I have a WebRole and 2 ServiceBus WorkerRoles running, During the OnStart of the roles I get the following Exception: [System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException] invalid syntax for container log4net Parameter name: initialConfiguration Running Azure: ConfigurationManager version=1.7.0.3 ServiceBus version=1.7.0.1 Storage version=1.7.0.0 This occurs while running locally in the dev Azure environment and in the Cloud. All roles have the following Configurtion settings: <LocalStorage name="Log4Net" cleanOnRoleRecycle="true" sizeInMB="2048" /> All Roles have the following code in the OnStart: try { // Configure Disgnostics to poll Log file to Blob Storage var diagnosticsConfig = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration(); diagnosticsConfig.Directories.ScheduledTransferPeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5); diagnosticsConfig.Directories.DataSources.Add( new DirectoryConfiguration { Path = RoleEnvironment.GetLocalResource("Log4Net").RootPath, DirectoryQuotaInMB = 512, Container = "wad-WebRolelog4net" }); DiagnosticMonitor.Start("Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString", diagnosticsConfig); } catch { OnStop(); return false; }