Learn how you can create and publish your very first web application to well-known cloud provider, Azure using Visual Studio 2017. Throughout this tutorial, you should be able to launch a website on Azure's App Service within few couple of minutes. By Marvin Heng Twitter: @hmheng Blog: www.techconnect.io

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Application to
Azure Using Visual
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Marvin Heng
Twitter : @hmheng
Blog : http://hmheng.azurewebsites.net
Github: https://github.com/hmheng

2. Pre-requisite
• Installed Visual Studio 2017 for Windows with C# ASP.NET
Core & Web-related component,
• A Microsoft Azure account.

3. Introduction to Visual Studio 2017
• The First Class fully-featured integrated development
environment (IDE) for Android, iOS, Windows, web, and
cloud development.
• Community free version comes with IntelliSense &
connects to team management tools, such as Microsoft
Team Services or GitHub, that increases developer’s
efficiency & improves the experience.
• Available on Windows & MacOS.

4. Introduction to Visual Studio 2017
Download & Install VS2017
on your PC or Mac if you don’t have one yet.
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD
COMMUNITY VERSIONfor Free

5. Create a Microsoft Azure Account
If you do not have any Azure account,
click to learn how to create one for FREE here today!

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1. After you have installed Visual Studio 2017 (VS2017) with
Web Component, launch it.

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2. Once launched VS2017, click “Sign In”.
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3. Enter the email of Azure account & follow the steps given
to sign in with your Azure account.
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4. Now, you should see your username shown on the right top
corner.
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5. Select File -> New -> Project….
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6. Choose ASP.NET Core Web Application
7. Enter your project name (Eg. MyFirstWebApp) & click OK.
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8. Make sure .NET Core & ASP.NET Core 2.0 in selected.
9. Select “Web Application(Model-View-Controller)” & Click OK
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10. After couples of minutes, you should see the screen
below. Click “IIS Express”to test run on your PC.
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11. You should see your App is running on a localhost address.
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12. Go back to the VS & stop debugging, click “Solution
Explorer” on the right. You should see list of project files.
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13. Right click your project’s name.
14. Click “Publish…”
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15. Select Microsoft Azure App Service & Create New
16. Click “Publish”
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17. Leave everything as default & click “Create”. Definitely,
you are free to choose your preferred App Name.
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18. It takes a while for the deployment preparation.

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19. After that, the VS2017 should start publishing.

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20. When the publish is completed, you would see the
following message on Output screen & it launches on Browser.
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21. Now, you should notice, it runs on Azure App Service &
you would have your Web App running on Azure successfully.
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23. Congratulation!
You’ve Published Your Very FirstWeb Application to Azure Using VS2017!

24. Publish First Web
Application to
Azure Using Visual
Studio
Marvin Heng
Twitter : @hmheng
Blog : http://hmheng.azurewebsites.net
Github: https://github.com/hmheng