Step By Step Guide To Creating A Simple Web Site On Windows Azure

Now I’m not sure who actually did this tutorial, and would LOVE to credit them – But I was googling around and found this amazing tutorial stuck in a Word file on ‘Live Office’. I thought it was a waste being tucked away, so would post it here for everyone to use? If anyone knows who wrote this please let me know as I’ll give them all the credit here, as its a great tutorial!!

In this tutorial you will:

a. Register for an Azure account

b. Install the requisite Web services, SDK and software

c. Claim your Azure token after the invitation code is received

d. Create a Hosted Service in Azure

e. Create a Visual Web Developer ASP.NET “cloud” project

f. Create or use existing .aspx website files and folders

g. Copy your created or existing .aspx website files and folders to the Azure WebRole

h. Upload your project to the Hosted Service in Azure

i. Stage the Web site on Azure

j. Test the Web site on Azure

k. Publish the staged project into production

l. Accept and Deploy your project in the Azure “cloud”.

Pre-requisites

Several pieces must first come together before hosting the Web site on Azure: Software must be installed, and Azure account must be created and token redeemed. This document will walk you through the process of obtaining all required software all the way through to publishing a simple Web site to Azure.

Also this document assumes you have already created a website on your local PC and the website has .aspx web pages and associated folders. In this example, Microsoft Expression Web 3 was used to create a simple website. [more]

Obtain Azure Account

If you haven’t already done so, sign up for an Azure account at Azure.com.
IMPORTANT this step requires you to register on Microsoft Connect to setup an Azure account which requires an Invitation code. This invitation code can take several business days to receive. It will arrive via email to the email address associated with your Live ID.

The site requires a Windows Live ID. Trying out the Azure services is free; however a token is required to gain access to some of the services. Click the “Register for Azure Services” link below to begin the process.

https://www.microsoft.com/azure/register.mspx

· Click on Register for Azure Services