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sharptooth
sharptooth

Reputation: 170479

What other GUI ways to manage Azure cloud services except Management Portal are there?

Microsoft promises to discontinue the old (Silverlight) Management Portal "this summer" so we now have to use the new (HTML 5) portal.

I personally and several people I've talked to find the new portal awful because it doesn't provide as fine control as the old one did. We find it so bad that maybe even consider writing our own tools.

Yes, I'm well aware about cmdlets, Management API, but I'd prefer something with GUI more or less like the old portal.

What other ways are there to manage Azure cloud services that provide GUI and fine control?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1177

Answers (2)

drlaj
drlaj

Reputation: 144

If you aren't ready for all the features of Azure Management Studio then try the free Blob manipulation tool, Azure Explorer, which is robust and very easy to use:

http://www.cerebrata.com/labs/azure-explorer

(Short video review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO7g7XCDEIg)

For what it's worth, I think the Azure team have done a really excellent job with the Portal, including just the right amount of functionality for the majority of users.

Upvotes: 2

Gaurav Mantri
Gaurav Mantri

Reputation: 136126

Do take a look at Cerebrata tools especially Azure Management Studio: http://www.cerebrata.com.

Upvotes: 3

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