How to View Trace Information in the Compute Emulator

In Visual Studio, open the source file for the role.

Add the following Using statement:

using System.Diagnostics;

In the Run method, add the Trace.WriteLine statement. The following example shows an example of the Run method:

public override void Run()
{
   Trace.WriteLine("WorkerRole2 entry point called", "Information");
   
   while (true)
   {
      Thread.Sleep(10000);
      Trace.WriteLine("Working", "Information");
   }
}

Build and run your service.

Right-click the Windows Azure icon in the system tray, and then click Show Compute Emulator UI.

The left pane of the user interface shows the services that are currently deployed and the role instances that are running for each service. You can click on the service or roles to see the trace information in the right pane. If an service has multiple role instances running, you can click the top margin of a message window to maximize it in the pane.