I noticed it a little late, but Microsoft released a refresh of the Windows Azure November 2010 SDK(1.3). I still want to mention it because it solves a security issue with the Windows Azure Software Development Kit (SDK). I strongly encourage you to install the refresh of the SDK and redeploy your application(s). Who is affected? This issue affects applications developed using ASP.NET and using the new "Full IIS" feature of SDK v1.3 that have a Web Role deployed. In particular, this affects web sites and services that use cookies to maintain state information either within a session or between sessions (if interactions in one session can affect what happens in a subsequent session). These cookies are cryptographically protected so that clients can see that there is state information being passed but cannot see the contents of that state information and cannot change it. In the case of vulnerable Web Roles, it may be possible for clients to determine the contents of th