Cloud Computing and Azure

Azure Management Portal is an interface to manage the services and infrastructure launched in 2012. All the services and applications are displayed in it and it lets the user manage them.

portal.azure.com

To check your subscription while logged in:

https://manage.windowsazure.com

Azure Resources:
Subscription: Assetmark
Resource Group: AM_DOL-RG
App Service Plan (pricing tier Standard: 1 Small): AM-BVS-ASP
WebApp/App Service: am-bvs
-deployment slot: am-bvs-Dev
-deployment slot: am-bvs-Stage

Azure SQL Server Database pricing tier (S2 Standard): am_bvs.database
Azure SQL Server: am-dol

1. Request access to Azure subscription (via work or personal email account)
2. Database can be created in Azure but not the tables. To create tables connect to Azure server via SQL Server Management Studio. Grab server name from azure, obtain your Azure SQL server admin credentials and connect.

in VS: View > Server Explorer (not Cloud Explorer) connect to the Azure server (can get the name from the Azure portal)