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Overview

In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to deploy your first application in Windows Azure. The lab walks through the process using myTODO, a simple list creation and management application built using ASP.NET MVC. The lab shows the steps required for provisioning the required components in the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal, uploading the service package, and configuring the service. You will see how you can test your application in a staging environment and then promote it to production once you are satisfied that it is operating according to your expectations.

Figure 1

The myTODO application running in Windows Azure

In the course of the lab, you will also examine how to deploy, upgrade, and configure Windows Azure applications programmatically using the Service Management API. You will use the Windows Azure Service Management Tools, which wraps the management API, to execute Windows PowerShell scripts that perform these operations. To complete the examination of deployment choices, you will use the Windows Azure Tools to deploy the application directly from Visual Studio.

During the lab, you will also learn how to provide an SSL connection to your Windows Azure service.

Objectives

In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to:

  • Use the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal to create storage accounts and hosted service components
  • Deploy service component packages using the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal user interface
  • Change configuration settings for a deployed application
  • Test deployments in a separate staging environment before deployment to final production
  • Use Windows PowerShell to deploy, upgrade, and configure Windows Azure services programmatically
  • Use the Windows Azure Tools for service deployment from Visual Studio
  • Secure your Windows Azure application with SSL

Prerequisites

The following is required to complete this hands-on lab:

Note:
The source code for the Windows Azure Service Management CmdLets is included in the Assets folder and built during setup.

Setup

To check the prerequisites of the lab:

  1. Open a Windows Explorer window and browse to the lab’s Source\Setup folder.
  2. Double-click the Dependencies.dep file in this folder to launch the Dependency Checker tool and install any missing prerequisites.
  3. If the User Account Control dialog is shown, confirm the action to proceed.

Note:
 This process may require elevation. The .dep extension is associated with the Dependency Checker tool during its installation. For additional information about the setup procedure and how to install the Dependency Checker tool, refer to the Setup.docx document in the Assets folder of the training kit.

Exercises

This hands-on lab includes the following exercises:

  1. Deploying an Application Using the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal
  2. Using PowerShell to Manage Windows Azure Applications
  3. Using Visual Studio to Deploy Applications
  4. Securing Windows Azure with SSL

Estimated time to complete this lab: 90 minutes.

Note:
When you first start Visual Studio, you must select one of the predefined settings collections. Every predefined collection is designed to match a particular development style and determines window layouts, editor behavior, IntelliSense code snippets, and dialog box options. The procedures in this lab describe the actions necessary to accomplish a given task in Visual Studio when using the General Development Settings collection. If you choose a different settings collection for your development environment, there may be differences in these procedures that you need to take into account.

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