Chapter 1. Developing Cloud Services for Microsoft Azure

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Setting up solutions and projects to work with Cloud Services
• Debugging a Cloud Service locally with either Emulator or Emulator Express
• Publishing a Cloud Service with options from Visual Studio
• Debugging a Cloud Service remotely with Visual Studio
• Configuring the service model for a Cloud Service
• Providing a custom domain name for a Cloud Service
• Implementing HTTPS in a web role
• Using local storage in an instance
• Hosting multiple web sites in a web role
• Using startup tasks in a Cloud Service role
• Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a Cloud Service
• Managing upgrades and changes to a Cloud Service
• Configuring diagnostics in Cloud Services