Transfer ASP.NET site to Azure

By Matt Woicik|2021-05-02T17:09:17-07:00June 16th, 2015|Categories: Azure, Websites|

I currently host the Astronomy Calculator on ReliableSite.Net which is an ASP.NET website. I decide to investigate the options of transferring it to Azure. Here are the steps of my research.

Create new website in Visual Studio 2013.
Make a new web site with appropriate name and folder location
Select – ASP.NET Empty Web Site
Build menu –> Publish Web App
Select publish target – Microsoft Azure Web Apps
Sign in
Click New
Configure Microsoft Azure Web App Settings

Web App name

mgw-web-astrocalc

App Service plan

Shared_Plan

Resource group

web-astrocalc-group

Region

West US

Database server

no database

Create

click Validate Connection
Publish

copy existing website
- close solution
- copy files
- open web site in Visual Studio
Build menu –> Build Website to check for errors
Build menu –> Publish Web App

Check Preview
Publish

About the Author: Matt Woicik

Matt is a digital marketing strategist and the owner of ML2 Solutions, a digital marketing agency. He helps businesses increase awareness and get more leads using digital marketing. New marketing methods are confusing, always changing and difficult to figure out. Matt helps to explain things and provide solutions with clear results.