This post shows an example on how to invoke the Azure Service Management API from inside a webrole. 

Before going through this example, you must download first the sample application on working with identities in Windows Azure [Windows Identity Foundation and Windows Azure passive federation].
The sample application mentioned above contains the necessary dll. You may also need to download the Geneva Framework SDK (BETA 2 as of this writing).

After you have downloaded the codes above,

Compile the "Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus" solution to generate the "Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus.dll".

Compile the "Encode" solution which is inside the "\assets\utils\Encoder" folder.

Next, open a command prompt and encode your certificate,

ex. "Encoder.exe C:\MyCertificate.pfx". Make sure that you have exported your certificate together with its private key. Password must have been specified as well.

Now, find the "encoder.out" file inside the assets\utils folder. It contains the xml configuration with your certificate name, bogus password and certificate encoded value.  

Now, create a new Cloud Service. A webrole is enough for our example.

Reference the "Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus.dll". You can find that inside "\assets\" folder.

Inside the  <configSections>, add the following:
 <section name="microsoft.identityModelPlus" type="Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelPlusSection, Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus"
               requirePermission="false" />
Make sure it is not under of any sectionGroup. 

Just right after the <configSections>, add the following:
<microsoft.identityModelPlus>
    <serviceCertificate>
      <certificate name="YourCertificateName" password="YourCertificatePassword" encodedType="pfx" encodedValue="YourVeryLongEncodedCertificateValue" />
    </serviceCertificate>
  </microsoft.identityModelPlus>

Now, in the Default.aspx.cs add these codes that will read your certificate.
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using Microsoft.IdentityModelPlus.Configuration;
using System.Net;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;

        private X509Certificate2 GetCertificate()
        {
            X509Certificate2 serviceCertificate = null;
            MicrosoftIdentityModelPlusSection plusConfiguration = MicrosoftIdentityModelPlusSection.Current;

            if (plusConfiguration != null && plusConfiguration.ServiceCertificate.ElementInformation.IsPresent)
            {

                serviceCertificate = plusConfiguration.ServiceCertificate.GetCertificate();
            }
            return serviceCertificate;
        }

Inside the Load event, add the following:

        string HostedServiceUri = "https://management.core.windows.net/{0}/services/hostedservices";
        string VersionHeader = "x-ms-version";
        string VersionTarget = "2009-10-01"; // as of this writing :)
       
        //change with your ID
        string SubscriptionId = "YourSubscriptionId";

       Uri uri = new Uri(string.Format(HostedServiceUri, SubscriptionId));
           // create a request
            HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri) as HttpWebRequest;
            request.Method = "GET";
            request.ClientCertificates.Add(GetCertificate());
            request.Headers.Add(VersionHeader, VersionTarget);

            HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;

            if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

                using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
                {
                    doc.LoadXml(r.ReadToEnd());
                }

                XmlNodeList hostedServices = doc.GetElementsByTagName("HostedService");

                for (int i = 0; i < hostedServices.Count; i++)
                {
                    Response.Write("URL: <b>" + hostedServices[i].ChildNodes[0].InnerText + "</b>");
                    Response.Write("<br />");
                    Response.Write("Service Name: <b>" + hostedServices[i].ChildNodes[1].InnerText + "</b>");
                }
            } 

The code above will just retrieve your hosted services. Compile and run your application. You must get an output like below. (the highlighted part is your subscription id)

URL: https://management.core.windows.net/<Your Subcription ID>/services/hostedservices/<Your Service Name>
Service Name: <Your Service Name> 

You may already have encountered this annoying message - "please wait while the installer finishes determining your disk space requirements" while installing msi packages. Here is how to get rid of this:

1. Goto your command prompt

2. Navigate to your msi package

3. Execute "msiexe -package <ThePackage.msi> –qr

This solution will install the package silently without user interaction. 

Microsoft launched Table Browser.

The Windows Azure TableBrowser is a web based application that gives you the ability to browse your Windows Azure Storage tables and create, edit, delete, and copy entities.

If you don't want to contact GoDaddy Tech Support by yourself, here are the steps on how to add Account Executive to  your Hosting Account. 

1. Log in to your Account Manager.

2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.

3. Next to the hosting account you want to modify, click Manage Account.

4. Next to your domain name, in the upper right corner of the Hosting Control Center, click Change Account.

5. Click the checkbox next to the account you want to add an AccountExec for, and click on the AccountExec button in the action bar.

6. Click Add AccountExec.

7. Select the AccountExec you wish to add permissions for from the drop down list. (read below for the permission description)

8. Select the permissions you wish add for the AccountExec. Click OK to apply the changes.

NOTE: If you are assigned as an AccountExec, create an account, and then use the following link to access the account you're assigned: https://hostingmanager.secureserver.net/Login.aspx Enter your customer number and password associated with your customer account to proceed.

Account Exec Permission

Administrative
Account Login
Optional Enhancements
Password Vault

Infrastructure
Sub Domains
Aliased Domains
Domain Management
FrontPage Extensions
404 Error Behavior
Change Domain Name
Manage FTP Users
Error Logs
SSH
IIS Settings
Form Mail
Add On Languages
CGI Admin
Cron Manager
Sitemaps
Google Web Master Tools
Directory Management
MySQL
Access
SQL Server
Configure Web Statistics

Content
FTP Client
File Manager

Reporting
Launch Free Web Stats
Launch Site Analytics
Bandwidth Usage
Disk Space Usage
Access Logs

NOTE: You cannot assign DNS Manager or SSL Certificate permissions to an AccountExec.

Here is how to add https endpoint in the Windows Azure Development Fabric. 

http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2009/05/12/https-endpoint-on-windows-azure.aspx