Create a new or select an existing project

You can deploy an already existing project or create a new project locally and then deploy it.

After you have performed procedure Thunder: Setup the cloud environment, perform the following:

1. Open Sitefinity CMS Project Manager.
2. Create a new project or select one of your existing projects.
   For more information about creating a new project, see Create a project and Configure and start a project.

   NOTE: When you configure the new project, on the database configuration screen, select Microsoft SQL Server to work locally. Later, you will migrate the local database to SQL Azure.

   If your existing project is not in the Project Manager, you must add it. For more information, see Work with Sitefinity CMS Project Manager.

3. Select your project in the Project Manager and click Edit in Visual Studio button in the toolbar.
   For more information, see Work with Sitefinity CMS Project Manager.
   Microsoft Visual Studio opens.

   RECOMMENDATION: Before proceeding further, we recommend you to remove the project from the Project Manager or the IIS, because after the DataConfig.config is changed (as described below) using the website locally will actually modify your production SQL Azure database.