Introduction to Microst Azure Cloud Services

Prerequisites:

• Azure SDK
• Azure subscription

Getting started:

1. VS 2015 (Enterprise)  > New Project > Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
2. Select ASP.NET Web Role 
3. Select "MVC" as template

Microsoft Azure Compute Emulator:

It helps to test Azure Cloud Services locally

Types of Web Role:

1.  ASP.NET Web Role  (service with a web user interface)
2.  WCF Service Web Role (web role for WCF Service)
3.  Worker Role (background processing Service)
4.  Worker Role with service Bus Queue

Difference between Cloud Service and Web Role:

• Cloud service is a container or a boundary or a box, which can put different services.
• We can add different web role into a cloud service

Reference:

https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services-Tutorials/Introduction-to-Windows-Azure-Cloud-Services