Merge week 1's work into WindowsAzure/dev#139

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Jul 27, 2012

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Commits on Jul 16, 2012

Merge pull request #1 from WindowsAzure/dev
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Commits on Jul 19, 2012

bug fixes.

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Commits on Jul 21, 2012

address code review feedback.
Albert Cheng
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support root container explicitly.
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