Cloud computing is widely recognized by us. Cloud computing is the basic structure of an application that allows you to develop and deploy in the cloud. The main advantages of using cloud computing are the following: You can reduce costs, get better scalability, and increase flexibility and efficiency. Microsoft's Windows Azure platform is a cloud-based operating system that includes a series of cloud technologies, each of which is responsible for providing a specific set of services. Here I will first make a brief introduction to cloud computing and its advantages, and then began to explore how to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to develop cloud applications.
Preconditions
To use the code examples in this article, you should have the following tools installed on your system:
* Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
* Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio
Of course, you can also use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010