Installing OGDI DataLab version 5 on Azure
This set of articles will walk you through the setup of the Windows Azure account you will use to install the OGDI platform. It will explain how to setup a Cloud Service, which will host the OGDI web and worker roles. It will also explain how to create the two Storages needed for the configuration tables and the data storage itself.
To be able to install OGDI on Azure you need to setup one Cloud Service and two Storages. If you do not have your Azure account, you need to sign up for it using a [Windows Live ID](www.passport.net).
For our walkthrough we will use a trial account of Windows Azure, which provides the same functionality as a paid one, except it is time-limited. All screens below are shown as examples and you should use your own information to create the required services and accounts. Please note that all screenshots are based on Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure Management Portal released in 2012: https://manage.windowsazure.com/
[Windows Azure Preview](http://www.keithloo.com/sources/ogdidatalab/ogdidatalab1.png)
