Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Teach Yourself Azure in 4 Hours

Learning to use Azure:
  1. Create Web Site - Check
    https://manage.windowsazure.com/?whr=live.com#Workspaces/All/dashboard
  2. Create Database – Check
    https://manage.windowsazure.com/?whr=live.com#Workspaces/SqlAzureExtension/Databases
  3. Upload Project to TFS – Check
    http://tfs.visualstudio.com/
  4. Link TFS to Azure Web Site – Check
    http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/common-tasks/publishing-with-tfs/
  5. Download Azure SDK for Visual Studio 2010 – Check
    http://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/download/details.aspx?id=15658
  6. Download Web Site publication connection settings – Check
    http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/deployment/cse-curated-view-deploy-to-waws
  7. Publish Web Site to Azure – Check
    (see above)
  8. Create Visual Studio VM – Check
    https://manage.windowsazure.com/?whr=live.com#Workspaces/VirtualMachineExtension/vms
  9. Synchronise Local Database Schema to Azure Database - Check.
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee730904.aspx
  10. Synchronise Local Database Data to Azure - Check.
    http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/sql-databases/getting-started-w-sql-data-sync/
Not easy, but worth it.
Got inspired by Scott Guthrie’s session on Azure yesterday at Tech Ed 2013, Auckland, NZ.