I am newbie to Windows Azure application. I have downloaded the Microsoft Visual Studio express edition 2010 BETA and want to develop Window Azure application. My PC is having Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 with IIS 5.0.
Will Windows Azure cloud application work on IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0?
AFAIK azure can run any asp.net application. I don't think you will have issues in running iis5.0 or iis6.0 in your dev machine.
Download Azure SDK and install it before starting the development. It has an Azure emulator to run your app. You will also need to make a config file to test your apps in your dev machine. The SD also has some sample files.
Edit: Sorry. It seems I was wrong System requirements for SDK does not include Windows xp and also it requires II7.0