Windows Azure Web Sites offer a really nice and easy way to host applications written in a variety of languages. It also supports a variety of ways to push code, including Git, GitHub, Team Foundation Service, Codeplex, and Dropbox. For simplicity sake (and because I hadn’t tried it yet), I chose to deploy via Dropbox.

[However, first I had to create my Windows Azure Web Site. I made sure to use the same name that I had specified in my ADFS relying party. Learn how to Use Active Directory Federation Services to Authenticate / Authorize Node.js Apps in Windows Azure]

Once the Web Site is set up (which takes only a few seconds), I could connect it to a source control repository.

After a couple moments, a new folder hierarchy appeared in my Dropbox.

I copied all the Node.js application source files into this folder. I then returned to the Windows Azure Management Portal and chose to Sync my Dropbox folder with my Windows Azure Web Site.

Right away it starts synchronizing the application files. Windows Azure does a nice job of tracking my deployments and showing the progress.

In about a minute, my application was uploaded and ready to test.

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About the Author

Richard Seroter is a Product Manager for cloud computing provider Tier 3, a Microsoft MVP, blogger, author, trainer and frequent public speaker. He has spent the majority of his career working with organizations as they planned and implemented their enterprise software solutions. Richard worked first for two global IT consulting firms where he gained exposed to a diverse range of industries, technologies, and business challenges. Then, Richard joined Microsoft as a SOA/BPM technology specialist where his sole objective was to educate and collaborate with customers as they considered, designed, and built application integration solutions. He then accepted a job at biotechnology leader Amgen where he designed a wide range of global systems before becoming the lead architect of the R&D division. Richard now works at Tier 3 as a Product Manager where he contributes to product strategy and development while actively collaborating with the cloud computing community. Richard is the author or contributor to three recent books: “Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform” (Packt Publishing, 2020) , “SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009? (Packt Publishing, 2009) , and “Microsoft BizTalk 2020: Line of Business Systems Integration” (Packt Publishing, 2011).

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Originally posted here - http://seroter.wordpress.com/2022/04/22/using-active-directory-federation-services-to-authenticate-authorize-node-js-apps-in-windows-azure/

Keywords: Microsoft Azure, Windows Azure, Azure Cloud, Azure Public Cloud, Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Node.js, Dropbox, SDK, Javascript, Webserver, Deployment on Azure