Tool to setup a working environment on Windows Azure with minimal effort

gistfile1.txt

var publishSettingsFile = 
    @"C:\temp\........credentials.publishsettings";

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(publishSettingsFile);

var managementCertbase64string =
    xdoc.Descendants("PublishProfile").Single().Attribute("ManagementCertificate").Value;

var importedCert = new X509Certificate2(
    Convert.FromBase64String(managementCertbase64string));

string thumbprint = importedCert.Thumbprint;

string subscriptionId = xdoc.Descendants("Subscription").First().Attribute("Id").Value;

X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
store.Add(importedCert);
store.Close();

X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
X509Certificate2 managementCert = 
    store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint, thumbrprint, false)[0];

var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(
    string.Format("https://management.core.windows.net/{0}/services/hostedservices", 
    subscriptionId));

req.Headers["x-ms-version"] = "2011-10-01";
req.ClientCertificates.Add(managementCert);

XNamespace xmlns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure";

Console.WriteLine(string.Join("n",
    XDocument.Load(req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
    .Descendants(xmlns + "ServiceName").Select(n => n.Value).ToArray()));