This document provides an overview of application deployment and services on the Windows Azure platform. It discusses deploying applications as virtual machines, web sites, or cloud services running Java, PHP, Linux, or ASP.NET. Tools include the Azure SDK and subscriptions for SQL databases, storage, queues and blobs. The project structure involves web and worker roles. The deployment workflow includes building, packaging, uploading and loading roles to the staging or production environments. References for introductions and step-by-step guides on Azure are also provided.