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azure deploy multiple site's instance on demand

I have a website called www.Request.com, when users access this site they will be able to request the creation of a new instance of another website that is already deployed in AZURE with the name www.MyTechnicalApp.com
for example when I access to www.Request.com I will request the creation of MyTechnicalApp for my company called "MyCompany", it's supposed that there is a script that will be executed by request.com website to create automatically www.MyCompany.MyTechnicalApp.com website.
would you please let me know how could I do that?

According to your description, to create a web app on Azure automatically, there are two ways to achieve this.
One: using "Windows Azure Management Libraries", this SDK is a wrapper around "Azure Service Management" API.
First, we need to do authentication with ASM API and we can refer to: Windows Azure Management Librairies : Introduction et authentification, then we will be able to create a website with something like this:
using (var AwsManagement = new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management.WebSites.WebSiteManagementClient(azureCredentials))
{
WebSiteCreateParameters parameters = new WebSiteCreateParameters()
{
Name = "myAws",
// this Service Plan must be created before
ServerFarm = "myServiceplan",
};
await AwsManagement.WebSites.CreateAsync("myWebSpace", parameters, CancellationToken.None);
}
Two: We can create a web site by using a POST request that includes the name of the web site and other information in the request body. We can check the code example for azure-sdk-for-net

use this link to get the credentials Authentication in Azure Management Libraries for Java.
https://github.com/Azure/azure-libraries-for-java/blob/master/AUTH.md
The below link helped me to find the answer.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
var resourceGroupName = "your ressource group name";
var subId = "64da6c..-.......................88d";
var appId = "eafeb071-3a70-40f6-9e7c-fb96a6c4eabc";
var appSecret = "YNlNU...........................=";
var tenantId = "c5935337-......................19";
var environment = AzureEnvironment.AzureGlobalCloud;
var credentials = SdkContext.AzureCredentialsFactory.FromServicePrincipal(appId, appSecret, tenantId, AzureEnvironment.AzureGlobalCloud);
var azure = Microsoft.Azure.Management.Fluent.Azure
.Configure()
.Authenticate(credentials)
.WithSubscription(subId);
azure.AppServices.WebApps.Inner.CreateOrUpdateHostNameBindingWithHttpMessagesAsync(resourceGroupName, "WebSiteName", "SubDomainName",
new HostNameBindingInner(
azureResourceType: AzureResourceType.Website,
hostNameType: HostNameType.Verified,
customHostNameDnsRecordType: CustomHostNameDnsRecordType.CName)).Wait();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}

How to only select Active Accounts from Dynamics CRM 2011 using SDK?

I am using this C# SDK to get data from Dynamics CRM 2011: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg695803(v=crm.5).aspx
I need to read all the Accounts from it, the problem is, there are many accounts that are deactivated.
To get the accounts I am using the following code:
var accounts = xrm.AccountSet
.Select(acc => new
{
name = acc.Name,
guid = acc.AccountId,
parent = acc.ParentAccountId,
number = acc.AccountNumber,
website = acc.WebSiteURL,
});
This way has been suggested in this question: Retrieve list of all accounts in CRM through C#?
The problem is, this gets me all the accounts, both active and deactivated accounts. Is there any way to differentiate betweet those two?

Try something like:
var accounts = xrm.AccountSet.Where(acc => acc.StatusCode.Value == 0)
.Select(acc => new
{
name = acc.Name,
guid = acc.AccountId,
parent = acc.ParentAccountId,
number = acc.AccountNumber,
website = acc.WebSiteURL,
status = acc.StatusCode
});

For anyone wondering, I found the solution.
There is a StatusCode Field for each Account. Just extract it and check its value later.
var accounts = xrm.AccountSet
.Select(acc => new
{
name = acc.Name,
guid = acc.AccountId,
parent = acc.ParentAccountId,
number = acc.AccountNumber,
website = acc.WebSiteURL,
status = acc.StatusCode
});
Is there any other way?

Using the TFS 2012 API, how do I get the email address of a user?

I am trying to get the email address of a particular user in TFS 2012 using the API. I have set the users Preferred Email address in the Profile section. I have done plenty of searching online and have the following code.
var userId = "myUserId";
var collection = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(tfsUri, tfsCerd);
var managementService = collection.GetService<IIdentityManagementService>();
var member =
managementService
.ReadIdentity(
IdentitySearchFactor.AccountName,
userId,
MembershipQuery.Direct,
ReadIdentityOptions.ExtendedProperties);
var emailAddress = member.GetAttribute("Mail", null)
This code is both a success and a failure. It is a success in that it successfully retrieves the specified user; however, the problem is that the Email attribute is blank. When I analyzed the member variable, I noticed the "Mail" attribute was listed there and it was empty. I then noticed there were two other attributes called "ConfirmedNotificationAddress" and "CustomNotificationAddress" that had my preferred email address correctly in there.
I am wondering why I can't seem to get the "Mail" variable to load properly with the preferred email address as I will need this code to work on a lot of peoples servers.

