---
title: Deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to Azure using Visual Studio
author: rick-anderson
ms.author: riande
manager: wpickett
ms.date: 10/14/2016
ms.topic: article
ms.assetid: 78571e4a-a143-452d-9cf2-0860f85972e6
ms.prod: aspnet-core
uid: tutorials/publish-to-azure-webapp-using-vs
---
# Deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to Azure using Visual Studio
By [Rick Anderson](https://twitter.com/RickAndMSFT), [Cesar Blum Silveira](https://github.com/cesarbs)
## Set up the development environment
* Install the latest [Azure SDK for Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/features/azure-tools-vs). The SDK installs Visual Studio if you don't already have it.
> [!NOTE]
> The SDK installation can take more than 30 minutes if your machine doesn't have many of the dependencies.
* Install [.NET Core + Visual Studio tooling](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=798306)
* Verify your [Azure account](https://portal.azure.com/). You can [open a free Azure account](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/free-trial/) or [Activate Visual Studio subscriber benefits](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits-details/).
## Create a web app
In the Visual Studio Start Page, tap **New Project...**.
Alternatively, you can use the menus to create a new project. Tap **File > New > Project...**.
Complete the **New Project** dialog:
* In the left pane, tap **Web**
* In the center pane, tap **ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core)**
* Tap **OK**
In the **New ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core)** dialog:
* Tap **Web Application**
* Verify **Authentication** is set to **Individual User Accounts**
* Verify **Host in the cloud** is **not** checked
* Tap **OK**
## Test the app locally
* Press **Ctrl-F5** to run the app locally
* Tap the **About** and **Contact** links. Depending on the size of your device, you might need to tap the navigation icon to show the links
* Tap **Register** and register a new user. You can use a fictitious email address. When you submit, you'll get the following error:
You can fix the problem in two different ways:
* Tap **Apply Migrations** and, once the page updates, refresh the page; or
* Run the following from the command line in the project's directory:
````
dotnet ef database update
````
The app displays the email used to register the new user and a **Log off** link.
## Deploy the app to Azure
Right-click on the project in Solution Explorer and select **Publish...**.
In the **Publish** dialog, tap **Microsoft Azure App Service**.
Tap **New...** to create a new resource group. Creating a new resource group will make it easier to delete all the Azure resources you create in this tutorial.
Create a new resource group and app service plan:
* Tap **New...** for the resource group and enter a name for the new resource group
* Tap **New...** for the app service plan and select a location near you. You can keep the default generated name
* Tap **Explore additional Azure services** to create a new database
* Tap the green **+** icon to create a new SQL Database
* Tap **New...** on the **Configure SQL Database** dialog to create a new database server.
* Enter an administrator user name and password, and then tap **OK**. Don't forget the user name and password you create in this step. You can keep the default **Server Name**
> [!NOTE]
> "admin" is not allowed as the administrator user name.
* Tap **OK** on the **Configure SQL Database** dialog
* Tap **Create** on the **Create App Service** dialog
* Tap **Next** in the **Publish** dialog
* On the **Settings** stage of the **Publish** dialog:
* Expand **Databases** and check **Use this connection string at runtime**
* Expand **Entity Framework Migrations** and check **Apply this migration on publish**
* Tap **Publish** and wait until Visual Studio finishes publishing your app
Visual Studio will publish your app to Azure and launch the cloud app in your browser.
### Test your app in Azure
* Test the **About** and **Contact** links
* Register a new user
### Update the app
* Edit the `Views/Home/About.cshtml` Razor view file and change its contents. For example:
````html
@{
ViewData["Title"] = "About";
}
@ViewData["Title"].
@ViewData["Message"]
My updated about page.
````
* Right-click on the project and tap **Publish...** again
* After the app is published, verify the changes you made are available on Azure
### Clean up
When you have finished testing the app, go to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and delete the app.
* Select **Resource groups**, then tap the resource group you created
* In the **Resource group** blade, tap **Delete**
* Enter the name of the resource group and tap **Delete**. Your app and all other resources created in this tutorial are now deleted from Azure
### Next steps
* [Getting started with ASP.NET Core MVC and Visual Studio](first-mvc-app/start-mvc.md)
* [Introduction to ASP.NET Core](../intro.md)
* [Fundamentals](../fundamentals/index.md)