Publishing to Windows Azure from Visual Studio 2010

 

Here are the steps to publish to Windows Azure from inside Visual Studio 2010

1. From inside Visual Studio, right click the Azure project (the icon looks like a blue globe)



2. Click on “Publish”
3. You will see the screen below
   
4. If you have yet to import your publish settings, click on the hyperlink to generate the publishing file
5. Once you get the file, use the import button to import your settings file
6. You should now have a subscription available for selection
   
7. If you do not have any hosted services, you will see the screen below. Else skip to step 9
   
8. Fill in your hosted service name and preferred data centre location and click “OK”.
9. In the publish settings, make the necessary changes and click “Publish”
10. Windows Azure Activity Log will appear and you can see the deployment status there. Do take note that this may take quite a while to deploy even for a simple app.
    
11. Once it is complete, the status will reflect to show it is completed and you will be able to see the url to your app
    

Enjoy!