Windows Azure emulator utility class to start, stop and kill: storage and compute emulators.

AzureEmulatorManager.cs

public static class AzureEmulatorManager
{
    public static AzureStorageEmulatorManager Storage = AzureStorageEmulatorManager.Instance;
    public static AzureComputeEmulatorManager Compute = AzureComputeEmulatorManager.Instance;
}

public class AzureStorageEmulatorManager
{
    private const string StorageEmulatorProcessName = "DSServiceLDB";
    private const string EmulatorPath = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Azure\Emulator\csrun.exe";

    public static AzureStorageEmulatorManager Instance = new AzureStorageEmulatorManager();

    public Process GetProcess()
    {
        return Process.GetProcessesByName(StorageEmulatorProcessName).FirstOrDefault();
    }

    public bool IsRunning()
    {
        return GetProcess() != null;
    }

    public void Start()
    {
        if (!IsRunning())
        {
            using (var process = Process.Start(EmulatorPath, "/devstore:start"))
            {
                process.WaitForExit();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Stop()
    {
        if (IsRunning())
        {
            using (var process = Process.Start(EmulatorPath, "/devstore:shutdown"))
            {
                process.WaitForExit();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Kill()
    {
        var process = GetProcess();
        if (process != null)
        {
            process.Kill();
        }
    }
}

public class AzureComputeEmulatorManager
{
    private const string ComputeEmulatorProcessName = "DFService";
    private const string ComputeEmulatorPath = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Azure\Emulator\csrun.exe";

    public static AzureComputeEmulatorManager Instance = new AzureComputeEmulatorManager();

    public Process GetProcess()
    {
        return Process.GetProcessesByName(ComputeEmulatorProcessName).FirstOrDefault();
    }

    public bool IsRunning()
    {
        return GetProcess() != null;
    }

    public void Start()
    {
        if (!IsRunning())
        {
            using (var process = Process.Start(ComputeEmulatorPath, "/devfabric:start"))
            {
                process.WaitForExit();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Stop()
    {
        if (IsRunning())
        {
            using (var process = Process.Start(ComputeEmulatorPath, "/devfabric:shutdown"))
            {
                process.WaitForExit();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Kill()
    {
        var process = GetProcess();
        if (process != null)
        {
            process.Kill();
        }
    }
}