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title: Running Kentico on Microsoft Azure
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

[Microsoft Azure](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) is a cloud platform for hosting and managing applications and services. This section provides information on the specifics of developing Kentico on Microsoft Azure and offers instructions on the installation, configuration and deployment of Microsoft Azure web projects.

## Basic information about running Kentico in Microsoft Azure environment

> **Info:** 
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> - [Architecture of Microsoft Azure environment](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/architecture-of-microsoft-azure-environment.md)
> - [Requirements and limitations for running Kentico on Microsoft Azure](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/requirements-and-limitations-for-running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure.md)
> - [Microsoft Azure project development lifecycle](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/microsoft-azure-project-development-lifecycle.md)

## Installation and deployment

> **Info:** To install and deploy a new Azure project:
>
> 1. [Prepare the cloud environment](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/preparing-the-cloud-environment.md)
> 2. [Install Kentico as an Azure project](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/installing-an-azure-project.md)
> 3. [Configure the Azure project](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/configuring-an-azure-project.md)
> 4. [Deploy the project to the cloud environment](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/deploying-an-azure-project.md)
> 5. [Install the database for your project](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/installing-the-database-for-an-azure-project.md)

## Additional information

> **Info:** 
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> - [Developing Azure projects locally](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/developing-azure-projects-locally.md) - learn how to set up Azure projects to prepare them for the development on your local machines.
> - [Developing on Microsoft Azure - best practices](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/developing-on-microsoft-azure-best-practices.md) - our recommendations on how to configure Azure projects and your environment.
> - [Microsoft Azure Web Sites](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/running-kentico-on-microsoft-azure/microsoft-azure-web-sites.md) - Microsoft 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](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/custom-development/working-with-physical-files-using-the-api/configuring-file-system-providers/configuring-azure-storage.md) - in case you do not need to host your whole application in the cloud, you can utilize this hybrid scenario, which uses Microsoft Azure Storage as a file storage for your project.
> - [Azure web.config settings](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/references/reference-web-config-application-keys.md#microsoft-azure-settings) - see this reference for a list of available web.config setting keys for your Azure project.