Why does Azure deployment take so long?

Question

I am using the configuration/package upload method to deploy a small application to Azure but it’s tacking around 20-60 min to complete, why? Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

I can understand how are you feeling. It hurts. For your information deployments should take less than 60 minutes and less than 20 minutes too Here's a link to give you a brief overview of the steps involved in deployment: http://blog.smarx.com/posts/what-happens-when-you-deploy-on-windows-azure For a deeper explanation refer this: http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/pdc2008/es19