Process Monitor v2.03: This update to Process Monitor, a real-time file, registry, process and network monitor, adds the ability to import and export configuration settings, shows an icon in the operations column depicting the event class of the operation, and fixes a symbol configuration bug on Windows XP.Īutoruns v9.36: Autoruns changes the Hide Microsoft Entries to only hide Windows entries, fixes a bug in the Find behavior, allows enabling and disabling entries using the space bar, and fixes a number of minor bugsĭisk Usage v1.33: Du adds a new option, -u, that has it exclude duplicate hard-linked files from its summary. Process Explorer capability for Azure Websites is free for all paying customers.If you have not used their tools before, I highly recommend taking a stroll over to They have just released updates to Process Monitor, Autoruns, Disk Usage, and Process Explorer Since Process Explorer for Azure Websites is a Cloud-based utility, maybe we should call this one a Sys EXTternals utility. Or, maybe Microsoft is planning to port more of the Windows utility favorites to the Cloud environment. So, that might give us a better indicator of where the Azure version got its name. It's equally interesting, and potentially ironic, that Mark Russinovich, the creator of the Sysinternals utility, is also a key evangelist for Azure. And, just as you can in the Sysinternals tool, you can kill specific processes that might be causing harm. The Cloud version allows you to enumerate the various Azure-hosted websites and drill down into each process to determine if specific handles or modules might be causing issues with performance or other website degrading activity.

Process Explorer is also the name of a Sysinternals tool and provides much of the same functionality. Microsoft today is announcing a feature enhancement to Azure where those Azure Websites customers can now monitor and manage website processes through Process Explorer.

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