Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.

Brief Description

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Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2008 to
enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running, packaging and deployment of scalable
web applications and services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.

Overview

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Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2008 to
enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running, packaging and deployment of scalable
web applications and services on Windows Azure.

New for version 1.2:

• Visual Studio 2010 RTM Support: Full support for Visual Studio 2010 RTM.

• .NET 4 support: Choose to build services targeting either the .NET 3.5 or .NET 4 framework.

• Cloud storage explorer: Displays a read-only view of Windows Azure tables and blob containers
through Server Explorer.

• Integrated deployment: Deploy services directly from Visual Studio by selecting ‘Publish’ from
Solution Explorer.

• Service monitoring: Keep track of the state of your services through the ‘compute’ node in
Server Explorer.

• IntelliTrace support for services running in the cloud: Adds support for debugging services in the
cloud by using the Visual Studio 2010 IntelliTrace feature. This is enabled by using the deployment
feature, and logs are retrieved through Server Explorer.

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes:

• C# and VB Project creation support for creating a Windows Azure Cloud Service solution with
multiple roles.

• Tools to add and remove roles from the Cloud Service.

• Tools to configure each Role.

• Integrated local development via the Development Fabric and Development Storage services.

• Running and Debugging a Cloud Service in the Development Fabric.

• Browsing cloud storage through the Server Explorer

• Building and packaging of Cloud Service Packages.

• Deploying to the Windows Azure.

• Monitoring the state of your services through the Server Explorer.

• Debugging in the cloud by retrieving IntelliTrace logs through the Server Explorer.

System Requirements

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• Supported Operating Systems:Windows 7;Windows Server 2008;Windows Server 2008

R2;Windows Vista

• IIS 7.0 (with ASP.NET, WCF HTTP Activation, Static Content, and optionally CGI).

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 SP1, or Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition with SP1.
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (or above).

• Hotfix: Enable Windows Azure IntelliTrace on 32-Bit OS (not required for x64 OS).

• Hotfix: Native Debugging Improvements (not required for Visual Studio 2010).

• Hotfix: Improve Visual Studio Stability (not required for Windows 7).

• Hotfix: Correct WCF metadata when hosting behind a load balancer (.NET 3.5 Roles) (Windows 7
Hotfix).

• Hotfix: Support for FastCGI on the Development Fabric (not required for Windows 7, or
Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later).

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Instructions

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1. Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 OR Upgrade Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to Service Pack 1
OR Install Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express.

2. Install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (or above):

Install as part of Visual Studio OR Download and install.

3. Enable IIS7 with ASP.NET and WCF HTTP Activation.