How to RDP to my azure cloud service? [closed]

Question

As I read, each azure cloud service has a VM behind it (right?). I know, for a VM, I can click 'Connect' button to get the rdp file to remote login. However, for my cloud service (which is running), the 'Connect' button (in Instance panel) is always disabled. How do I turn it on? How do I remote login to this cloud service?

Answer 1

At first you need to enable remote desktop for your cloud service. This can be done at least in two ways:

1. During deployment from Visual Studio.
2. Directly at the portal.

I think good way for you know is a second variant.

1. Go to your cloud service.
2. Enter Configure tab and press 'Remote' button at the bottom.
3. Set all the needed settings there (role, user name, password, certificate, expiration etc.).
4. After Azure finishes setup - go to 'Instances' tab. Click on the needed and 'Connect' button will be available.