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articles/cloud-services/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal.md

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![Settings Page](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cloud-service.png)
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The **Settings** or **All settings** links will open up **Settings** where you can change the **Properties**, change the **Configuration**, manage the **Certificates**, set up **Alert rules**, and manage the **Users** who have access to this cloud service.
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The **Settings** or **All settings** links open up **Settings** where you can change the **Properties**, change the **Configuration**, manage the **Certificates**, set up **Alert rules**, and manage the **Users** who have access to this cloud service.
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![Azure cloud service settings](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-settings-blade.png)
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### Manage Guest OS version
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By default, Azure periodically updates your guest OS to the latest supported image within the OS family that you've specified in your service configuration (.cscfg), such as Windows Server 2016.
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By default, Azure periodically updates your guest OS to the latest supported image within the OS family that you specified in your service configuration (.cscfg), such as Windows Server 2016.
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If you need to target a specific OS version, you can set it in **Configuration**.
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## Monitoring
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You can add alerts to your cloud service. Click **Settings** > **Alert Rules** > **Add alert**.
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You can add alerts to your cloud service. Select **Settings** > **Alert Rules** > **Add alert**.
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![Screenshot of the Settings pan with the Alert rules option highlighted and outlined in red and the Add alert option outlined in red.](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-alerts.png)
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### Configure monitoring from a metric tile
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Instead of using **Settings** > **Alert Rules**, you can click on one of the metric tiles in the **Monitoring** section of the cloud service.
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Instead of using **Settings** > **Alert Rules**, you can select on one of the metric tiles in the **Monitoring** section of the cloud service.
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![Cloud Service Monitoring](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-monitoring.png)
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You may need to reconfigure your cloud service through the [service config (cscfg)](cloud-services-model-and-package.md#cscfg) file. First you need to download your .cscfg file, modify it, then upload it.
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1. Click on the **Settings** icon or the **All settings** link to open up **Settings**.
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1. Select on the **Settings** icon or the **All settings** link to open up **Settings**.
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![Settings Page](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cloud-service.png)
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2. Click on the **Configuration** item.
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2. Select on the **Configuration** item.
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![Configuration Blade](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-settings-config.png)
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3. Click on the **Download** button.
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3. Select on the **Download** button.
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![Download](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-settings-config-panel-download.png)
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![Upload](./media/cloud-services-how-to-configure-portal/cs-settings-config-panel-upload.png)
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5. Select the .cscfg file and select **OK**.
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articles/cloud-services/cloud-services-how-to-create-deploy-portal.md

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description: Learn how to use the Quick Create method to create a cloud service and use Upload to upload and deploy a cloud service package in Azure.
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The service package (.cspkg) contains the application code and configurations and the service definition file.
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You can learn more about these and how to create a package [here](cloud-services-model-and-package.md).
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You can learn more about these components and how to create a package [here](cloud-services-model-and-package.md).
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## Prepare your app
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Before you can deploy a cloud service, you must create the cloud service package (.cspkg) from your application code and a cloud service configuration file (.cscfg). The Azure SDK provides tools for preparing these required deployment files. You can install the SDK from the [Azure Downloads](https://azure.microsoft.com/downloads/) page, in the language in which you prefer to develop your application code.
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* If you want to deploy a cloud service that uses Transport Layer Security (TLS), previously known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), for data encryption, [configure your application](cloud-services-configure-ssl-certificate-portal.md#modify) for TLS.
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* If you want to configure Remote Desktop connections to role instances, [configure the roles](cloud-services-role-enable-remote-desktop-new-portal.md) for Remote Desktop.
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* If you want to configure verbose monitoring for your cloud service, enable Azure Diagnostics for the cloud service. *Minimal monitoring* (the default monitoring level) uses performance counters gathered from the host operating systems for role instances (virtual machines). *Verbose monitoring* gathers additional metrics based on performance data within the role instances to enable closer analysis of issues that occur during application processing. To find out how to enable Azure Diagnostics, see [Enabling diagnostics in Azure](cloud-services-dotnet-diagnostics.md).
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* If you want to configure verbose monitoring for your cloud service, enable Azure Diagnostics for the cloud service. *Minimal monitoring* (the default monitoring level) uses performance counters gathered from the host operating systems for role instances (virtual machines). *Verbose monitoring* gathers more metrics based on performance data within the role instances to enable closer analysis of issues that occur during application processing. To find out how to enable Azure Diagnostics, see [Enabling diagnostics in Azure](cloud-services-dotnet-diagnostics.md).
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* If you haven't installed the Azure SDK, click **Install Azure SDK** to open the [Azure Downloads page](https://azure.microsoft.com/downloads/), and then download the SDK for the language in which you prefer to develop your code. (You'll have an opportunity to do this later.)
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* If you need to install the Azure SDK, choose **Install Azure SDK** to open the [Azure Downloads page](https://azure.microsoft.com/downloads/), and then download the SDK for the language in which you prefer to develop your code. You have an opportunity to do the installation later.
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6. Select **Package**, which opens the **Upload a package** pane. Fill in the required fields. If any of your roles contain a single instance, ensure **Deploy even if one or more roles contain a single instance** is selected.
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