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Dear All,

I have created a windows application (large) using C#.Net, VB.Net & SQL Server 2005.

Can this application be hosted in Cloud?
Or should I recreate the entire application using ASP.Net to run in Cloud?

Please Advice,
Thank you.
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ZurdoDev 14-May-13 7:32am    
Have you researched the cloud? Anything can be run in the "cloud." What really is your question?
Anoop Ananthan 14-May-13 7:55am    
Hosting windows application in Cloud?

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As far as I know, you can't run a windows application directly from the cloud. For that, it has to be a web application or a service, I think.

But you CAN deploy a windows application through the cloud using clickonce. Example:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/avkashchauhan/archive/2011/05/09/how-to-deploy-clickonce-application-using-windows-azure-storage-in-very-simple-steps.aspx[^]

Note: When using Clickonce, you might as well host the deployment on any "normal" server, but as you see, it can also be done from a cloud storage.
 
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Dave Kreskowiak 14-May-13 9:51am    
Why can't you run in it in the cloud?? You could always run it on a VM in the cloud and remote desktop into it! ;)
Johnny J. 14-May-13 9:55am    
What I thought the OP wanted was to have the application files on a cloud server but run them on his local machine. I could be wrong. And sure you can run it on a remote machine in the cloud and Virtual Desktop into it, but you can have it installed on a remote machine and run it locally (as far as I know - but I could be wrong again)
Dave Kreskowiak 14-May-13 10:02am    
Yeah, that's the problem with his question: A complete lack of knowledge of what the cloud is and its capabilities. He also doesn't say anything about what his app does, therefore making it impossible for anyone to give him an answer other than "Go do some research on what the Cloud is and its general capabilities!"
Anoop Ananthan 15-May-13 4:52am    
Every thing I read about cloud, hints that applications developed using Azure or ASP.Net can only be hosted on cloud.
Since, my application is using WinForms, I am doubtful whether the application will work on cloud platform.
The previous comments put me into confidence that, I can Virtual Desktop into it.
Dave Kreskowiak 15-May-13 8:22am    
You've got some more reading to do then. You haven't even touched hosting virtual machines in the cloud, storage services, service bus, compute services, ...
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