Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. It provides both platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
Configuring VSA 10 to monitor a Windows Azure subscription:
Click on “Add” button and you will be presented with an “Add Azure Subscription” window
Choose a name for the subscription. (The name is a friendly label to help you identify monitored subscriptions)
Type or paste your Windows Azure Subscription ID
Generate or Load an existing Management Certificate
Locating your Windows Azure Subscription ID:
Login using your Administrator’s (or delegated Administrator) live account.
Copy Subscription ID that’s associated with your user into VSA 10 Manager
Uploading a Management Certificate to Windows Azure Management Portal:
Go to: Management Portal
Login using your Windows Azure Administrator’s (or delegated Administrator) live account
Click on the “Upload” button
Click on the “Browse for file” button and select your management certificate file
Click on “OK”
Note: You may monitor more than one Windows Azure subscription on the same computer.