Create an

Enterprise Web
Application

Contents

Create and Configure Azure Resources......3

Configure the SQL Database......................6
Create Azure AD Applications...................11
Deploy to Azure Websites........................14
Terms of use.............................................17

Create and
Configure
Azure
Resources

Estimated time to complete lab is 30 minutes.

Overview
In this lab, you will create an Azure Website and SQL Database.
You will then configure the tables and Azure AD Application
settings for the application.
Open the sample solution
1. Using Visual Studio 2013 click on File, Open Project, then
Navigate to the Samples\Events subfolder within the
student folder and then select Events.sln.
Create the website and SQL Database for the application
1 Using a new tab or instance of your browser navigate to the
preview portal http://portal.azure.com.
1

If prompted to login use the organization account created

for your Active Directory tenant.

Click on New, Everything, Website + SQL, then Create

Specify the name of the resource group as EventsAppRG.

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Click on WEBSITE -> Configure Required Settings

Specify a unique URL.

Specify the LOCATION (this should be the same location as
you picked in the initial setup script).
Create a new Web Hosting Plan using the S1 STANDARD
tier named MyStandardPlan.

Click on DATABASE -> Configure Required Settings

Name the Database: EventsDB

Change the PRICING TIER to P1 PREMIUM

Click on SERVER
Specify a unique server name
USERNAME: demouser
Password: demo@pass1
Location: Should be the same region as your website.

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Click the Create button to create the resources.

Update the connection string in the web.config for local testing.

1 Within the EventsAppRG resource group, click the
EventsDB database.

Click the Properties tile.

Click Show database connection strings.

Copy the ADO.NET connection string.

10 Within Visual Studio open the web.config and replace the

value for the DefaultConnection connection string with the
copied value. Ensure to update the {your_password_here}
placeholder with the password (demo@pass1) set earlier.

11 In the portal, within the EventsAppRG resource group, click

the link for the Azure Website created earlier.
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12 Click Settings, Application Settings, and then

Connection Strings. Add a new Connection string named
DefaultConnection and paste in the connection string.
Ensure to update the {your_password_here} placeholder
with the password (demo@pass1) set earlier.

13 Click the SAVE button at the top of the page.

Configure
the SQL
Database

Configure the SQL Database Firewall

1 Using the Azure management portal
(https://portal.azure.com) click on the EventsAppRG
resource group database from the Start board.

14 Click on the SQL database icon in the summary, and then

click on the SQL server instance.
15 Click Firewall Settings

16 For the lab, specify 0.0.0.0 for the START IP and

255.255.255.255 for the END IP. This is for local
development. In a real world deployment, this would be
restricted to known IP addresses.
Click SAVE when complete and close the Firewall Settings
blade and the SQL Server blade.

Create the Events application tables

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In the EventsAppRG resource group, open the EventsDB SQL

Database.

17 In the toolbar, click the Open in Visual Studio button.

18 Click the open in Visual Studio button and confirm the

prompt to open the database.
19 On the SQL connection dialog open click the Connection
Properties tab. Set the Connection time-out and Execution
time-out to 360 seconds and then click Connect.

20 Expand the EventsDB database, then right click on Tables,

then click Add New Table menu item.

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21 Change the name of the table to Event by modifying the

TSQL [Table].

22 Using the table designer add the following columns.

Title, nvarchar(100), Allow nulls = unchecked
Description, nvarchar(250), Allow Nulls =
unchecked
Location, nvarchar(100), Allow Nulls = unchecked
StartDate, datetime, Allow Nulls = unchecked
Days, int, Allow Nulls = unchecked
AudienceId, tinyint, Allow Nulls = unchecked
OwnerId, nvarchar(250), Allow Nulls = unchecked

23 Right click on the Id column and select properties.

24 In the properties pane set the (Is Identity) property to True.

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25 Click the Update button to generate the create script.

26 Click Update Database to create the new table.

27 Add another table to the database named Registration.

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28 Specify the following columns and types.

UserId, nvarchar(100), Allow Nulls = unchecked

EventId, int, Allow Nulls = unchecked

RegistrationDate,. Datetime, Allow Nulls = unchecked

HasAttended, bit, Allow Nulls = unchecked

29 In the T-SQL window replace the default constraint with the

following:
CONSTRAINT [PK_Registration] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[UserId] ASC,
[EventId] ASC
)

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30 Click the Update button to generate the script.

31 Click the Update Database button to create the database.
Populate with Example Data
1 Using Visual Studio 2013 open the EventsData.sql file
located in the student folder.
32 Click the Execute button and when prompted enter the
database credentials.

Create
Azure AD
Application
s

Create app for the local environment

1 In the Current Azure Management Portal, open the AD
Tenant and click Applications.

33 Click Add an Application.

34 Click Add an application my organization is

developing.

35 Name the application Events and click the Next arrow.

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36 Specify the following properties for your application.

SIGN-ON URL: https://localhost:44309
APP ID URL: https://[YOUR TENANANT
NAME].onmicrosoft.com/Events

Click the checkmark to create the application.

Update the Sample Application for AD Access
1 Click the CONFIGURE button of the new application.

37 Under permissions to other applications, check the box by

Read directory data and click save at the bottom.

38 Open the web.config of the Events sample application.

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39 Copy the value of the Client ID value in the Events

application to the ida:ClientID app setting.

40 Copy the value of APP ID URI from the Events application to

the ida:Realm and ida:AudienceUri app settings.

Replace the placeholder value within the <audienceUris>

element as well.

41 Under keys, change the drop down to 1 year and click

SAVE at the bottom of the page.

Update the value of the ida:Password app setting with the new
value.

42 Click VIEW ENDPOINTS

Copy the value from FEDERATION METADATA DOCUMENT

To the ida:FederationMetadataLocation app setting.

43 Update the [Tenant Name] placeholders by replacing them

with your Active Directory tenant name. For example,
TrainingAD is the AD Tenant in this lab screenshots.

Validate you can login

1 Right click on the project and select View in Browser

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44 Login to the site using the following credentials:

User: bjones@[Tenant Name].onmicrosoft.com
Password: demo@pass1

Deploy to
Azure
Websites

Publish the Application to Azure Websites

1 Using Visual Studio 2013 right click on the Events project
and select Publish.

2 Click Microsoft Azure Websites

If not signed in, click Sign In and enter the global admin
credentials for your Active Directory tenant.

Select the website from the Existing Websites dropdown

and click OK.

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Click Publish on the next screen to publish the website.

The publishing process will automatically create a new
application in Azure AD for your Azure Website.

Update the Application Settings for the Azure AD Tenant

1 Open the current Azure management portal
(https://manage.windowsazure.com) and click on Active
Directory, then open your Active Directory Tenant.
45 Click on Applications

46 Open the Application for the Azure Website by clicking its

name.

47 Click on CONFIGURE to view the configuration settings.

48 Open another tab in your browser (keep both open), open

the web site in the Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com)
and click on Settings, and then Application Settings.

49 Add the following App Settings to the website settings

from the Azure AD Application Configuration page.
Name: ida:Realm

Value: APP ID URI

Name: ida:AudienceUri

Value: APP ID URI

Name: ida:ClientID

Value: CLIENT ID

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Name: ida:Password

Value: KEY

50 For the ida:Password value, in the tab with the Azure AD

Application you will need to create a new KEY by selecting
the duration from the drop down and clicking save. The key
will then be displayed and you can copy it into the
ida:Password value.

51 Click the SAVE button at the top of the page when complete
to save the settings.

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