Azure Cloud Services (extended support) documentation

Learn how to use Cloud Services to host and run highly available, scalable cloud applications and APIs. Shows how to manage virtual machine hosts and configure, patch, and install software.

About Cloud Services (extended support)

Overview

• What is Cloud Services (extended support)?
• Prerequisites for deployment
• Config files and packaging

Tutorials

Tutorial

• Deploy using PowerShell
• Deploy using the Azure portal
• Deploy using ARM templates
• Deploy using Visual Studio

Concepts

Concept

• Available sizes
• Power and Provisioning States
• Frequently asked questions
• Guest OS release news

How-to Guides

How-To Guide

• Extensions
• Enable alerts
• Configure scaling
• Certificates

Samples

sample

• Sample Templates
• Create a Cloud Service deployment
• Retrieve information about a Cloud Service deployment
• Update a Cloud Service deployment
• Reset a Cloud Service deployment

Schema Information

Concept

• Config Schema
• Definition Schema
• Config Role Schema