Deploying WCF Service on Windows Azure

Question

Just to clarify I am working for the first time with azure. I created a Restful WCF Service a few months ago with SQL Server connection. I deployed the WCF on IIS with the database on SQL Server Express 2012. The service works with no problems.

[OperationContract]
[WebGet(UriTemplate = "feed/{ID}/{Rating}/{Feed}", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
string feed(string ID, string Rating, string Feed);

Now I must move the WCF service to Azure. The problem is I have no idea how to deploy the WCF to azure and if it is even possible to deploy the WCF to azure. The database have been moved to azure.

Answer 1

The principal is relatively easy depending on whether you want a Azure WebSite or Cloud Role - for Cloud...

• Ensure you have the Azure SDK installed from the WebPlatform Installer.
• Add a WCF Cloud Service Role to your project
• Expand the out the project and right click onto the 'Roles' node selecting 'Add' and then existing project from your solution.
• Publish the role using your Azure credentials.

These two articles provide an end-to-end tutorial that goes into more depth...

• http://www.claudiobernasconi.ch/2013/08/03/deploying-a-wcf-service-on-windows-azure/
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nishasingh/archive/2012/12/05/creating-and-deploying-a-wcf-service-on-windows-azure-and-consuming-it-in-windows-8-store-app.aspx

With this one more specific to Azure Websites

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2014/03/31/moving-a-wcf-service-and-database-to-the-cloud.aspx

HTH