You deploy your Azure Cloud Service project in a manner similar to that discussed for Azure websites. To get started, you right-click the cloud service project in Solution Explorer and choose Publish. This brings up the Publish Azure Application dialog shown in Figure 12.75. Here you can set the environment (staging or production), the build configuration (release or debug), and related configuration options.
Visual Studio launches the Microsoft Azure Activity Log window when you choose to publish the cloud service application. This window allows you to monitor the progress of your deployment (along with other things). Figure 12.76 shows the completed deployment inside the IDE.