{"id":594,"date":"2014-04-08T17:40:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/webdev\/2014\/04\/08\/ef-code-first-migrations-deployment-to-an-azure-cloud-service\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T01:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:59:41","slug":"ef-code-first-migrations-deployment-to-an-azure-cloud-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/ef-code-first-migrations-deployment-to-an-azure-cloud-service\/","title":{"rendered":"EF Code First Migrations Deployment to an Azure Cloud Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

To deploy a Code First database to an Azure Web Site, you can use the Execute Code First Migrations<\/strong> check box in the Publish Web<\/strong> wizard:<\/p>\n

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When you select that check box, Visual Studio configures the destination web site so that Entity Framework automatically deploys the database or updates it by running the MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<\/em> initializer on application start, as explained in this VS web deployment tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re deploying to an Azure cloud service you don\u2019t get to use the Publish Web<\/strong> wizard. What then?<\/p>\n

In that case, you have two options:   <\/p>\n