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Update Azure Service While It Is Running

Cloud Computing May 21st, 2010

Lets assume that we are doing a project that needs to update endpoint configuration (for example: add a new internal/input endpoints) and even create new worker role when the service is running. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179341.aspx#Subheading2 it seems we can’t change the service definition when the service is running. So what options are there to do this?

The only option here is to make your service definition changes, delete the running service and recreate\deploy. The change of endpoints as well as adding additional roles require a schema change to the service.