Q:

Read state from smart contract deployed to azure proof of authority ethereum network

I deployed a smart contract to an azure proof of authority network(ethereum).  Following the instructions here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/blockchain/templates/ethereum-poa-deployment#tutorials, I was also able to send a signed transaction to the contract which i believe succeeds since i get back a transaction hash.  But I cannot successfully query state in the contract.  Im not sure what I’m missing or doing wrong.  But here’s sample code to describe better. 
contract MyContract {
struct Account {
    address owner;
    boolean active;
}

mapping( address => Account) allAccounts;

function AddAccount(address newAddress) public returns (bool success ) {
    allAccounts[newAddress].owner = newAddress;
    allAccounts[newAddress].active = true;
    return true;
}

function GetAccount(address _address) public view returns( address owner, boolean active) {
    return (allAccounts[_address].owner, allAccounts[_address].active);
}
}

I executed the AddAccount method.above by sending a signed transaction as follows
web3.eth.getTransactionCount(accountAddress, (err, nonce) => {
const data = MyContract.methods. AddAccount(
  newAddress ).encodeABI();

const rawTx = {
  nonce,
  gasPrice: '0x00',
  gasLimit: '0x2FAF080',
  to: contractAddress,
  value: '0x00',
  data,
};

const tx = new ethereumjs(rawTx);
tx.sign(privateKey);

// var serializedTx = tx.serialize();
const raw = '0x' + tx.serialize().toString('hex');

web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction(raw, (txErr, transactionHash) => {
  console.log("TX Hash: " + transactionHash);
  console.log("Error: " + txErr);})

Then I try to query the account like so
MyContract.methods. GetAccount(newAddress).call({
    from: accountAddress,
  }, (error, result) => {
    if (error) {
      logger.error(`${errors}`);
    }
    logger.info(`${result}`);
  });

However the result of this query always returns wrong values.  Like im not able to get the initial values I sent in the first call.  Pls what im I doing wrong or how can I make this work? 

A:

Turns out the issue for me had to do with the account i was using to sign the transaction.  Im not really sure what was wrong with the account though.  But i created a new one and tried it out following the same steps, and transaction was success.  Can now query and get the right value

