WIN8 development environment Easy to build the first step

The new Windows Store, introduced by the Windows 8 operating system, is the next generation of Windows operating system, and its development platform and operating environment are different from the traditional platform, this article is to help more developers to join the Windows Store application development, So I'm going to explain how to build the WINDOWS8 application development environment on the Windows Azure Cloud Platform, and this article describes the approach to using a Mac or Linux platform without installing a developer who has contacted WIN8 for reference reading.

Preparatory work

First of all, the Windows Azure platform to register a free account, the registration is completed after the 90 days of free access to access, registration method please refer to: Free Trial Windows Azure cloud Platform, no need to use credit card

If you have an account with Microsoft MSDN Subscription, you can apply for a one-year Windows Azure account based on your account privileges.

After you have a Windows Azure account, check to see if the local machine has Remote Desktop applications installed (remotely Desktop), and future articles will introduce Windows 8 application development through Remote Desktop landing to the cloud Platform virtual host.

-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