Design and implement the Windows Azure role life cycle

Design and implement the Windows Azure role life cycle

1. Windows Azure

   • Hosting
   • Services
   • Stateless
   • Flexibility
   • Scalability

2. Developer

   • Run startup tasks
     • AppCmd.exe
     • Batch files
     • Console files
     • Windows Powershell scripts
     • Install aditional Software
     • Install Third-party tool
     • Change registry
     • Other things to support MVC application

3. Startup complete

   • OnStart is called
     • Override to implement another functionality
     • Return true
     • OnStart has returned
       • Run is called
         • Override to have parallel execution

4. Upon shutdown

   • OnStop is called
     • Use to close and clean up any anciliary processes started in OnStart and Run methods