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