DevOps style deployment in Visual Studio 2015 preview - A detailed look

This post provides additional details on the DevOps style deployment capability announced in Visual Studio 2015 Preview, focusing on how developers can use it. It explains the deployment process, including selecting the deployment project, enabling cloud deployment, and filling in parameters like 'dropLocation' and 'dropLocationSasToken'. It details how the application package is uploaded to Azure blob storage before deployment and how Visual Studio builds referred projects to generate the package. The post also highlights the "Deployment" option in the output window for logs and the JSON file used for application deployment configuration, including a "Validate Template" option.