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Getting Started with the Windows Azure CDN

Updated: March 2, 2011

This quick start guide will show you how to enable the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) and begin caching your content.

	Step	Reference
	Ensure that the required prerequisites are met. You must have a Windows Azure subscription to use the CDN.	How to Setup a Windows Azure Subscription
	Create a storage account or a hosted service – The CDN caches objects from content providers in the form of blobs stored in a Windows Azure storage account, or content retrieved from your hosted service. Once you create your content provider, you must understand how the CDN interacts with it.	How to Create a Storage Account for a Windows Azure Subscription Creating a Hosted Service for Windows Azure Overview of the Windows Azure CDN
	Enable CDN on your content provider – To allow the CDN to cache content you must use the Windows Azure Management portal to assign a CDN to the content provider.	How to Enable CDN for Windows Azure
	Access your CDN content – To retrieve the cached content you must use the CDN endpoints that are created when you enable CDN on the content provider.	Overview of the Windows Azure CDN

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