Windows Azure Websites Hands on Lab Manual

Author: Arunkumar Palanisamy [Technical Lead] Co-Writer: Uma Maheswari P [Software Engineer]

Aditi Technologies Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

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Step 1: Go to https://manage.windowsazure.com/ and enter your credentials.

Step 2: Select the Websites Tab in from the right hand side menu then Click “New” button

in the bottom of the page.

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Step 3: Click “COMPUTE WEB SITE QUICK CREATE”.

Step 4: Enter the URL for the website. (eg:TestAzure) which is followed by

azurewebsites.net and select the preferred Region where the portal could be hosted.

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Step 5: Click “CREATE WEB SITE” button in the bottom of the page.

Step 6: Website created and shows your website details under Websites tab.

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Click “Arrow button ()” in right-side of your site name.

Step 7: Click “Download the publish profile” and “Save” that file to publish the website

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(OR)

Click “Set up deployment credentials” and enter new credentials for publish website.

Step 8: Open Visual Studio then Click New Web Site ASP.NET Web Site

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Step 9: In Visual Studio, right-click the project in Solution Explorer and select Publish from the

context menu.

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Step 10: In the Profile tab of the Publish Web wizard, click Import.

Step 11: Select the .publishsettings file you downloaded earlier, and then click Open.

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Step 12: In the Connection tab, click Validate Connection to make sure that the settings are

correct. When the connection has been validated, a green check mark is shown next to the

Validate Connection button. Click Next.

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Step 13: Then Click “Next” button.

Step 14: Then Click “Next” button.

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Step 15: Click “Publish” button.

Step 16: Upon successful deployment, the default browser automatically opens to the URL

of the deployed web site.

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The application you created is now running in the cloud.

Step 17: In the web browser, open the Windows Azure Management Portal.

In the Web Sites tab, click the name of the site you created earlier.

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Step 18: Click under Quick glance in the Dashboard tab.