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Compressed UTF-8 Strings in SQL Azure

SQL Azure costs are primarily based on which size database you choose to provision. Given the premium over the cost of blob storage you’ll want to avoid storing large amounts of data that could be kept in files. However, most … Continue reading

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Changing IIS Logging Fields in Windows Azure

Windows Azure makes it pretty easy to enable IIS logging for your web roles and the logs will periodically be transfered to a storage account so you can analyze them. A typical IIS installation will include some essential fields and … Continue reading

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Serving GZip Compressed Content from the Azure CDN

GZip Compression There are two big reasons why you should compress your content: time & money. Less data transferred over the wire means your site will be faster for users and bandwidth costs will be lower for you. Compressing the … Continue reading

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