Getting Started With Microsoft Windows Azure

I am going to start a new article for users who want to learn Microsoft Windows Azure from the scratch. Let's start with a step by step approach.



Firstly, go to http://azure.microsoft.com/ and create a free Microsoft Windows Azure Account.



When you log in Windows Azure with any Microsoft Account like Outlook, Live or other, you will get an Account. After that go to https://manage.windowsazure.com/ and login, then click on portal link.

You can see the image in the following portal.



Now you can manage your Azure portal from web account or directly from your Visual Studio using Azure SDK. If you are using VS2012, download Azure SDK first.

And after installing Azure SDK, your Visual Studio Server Explorer will be visible.



Right Click on SDK and click “Connect to Microsoft Azure Subscription...”.



It will open a window to log in Windows Azure Account.



Enter your Microsoft Account Id on which you have Azure Subscription, then password details and press enter to login.



Now go to Azure SDK in Visual Studio Server Explorer and open Web Sites. Now you can see all the web sites created in your Azure Account.



If you need to add or create a new website in your Azure Account, we have the following two ways:

1. By Windows Azure SDK in Visual Studio.
2. By Windows Azure Web Portal.

So let’s see both one by one and step by step.

By Windows Azure SDK in Visual Studio

Step 1. Go to Azure SDK in Server Explorer and right click on Web Sites and find the link “Create New Site”.



Now you’ll see a window where you have to enter the following details:

1. Site Name.
2. Select Region.
3. Database Server (if you have).