Azure Friday

Erich digs into how the Visual Studio rich editing experience codenamed Monaco uses TypeScript compiled to JavaScript in the browser to deliver type information in a whole new class of application. He also shares the architecture of the new system and how it relates to "Kudu."

David Ebbo explains the Kudu deployment system to Scott. How does Kudu use Git to deploy Azure Web Sites from many sources? Join the conversation and have your questions answered at http://friday.azure.com

Erich and Scott continue their exploration of the codenamed "Monaco" editor and the Visual Studio Online experience, editing and deploying node apps and C# apps to Azure via Git.

Scott and David deploy a website directly from GitHub to Azure Web Sites using Git and Kudu.

Scott talks to Erich Gamma about how a rich JavaScript-based editor codenamed "Monaco" integrates with Windows Azure and Visual Studio Online

Scott and Stefan explore how Application Settings work with Azure. What settings go in your web.config and which don't? How does Azure override settings and why is this useful?

When you want to setup SSL on your Azure Web Site, what are you options? Stefan explains IP-based and SNI-based SSL with Azure Web Sites. Join the conversation at http://friday.azure.com.

Scott and Stefan hook up a custom CNAME DNS Record to an Azure Web Site...will it work? Or will they wait a day for DNS to propegate?

Stefan shares some important details than are often forgotten when moving your site to the cloud. What do you own in the Web Sites file system, and what do you not? When is file system access OK?

Scott and Stefan dig into what's required of an Azure Web Site to run more than just ASP.NET. Why does a PHP app need a web.config? Can we run one site with more than one technology within it...and is that OK?