asp.net Web application to Windows Azure Web Sites

The following demonstrates how to use Visual Studio 2012 to quickly deploy a http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/14156.html ">asp.net" Web application to Windows Azure Web Sites.

First you must have opened Windows Azure three-month free trial account and have enabled the Technology Preview feature Windows Azure Web Sites, if you have not yet opened Windows Azure account, you can prepare a credit card and go to http:// WWW.WINDOWSAZURE.COM/ZH-TW/PRICING/FREE-TRIAL/?L=ZH-TW completed the test account open the job, during the test will never have any costs, if you already have Windows Azure test account, but not enabled Windows Azure Web Sites preview feature, to http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/ CREATE-A-WINDOWS-AZURE-ACCOUNT/?L=ZH-TW Learn how to enable this feature.

This instructional content will help you understand:

• How to get your computer ready for Windows Azure SDK for Windows Azure Cloud application development.
• How to create an ASP.net Web application with Visual Studio and publish it to the Windows Azure Web Sites.
When you complete this lesson, you will be able to use your browser to see your application in the cloud:

Teaching content includes:

1. Set development environment

2. Create a Web site in Windows Azure

3. Create a asp.net application

4. Test the WEB application in native

5. Deploy the Web application to Windows Azure

Setting up a development environment

First, install the Windows Azure SDK and the. NET Framework for your development environment.

1. You can install the Windows Azure SDK in accordance with your Visual Studio version and the links to download are as follows.
Windows Azure SDK for Visual Studio-Windows Azure SDK for Visual Studio 2012
Windows Azure SDK for Visual Studio Windows Azure SDK for Visual Studio 2010

2. Press the Run button when you are prompted to execute or store the executable file.

3. Press the Install button in the Web Platform Installer 4.0 installation screen to start the installation.

4. If you are using Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Web Developer Express, install asp.net MVC 4 for additional installation. Windows Azure Web sites can support traditional asp,asp.net web Form and asp.net mvc, which is a demonstration of the development of Web applications in asp.net mvc.

Create a Web site in Windows Azure

The next step is to start building Windows Azure Web Site.

1. In the Windows Azure Management portal site, press the "WEB SITES" link and press the "NEW" link.

2. Immediately followed by the "QUICK CREATE" link.

3. Then there will be a dialog for setting up a Web site, please enter a string in the URL to use as the URL for your Web site for future Web applications. The following image of the input example1 as a URL name, please replace the name that has not been used by other users, if the URL name is not selected by other users, the right side of the text box will appear green tick sign.