Azure-docs: Missing "Development" tab

[IGx89]

Hello! I'm trying to following the instructions to disable the storage emulator (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vs-azure-tools-storage-emulator-using#initializing-and-running-the-storage-emulator), however when I right-click on my Azure Functions project in Solution Explorer and click Properties, the resulting window doesn't have the mentioned "Development" tab. I see the normal Application, Build, Debug, etc. tabs but no Development tab. How can I disable storage emulator? It's not working for me (won't create the LocalDB database) so I'm trying to use Azurite instead, but am blocked by this.

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• ID: 90ff8041-c5e9-51de-21fc-17d22eaf901a
• Version Independent ID: b18a0b57-ab52-0bd7-2d56-58d0aa05dbba
• Content: Configuring and using the Storage Emulator with Visual Studio
• Content Source: articles/vs-azure-tools-storage-emulator-using.md
• Product: visual-studio-dev15
• Technology: vs-azure
• GitHub Login: @ghogen
• Microsoft Alias: ghogen

[ManojReddy-MSFT]

@IGx89 We are looking into this and will get back to you shortly.

[BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT]

@IGx89 Thank you for bringing this to our attention! I see the same behavior with my VS too. While I reach out to our internal Team to gather more details around this, I'd like to know the VS version you are using, just so it might help in troubleshooting further.

@ghogen Could you please share your insights?

[IGx89]

Sure! Visual Studio 2019 latest stable, 16.4.1

[ghogen]

I'll look into this and talk with the engineering team. In the meantime, try editing your project file by adding the <StartDevelopmentStorage> element set to False to disable the Storage Emulator :

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
    <AzureFunctionsVersion>v2</AzureFunctionsVersion>
    <StartDevelopmentStorage>False</StartDevelopmentStorage>
  </PropertyGroup>

[IGx89]

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Didn't know about that element.

[BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT]

@ghogen Thanks for that tip!

@IGx89 Please try it out and let us know if you run into issues.

[BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT]

@IGx89 We will now proceed to close this thread as resolved, but if there are any further questions regarding the documentation, please tag me in your reply and we will be happy to continue the conversation.

[ghogen]

OK, I will also update the document to add this info.

[BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT]

@ghogen Thanks for the update!

[PhilipSkinner]

Sorry to comment on a closed issue:

<StartDevelopmentStorage>False</StartDevelopmentStorage>

; doesn't work on VS 2017 - I get a random behaviour where certain function apps do not start the storage emulator and certain ones do - no detectable difference between the projects.

[duranmg]

I doesn't work in vs2019 either. I am trying to run using docker/azurite but i get an error from VS2019 that it can't start the Azure Storage Emulator...very frustrating.

[BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT]

@ghogen Can you please take a look?

[ghogen]

If that doesn't always work, this should be investigated as a product issue - please enter at Dev Community.
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/spaces/8/index.html

[ghogen]

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/895743/startdevelopmentstorage-set-to-false-does-not-work.html - link to the feedback item on Dev Community.

The engineers wanted an example of a project that demonstrates the issue. @duranmg @PhilipSkinner

It worked for me on what I tried so far, but I can try to reproduce this. There are some other settings that might also be relevant.