Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2009)

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.

System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista
• Windows Vista SP1 (when installing on Windows Vista)
• IIS 7.0 (with ASP.NET, WCF HTTP Activation and optionally CGI)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 or Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition with SP1

• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (or above)

• Hotfix: Native Debugging Improvements (not required for Visual Studio 2010)
• Hotfix: Improve Visual Studio Stability (not required for Windows 7 RC or later)
• Hotfix: Support for FastCGI on the Development Fabric (not required for Windows 7 RC or later, or Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later)

Download: Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2009)