Deploy/Publish an Application to Azure

You can use Visual Studio to build, run, and debug your application locally (using your localhost server) as you would any application. Visual Studio also simplifies publishing to Azure when you are ready to post the build to a server (typically for testing, but it can also be used for production).

To get started, you can use the Publish link inside the Web Publish Activity (View, Other Windows, Web Publish Activity), as shown at the bottom of Figure 12.10. This dialog makes executing a publish activity quick (using the toolbar) and allows you to see the activity results as they happen. However, the first time you set up your publishing profile, you will want to use the Publish Web Wizard. You typically ...

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