Beginner question. Here are some possibly relevant software versions:
Windows 10
Visual Studio 2015
.NET Framework 4.5 and above
Microsoft Azure Compute Emulator v2.7
Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator v4.1
Microsoft Azure SDK v2.7
I am following these steps (and ONLY these steps) to create a simple Cloud Service with a simple Web Role:
Open up Visual Studio.
Select FILE -> New -> Project
On New Project, select Azure Cloud Service and continue.
Add ASP.NET Web Role to the cloud service.
Select the MVC template for the Web Role.
Once the cloud service is created, press F5 to test my cloud service locally.
Here is my understanding of what pressing F5 does: it runs an instance of the cloud service (which contains a web role) in a local debugging environment. This is an emulated environment providing a simulated Cloud Service and a simulated Azure Storage service. When the debugging environment is launched, I should see a website running.
So my question is, where is my website? Nothing pops up after pressing F5.
If I right-click on the Compute Emulator, and click "Show Compute Emulator UI", I see this:
http://i.imgur.com/nGSF8bS.png
So obviously the WebRole is running. But I expect for my browser to pop up and display something like this:
http://i.imgur.com/jNWnMjJ.png
I have verified that this happens to at least two other people running these exact same steps on different computers. Any ideas as to what obvious thing I must be missing?
I have already checked that on the WebRole properties, under Configuration, the Startup action is to launch browser for the http endpoints.
