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What is the exact difference between Windows Azure and Windows IIS?

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I have finished developing a webapplication on Visual Studio 2012 along with Microsoft SQL 2008. I'm trying to make it a "live" webapp which can be accessed through the phone rather than a localhost.

I researched and found 2 solutions which are

  1. IIS
  2. Azure

I have been looking all over the net for various clear explaination of the main difference between IIS and Azure. From my understanding, IIS is a web server application that comes with Windows Server and is used to serve up web sites while Azure is a Windows hosting solution that utilizes IIS. In that case why do people still uses IIS while Azure provide both a cloud platform and IIS?

Which is also better to host any typical web-application that used to run on the localhost?

I can't seems to find any thread in SO or ASP.Net forum which can clearly explain the main difference between the two along with the advantage and disadvantage.

Here are some of the link1, link2 i have found that provide brief information about the two.

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Bryan Avatar asked Jul 01 '13 08:07

Bryan


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1 Answers

What you are looking for is actually a place to run your web application, Teo.

As you've found, you can do that in IIS if you have a server that is connected to the Internet. A way to get such a server is to either got to a hosting company or just use the Windows Azure cloud as you've found as well.

One of the simplest ways for you to do this right now and for free is to sign up for a Windows Azure trial account. As part of that account you get a basic, shared Windows Azure Website for free.

Here are the links you need:

(1) http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/

(2) http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

I would strongly recommend that you go through the entire tutorial (1) step-by-step before trying to do this with your own application. Before you start, sign up for a trial account (2). You will not be charged in the first month and you will not be charged if you stick with the free website.

Enjoy.

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Clemens Vasters Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 02:09

Clemens Vasters