shannonwhitley
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109 votes
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507 votesplanned ·
AdminCalvin
(Product Planner, Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows Azure)
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This is now on the SQL Azure roadmap, though delivery will be post CY12.
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653 votes
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Hi Jeff,
Although I haven't gone through the process, you should be able to use the PowerShell Cmdlets to create and delete a deployment on a schedule:
http://wappowershell.codeplex.com/
You'll still need your dev box for scheduling so I guess it depends on your requirements.
If you never publish directly to Production and always swap from Staging, then the Production IP address doesn't change. Essentially, you have your static IP and you can use a standard DNS service provider. I use DNSMadeEasy and have had an excellent experience for the past couple of months with Azure.