Visual Studio Online can be configured to automatically build and deploy a cloud service upon checkin.
However by default the checkin deploy the solution to a staging server but you can alter this so it deploys to the live environment.
To change any of the setting you need to alter the build configuration.
To alter/change the build configuration follow these steps to setup continuous delivery.
1. Ensure you have created a team project in Visual Studio Online see
http://www.visualstudio.com/get-started/connect-to-vs
2. Open up the project you want to package in Visual Studio
3. In solution explorer right click on the solution and select - add the solution to source control
4. In the source control dialog box select - team foundation version control
5. In the connect to team foundation dialog - select your VSO server and select the check box next to the team project you are using
6. Add the solution name dialog - choose the team project location and click ok
7. In solution explorer - right click on the solution and select checkin
8. In pending changes area of Team Explorer enter any comments re changes and click checkin
9. Ensure you have deployed the cloud services or an empty on using the management portal http://manage.windowsazure.com
10. click on the cloud tab to the left of the dashboard tab
11. click the setup publishing with VSO link
12. Authorize the connection to VSO enter your VSO account and click authorise
13. In the OAuth connection request - click accept
14. From the project drop down list - select the team project to deploy and clock the check box
15. In Visual Studio make your code changes and click check in
16. In Team Explorer click home button
17. Click Build
18. Under My Builds, double click on build entry to monitor the status
19. Build Completes use the management portal to navigate to your cloud service check the deployments tab to view the history of the deployments.
