Windows 8 Cloud Platform development environment to build process detailed

Windows Store application, a new generation of Windows 8 operating systems, has a slightly different development platform and operating model than traditional platforms. To help more developers join the Windows Store application development, this article describes how to build a WINDOWS8 application development environment on Windows Azure Cloud Platform, which is suitable for WINDOWS8 operating systems that are not installed, using Mac Or developers of Linux platforms for reference reading.

Preparatory work

Before setting up the environment, everyone needs to register the free account in Windows Azure platform, after registering completes, can obtain 90 days free permission to use. Registration method Please refer to: Free Trial Windows Azure Cloud Platform (no credit card available)

If you have a Microsoft MSDN subscription account, you can apply for a one-year Windows Azure account based on your account permissions.

After you have a Windows Azure account, check to see if the local machine has Remote Desktop applications installed (remotely Desktop), and in the following articles, you will log on to the Cloud Platform virtual host for Windows 8 application development via Remote Desktop.

-Windows platform, usually the default installation of Remote Desktop;

-If you use a Mac or Linux system, you can download Remote Desktop applications here. Mac version Linux version

Start to build WINDOWS8 development environment

First log on to the Windows Azure Management platform, create a new Windows Azure Affinity Group and storage account, and prepare for the subsequent creation of the Windows Azure Virtual host.