• Documentation
  InstallationUsing the Kentico interfaceDeveloping websitesConfiguring KenticoManaging usersSecuring websitesDeploying websitesManaging website contentMultilingual websitesMacro expressionsExternal utilitiesIntegrating 3rd party systemsCustom developmentE-commerce featuresOn-line marketing featuresIntranet featuresCommunity featuresRunning Kentico on Microsoft AzureUsing Amazon web services with KenticoReferencesRelease notes - Kentico 8.1
• Tutorial
  Using the Kentico interfaceManaging content - The basicsSite development overviewCreating pages using the portal engineWalkthrough - Creating a new site using the Portal engineCreating pages using ASPX templatesWalkthrough - Creating a new site using ASPX templates

You need a Website license (CMS or EMS) with web farm server licenses for the number of Microsoft Azure instances you are using. The number of required web farm licenses depends on the number of instances, not the number of actual physical servers involved. We recommend that you use two instances to qualify for Microsoft Cloud service SLA⁠ (opens in a new tab).

For licensing information, refer to Cloud licensing⁠ (opens in a new tab) and Price list⁠ (opens in a new tab).

Limitations

If the application database is hosted on Azure SQL Database⁠ (opens in a new tab) (formerly known as SQL Azure), it is important to keep in mind that certain statements and expressions are restricted when writing queries (e.g., in custom code, web part properties or for reporting objects). For a comprehensive list of all SQL Database features and requirements, see Azure SQL Database Guidelines and Limitations⁠ (opens in a new tab) on MSDN.

A shortcoming of any application running on Microsoft Azure is the need to redeploy (or at least update your deployment) before any changes made to the project structure or code are reflected. This may make it more difficult and time consuming to perform website maintenance, customization and some development tasks. However, you can use the Web deploy⁠ (opens in a new tab) functionality for development and testing purposes.

In addition, the following features of Kentico are currently limited:

• Full site import - importing sites is possible, but files stored in the web project, such as custom user controls, ASPX page templates or design files, will not be included in the import process. To work around this limitation, you can copy such files into the target Azure project and include them in the solution before you deploy the application to Microsoft Azure.
• CSS Theme tabs - management of files contained in stylesheet Theme folders directly through the Kentico administration interface is not available when running on Microsoft Azure.
• JavaScript minification does not work on Microsoft Azure.