd like to highlight 2 interesting facts: