Ilana Bercovitz

CloudShare Interoperates with Windows Azure

June 7th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: CloudShare, Dev / Test, SharePoint | Tags: , , , , , , , ,


We now offer Windows Azure development and testing in the cloud with an easy transition to production!

We worked together with Microsoft to offer a fully integrated environment to deliver instant productivity on Azure projects. This is the most efficient way to explore, develop, and migrate to the Azure platform.

Integration of Windows Azure on our platform affords you the ability to:

  • Explore a fully functional Azure development environment within minutes
  • Develop and test in the cloud on a variety of templates and multi-server environments
  • Migrate from development on CloudShare to Azure production

Try Azure development with CloudShare now

How does it work?

The typical workflow is as follows:

  1. Begin your SharePoint project on a pre-configured CloudShare environment
  2. Develop and test your SharePoint solution
  3. Export that solution to CloudFolders as .WSP, .BAK, or code
  4. Create an instance in Azure
  5. Deploy your solution from CloudFolders to your Azure instance

Simple as that!

Read more about CloudShare development and migration to the Azure platform.

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About the author:
Ilana Bercovitz (@iberco) is a social media and marketing professional at CloudShare. She comes from a higher education administration background where she played an integral role in the student experience and expanding the University’s social media efforts. Ilana recently completed her MA in Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU, where she studied technology’s effects on society. She never leaves home without all of her Apple gadgets and she is obsessed with all things food and restaurant related.
  • Qainfotech09

    Can you
    spend some more lines on cloud testing on SharePoint and to how many fil
    extention, the solution could be exported?

    • http://CloudShare.com/ Chris Riley

      Once you have finished building a solution there are various ways you can move it to your production cloud.  Using CloudFolders ProPlus FTP location that is accessible from anywhere.  Migrating your database using .bak or DB detach technology.  or simply exporting a WSP from a sit collection and moving.  There are other options as well depending on the type of project you are doing, like a fully scripted solution using PowerShell.  As you can see basically any normal SharePoint migration method will work including third party tools, but CloudShare today makes it even easier with CloudFolders, and some cool new stuff coming soon!