Hi Please excuse the really simple questions but I am brand new on Azure and trying to get to grips with some of the basic concepts.
I have MSDN and so I am using it under that Subscription model as its use is free to MSDN subscribers (I think).
Just to get started I want to spinup a basic Virtual Machine (called VM1) as a Win 2008 Server, configure IIS, put up a simple 'hello world' web site.
So the first thing I did was setup my DNS for my domain at GoDaddy to point to my new Server's IP address on Azure.
I started up the Server in Azure, installed IIS, configured my web site - its not working yet - possible because the DNS hasn't propagated around the Internet - I will know for sure in 24hrs.
But Is that all I need to do ? Or within Azure do I need to mess with any other aspects e.g. Networking or allowing web requests through Azure on Port 80 etc ?
I realize that there are cloud services and web sites services etc but I don't want to use that yet - I'm more comfortable within the Virtual Machine as I understand that but Im not sure what else I have to switch on within Azure to make my new VM1 see the outside world.
Once I have it running properly - then I want to configure another VM (VM2) to act just as a SQLServer and communicate its data to VM1 once I have the connection string built on VM1 - In order to do that - do I then need to configure a network to ensure both VM's are on the same Network ?
Thanks for your help !