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Asked: 2026-06-10T16:36:35+00:00

I would like to make Worker Role in azure that handles some behind the

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I would like to make Worker Role in azure that handles some behind the scene processing for a web role. In the web role i would like to upload a plugin (a DLL most likely) which becomes avalible for the worker role to use.

What about security? If i was to let 3th party people upload a dll to my azure worker role. Can i do anything to limit what it can do. Would not be nice if they could take control over the management API or something like this.

I am new to azure and exploring if its a platform to use for this project.

Last question, i noticed that i could remote desktop my cloud service. Could i upload binary programs to that and call that from the worker role aswell? (another kind of plugin).

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a few things you might want to look at. Let’s assume your Worker Role is an empty shell. After starting the Worker Role you could start a timer that runs every X minutes to get the latest assemblies from a blob storage container for example.

    You can download these assemblies to a folder and use MEF to scan them and import all objects implementing IWorkerRolePlugin for example (this would be a custom interface you would create). MEF would be the best choice when you want to work with plugins. You could even create a custom catalog that directly links with a blob storage container.

    Now about the security part. In your Worker Role you could for example create a restricted AppDomain to make sure these plugins can’t do anything wrong. This code should get you started: Restricted AppDomain example

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