Compute

Cloud Services

Create highly-available, scalable applications and services using a rich PaaS environment.

Tutorial: Create a Hello World application for Windows Azure in Eclipse

Use the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java (by Microsoft Open Technologies) to create a "Hello World" application hosted in Tomcat, test it in the Compute emulator, and finally deploy it to Windows Azure.

How to: Use the Windows Azure Service Runtime Library in JSP

The Windows Azure Service Runtime allows your hosted service to communicate with the Windows Azure environment.

How to: Configure a custom domain name for a Windows Azure cloud service or storage account

By default, Windows Azure applications and storage accounts can be accessed through friendly subdomains, for example, http://<myapp>.cloudapp.net and https://<mydata>.blob.core.windows.net. This article shows how you can expose your application and data on your own custom domain, such as http://<myapp>.com.

How to: Enable remote access for Windows Azure deployments in Eclipse

Remote Desktop enables you to access the desktop of a role instance running in Windows Azure. You can use a remote desktop connection to configure the virtual machine or troubleshoot problems with your application.

Virtual Machines

Easily deploy and run Windows Server and Linux virtual machines in minutes.

Tutorial: Tutorial: Run the Apache Tomcat application server on a virtual machine

Create a virtual machine running on Windows Azure and configure it to run Tomcat, a Java application server. You will learn how to use Windows Azure Virtual Machines to host Java applications.

Tutorial: Tutorial: Run a compute-intensive task on a virtual machine

Learn how to use a virtual machine to handle compute-intensive tasks; for example, a virtual machine could handle tasks and deliver results to client machines or mobile applications.