MVC4 (Beta) + EF 4.3 + Azure

I've created the MVC4 (Beta) project (standard template). Then I've added the Cloud project and I was able to publish it to Azure environment - everything worked fine (publically).

Then I've changed Entity Framewodk to 4.3 version via Nuget (Install-Package EntityFramework) - EF has been replaced, web.config has been updated automatically. The project worked fine locally, but after the change I wasn't able to publish it to Azure again. Azure log showed: "... MVC4Test ... cycling" and this step took more than half hour. A newest version of Entity Framework was the only change.

Probably this problem relates to Azure+EF, but maybe somebody solved it and can give me any advice.

Re: MVC4 (Beta) + EF 4.3 + Azure

After changing the Entity Framework's version , the Azure roles got stuck , while it's working fine in local dev fabric. So, As the problem happens in Azure VM , not in the dev fabric, in that case , you can only troubleshoot in Azure VM, for that you need to have access in the Remote VM (If you have enabled that feature during deployments).

Alternatively, if you have enabled Intellitrace during deployment, so then can find the Diagnostics & trace logs .

More on Intellitrace support on Windows Azure :

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jnak/archive/2010/06/07/using-intellitrace-to-debug-windows-azure-cloud-services.aspx

Or in other way, you can always open up a support case with Azure dev support team :

https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=14928&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn

Thanks,

Anindita