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Running Kentico on Windows Azure

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Windows Azure is a cloud platform for hosting and managing applications and services. This section provides information on the specifics of developing Kentico on Windows Azure and offers instructions on the installation, configuration and deployment of Windows Azure web projects.

Basic information about running Kentico in Windows Azure environment

Installation and deployment

To install and deploy a new Azure project:

  1. Prepare the cloud environment
  2. Install Kentico as a Windows Azure project
  3. Configure the Azure project
  4. Deploy the project to the cloud environment
  5. Install the database for your project

Additional information

  • Developing Azure projects locally - learn how to set up Azure projects to prepare them for the development on your local machines.
  • Windows Azure Web Sites - Windows Azure Web Sites is an alternative option to the mainly used Cloud Services environment offering easier set up, but fewer customization options.
  • Configuring Azure storage - in case you do not need to host your whole application in the cloud, you can utilize this hybrid scenario, which uses Windows Azure Storage as a file storage for your project.
  • Windows Azure web.config settings - see this reference for a list of available web.config setting keys for your Azure project.