Azure Developer Tools
Easily build, debug, deploy, diagnose, and manage multi-platform, scalable apps and services
- Build apps that span IaaS and PaaS
- Speed development of enterprise, web, mobile, and IoT apps
- Access the cloud directly from Visual Studio and other standalone and command-line tools
- Build cloud apps for Java, Node, Python, Ruby, PHP, or .NET
- Run Azure commands from your command-line interface
- Diagnose live apps with world-class debuggers, profilers, diagnostic tools, and explorers
Visual Studio Tools for Azure
Get all the power and capabilities you need to easily build, manage and deploy cloud scale applications on Azure, right from Visual Studio.
The Azure Workload in Visual Studio 2017 includes all the tools and features you need to bring the power of Azure to your application.
Download the Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Azure to enable great Azure support and experiences for your application.
Azure SDK
Install the Azure SDK for an additional set of templates and tools that help you access even more cloud resources and services to improve your Azure development experience directly from Visual Studio. Use these tools to deploy infinitely-scalable applications and APIs, configure diagnostics, create and manage app service resources, and integrate your data.
Command Line tools
Azure PowerShell
Cmdlets to create, test, deploy, and manage solutions and services delivered through the Azure platform.
Install and configure Azure PowerShellAzure Command-Line Interface (Azure CLI)
A lightweight cross-platform command-line tool to manage services and accomplish common tasks.
Install and configure the Azure CLIPowerShell Tools for Visual Studio 2015
Brings the Visual Studio development experience to PowerShell: Edit, run and debug PowerShell scripts locally and remotely, leveraging Visual Studio’s locals, watch, call stack for your scripts and modules.
Get PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio 2015
Storage Explorer
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer Preview is a standalone app that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data - from any platform, anywhere. Create and manage blobs, tables, queues, generate SAS keys, and more.
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Visual Studio Code
Build and deploy multi-platform apps to get the most from Azure services. Use any of the hundreds of cool extensions and themes that help integrate your apps with Azure services and author templates for Azure Resource Manager. Your apps and templates can be deployed to Azure with simple multi-platform scripts.
Docker Tools
Build and debug your applications in a locally hosted or Azure hosted Docker container. Use a variety of tools and extensions to work with Docker Containers.
Docker Tools for Visual Studio 2017 are included in the .NET Core cross-platform development workload.
Docker Tools for Visual Studio Code
Azure Service Fabric Tools
Get started building micro-services using Azure Service Fabric and Visual Studio. These tools create new Service Fabric applications by using a variety of service templates, allowing you to easily debug, deploy, version, and upgrade them.Install the Azure Service Fabric SDK for Visual Studio
Create your first Azure Service Fabric application in Visual Studio
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Visual Studio
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Startups
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