Host ASP.NET Website From Visual Studio

In this article we will go step by step to host Static ASP.NET Website using Visual Studio on Azure within a few clicks. For this example, we are using Azure Management Portal or Classic Portal to create Web App.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Azure Subscription (MSDN subscribers or sign up for one month free trial )
  
• Visual Studio 2013or Visual Studio 2015 with Microsoft Azure SDK.

You will learn

• Host Website using Visual Studio
  

Step 1: Navigate to Microsoft Azure Management Portal & sign in with Azure Subscription credentials.

Step 2: Click on +New -> COMPUTE -> WEB APP -> QUICK CREATE

Enter URL name, App Service plan & Region.



Step 3: Click on website name and select DASHBOARD tab. Download the Web App Publish profile.



Step 4: Start Visual Studio & Open the project. Right Click on project name & select “Publish…”



Step 5: Select Import option. Browse the downloaded publish profile file(.PublishSettings file)









Step 6: Publish methods options like server, site name, username, password & destination URL option available. Click on Next button



Step 7: Choose Configuration -> Debug or Release



Step 8: Again click on Next button. Preview of web deployment available & Publish the project



Wait for few seconds or minutes; it also depends on the project size as well as on internet connectivity to publish projects on Azure.

Congratulations your Visual Studio Project is successfully hosted on Microsoft Azure!

 

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