Try using Mail instead of Email for the attribute name - that works for me.
Also, if that doesn't work, check the results of member.GetProperties() - maybe that will give you the right name to use.
For me, GetProperty("Mail") also worked.

I bumped into the same problem, I found a work around by getting my users email address from AD using the following code.
public string GetUserEmail(string username)
{
using (var pctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain))
{
using (UserPrincipal up = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(pctx, username))
{
return up != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(up.EmailAddress) ? up.EmailAddress : string.Empty;
}
}
}
But then I found that it would throw an exception when my user was not in my domain. So this code helped me have an a second source. If I didn't find in AD i would go and use the IdentityManagementService.
public TeamFoundationIdentity GetUserByAccountName(string account)
{
var ims = _tfServer.GetService<IIdentityManagementService>();
return ims.ReadIdentity(IdentitySearchFactor.DisplayName, account, MembershipQuery.Expanded, ReadIdentityOptions.ExtendedProperties);
}
Then I would simply use this execution.
var ownerMail = GetUserEmail(checkinEvent.Resource.CheckedInBy.DisplayName);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ownerMail))
{
ownerMail = GetUserByAccountName(checkinEvent.Resource.CheckedInBy.DisplayName).GetProperty("Mail").ToString();
}

Retrieving information of validated user in WCF

I was following this tutorial at http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/380900/WCF-Authentication-and-Authorization-in-Enterprise
Now I have it logging in and everything, no problems infact it works just like it should. I've even added some cryptography to it using MD5 hashing. But I'm not sure how to get the users information. So when they call the Utility service, how would I query the database for that specific user?
[PrincipalPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Role = "Read")]
public Data.UserProfiles ViewProfile()
{
using (var context = new DatabaseEntities())
{
var user = context.UserProfiles.SingleOrDefault(u => u.UserName == ???)
return user;
}
}

If you are using the WCF in web application you can store the user details in cookie as the CodeProject article does or you can follow WCF Authentication as here: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff405740.aspx
Use below code to get user:
var currentUser = new WindowsPrincipal((WindowsIdentity) System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity);

Determine if mailbox exists using Exchange Web Services API

Using the Exchange Web Services API, is it possible to determine whether a mailbox/e-mail address such as someone#mydomain.com exists within an organization?
If so, which is the simplest way to do this and is it possible without the use of impersonation?
Case: A Windows Service regularly sends e-mails to people within the organization. It does not have any explicit knowledge about their e-mail adresses. It only knows their username and assumes that their e-mail address is username#mydomain.com. This is true for all users except for a few that do not have mailboxes. In these cases, it should not attempt to send the e-mail in the first place.
Solution:
As suggested by mathieu: look for user and e-mail address in Active Directory instead. This function gets the job done:
using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement;
// ...
public static bool TryGetUserEmailAddress(string userName, out string email)
{
using (PrincipalContext domainContext =
new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, Environment.UserDomainName))
using (UserPrincipal user =
UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(domainContext, userName))
{
if (user != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(user.EmailAddress))
{
email = user.EmailAddress;
return true;
}
}
email = null;
return false; // user not found or no e-mail address specified
}

Determining if an user has a mailbox with EWS only could be more complicated than expected, especially without impersonation.
If you're in an Active Directory domain, you should rely on the DirectoryEntry information to determine the mailbox of an user, and send email accordingly. If you got your user login, it's really easy to get the associated DirectoryEntry.

there is an easy way to do it by checking the user availability like the following code.
I tried this and it is working for me.
I am not sure about other cases when availability result returns error but for sure when the email is not right it does
to define your exchange service refer to this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/exchange-web-services/get-started-with-ews-managed-api-client-applications
ExchangeService service = new ExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2007_SP1);//You version
service.Credentials = new WebCredentials("user1#contoso.com", "password");
service.AutodiscoverUrl("user1#contoso.com", RedirectionUrlValidationCallback);
string email = "TEST#YOUR.COM";
// Get User Availability after 6 months
AttendeeInfo attendee = new AttendeeInfo(email);
var attnds = new List<AttendeeInfo>();
attnds.Add(attendee);
var freeTime = service.GetUserAvailability(attnds, new
TimeWindow(DateTime.Now.AddMonths(6), DateTime.Now.AddMonths(6).AddDays(1)), AvailabilityData.FreeBusyAndSuggestions);
//if you receive result with error then there is a big possibility that the email is not right
if(freetimes.AttendeesAvailability.OverallResult == ServiceResult.Error)
{
return false;
}
return true;