Introducing .NET 4.0: with Visual Studio 2010

16.3. Web Roles

The first type of application to create is called a web role. In Windows Azure, the term web role refers to an application that is accessible over HTTP (which in our example is an ASP.NET application), although it is also possible to create other types such as ASP.NET MVC, Delphi, PHP, Ruby, or even a C++ application (through a CGI web role). It's also probably worth mentioning also that Azure applications operate in full trust.

16.3.1. Hello, Azure

You will now create and deploy a very simple application that reads a value from a configuration file and prints it to the screen with the current time and date:

1. Load Visual Studio.

2. Create a new Windows Azure Cloud Service project called Chapter16.HelloAzure.

3. Visual Studio will now ...