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I may be completely misunderstanding what Azure is but is it possible for me to host a basic website on Windows Azure?

I have a site that I've built in HTML and CSS that I'd like to upload to Azure but I can't figure out any way to do this. The site claims I can use it for web hosting, but if I can't FTP then I'm not sure how to do this. Is there a simple tutorial somewhere?

I couldn't find anything close to what I'm looking for through searching.

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I don't understand how a site that you have built could claim something? Does it have his own life? Anyway you are on the wrong path, there are millions of webhosting service based on Linux/cPanel, search on Google "webhosting cPanel" any of them are able to host your webiste for few bucks. – Marco Demaio Jan 25 at 22:27
@MarcoDemaio - I think he meant "The Azure Website claims I can use it for web hosting" and not his personal site. Windows Azure is a cloud infrastructure. See here: stackoverflow.com/questions/6774920/ftp-access-on-windows-azure – ionFish Jan 27 at 17:16
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@ionFish: still there are millions of webhsoting offering cloud on Linux, IMHO going Windows on server/webhosting is total nonsense and a waste of time. – Marco Demaio Jan 30 at 16:05
I mostly just want to see how it works, I'm currently hosting my site somewhere else. – Rev Feb 19 at 14:07

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Better choose any shared or dedicated web hosting plans, use GoDaddy or BigRock or someother hosting.

To host website in Windows Azure you need to setup webserver (IIS or httpd) and a FTP server configuration to upload your data, virtual host (optional), assigning the site accessible through port 80, firewall configurations... So for small scale websites use shared hosting.

Azure is something like dedicated hosting account or VPS, its a PssS, IaaS by Microsoft.

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That's not the question, though. I do host my site somewhere else at the moment, I'm curious as to how I'd do it through Windows Azure. – Rev Apr 16 at 21:05
azure is like VPN server , they are giving the windows platform hosted in cloud as a service , you can install webserver apps like how you are doing in your local machine.. and open the firewall port for IIS or httpd and set the IP of your Azure machine in your domain DNS manager 'A' reocrd – Vignesh Apr 17 at 10:26

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