CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZURE BOOK SERIES
INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Understanding Windows Azure Web Sites
Understanding the Windows Azure Portal
Managing Your Site from the Portal
Performing Other Application Operations
Setting Your Deployment Credentials
CHAPTER 2: MOVING AN APPLICATION TO THE CLOUD
Uploading Your Web Site via FTP
Deploying Your Site for the First Time
Publishing Changes to the Site
Associating Your Web Site with a Dropbox Folder
Pushing Files to the Cloud through Dropbox
Going to the Cloud with Visual Studio 2012
Downloading Your Publishing Profile
Registering the Publishing Profile with Your Project
Selecting a Deployment Strategy
CHAPTER 3: MANAGING DEPLOYMENTS VIA SOURCE CONTROL
Publishing from Source Control
Publishing from Team Foundation Service
Managing Previously Deployed Releases
CHAPTER 4: MANAGING WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES FROM THE CONSOLE
Downloading Your Publishing Profile
Switching between Subscriptions
Managing Your Subscription and Web Sites
Removing Sites from Your Account
Confirming Your Account and Site Status
Listing Application Configuration Elements
Adding, Updating, and Deleting Keys
CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH OTHER FLAVORS OF WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES
Exploring Apps in the Web Site Gallery
Sample Implementation and Publishing Walk-Through — phpBB
Working Locally with Project Files
Publishing the Customized Site
Moving beyond the Basic Set Up
CHAPTER 6: USING PERIPHERAL FEATURES WITH WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES
Sharing Administrative Responsibilities
Understanding the Scope of Trust in Co-Administration
Avoiding Shared Administration
Managing Your Linked Resources
Working with Windows Azure SQL Databases Remotely
Establishing Remote Connections
CHAPTER 7: SCALING, CONFIGURING, AND MONITORING YOUR SITE
Using the Power of the Cloud: Scale
Configuring and Downloading Diagnostic Logs
Viewing Trace Information from Visual Studio 2012
Viewing the Logs from the PowerShell Console
Setting Up and Using Custom Domains
Working with Application Defaults
Working with Application Settings
Setting Other Configuration Elements
CHAPTER 8: DEPLOYING AND CONFIGURING A CLOUD APPLICATION
Exploring the MovieFu Application
Deploying and Running the Application Locally
Examining Application Components
Creating the Database with Entity Framework
Familiarizing Yourself with the Application