


Select Import to open the Import Microsoft Azure Subscriptions dialog box.Then select the Certificates tab, and then do one of the following actions: In Server Explorer, right-click the Azure node and select Manage and Filter Subscriptions. Note: these credentials are different from credentials used to authenticate requests to Azure storage services. The subscription file can contain credentials for more than one subscription, as described in this article. publishsettings), which contains a public key for the certificate. In Visual Studio select View > Server Explorer, right-click the Azure node, select Connect to Microsoft Azure Subscription, and sign in.You provide these credentials through either of the following methods: To publish an application to Azure or to monitor an existing cloud service, Visual Studio requires credentials to authenticate requests to Azure, namely your Azure subscription ID and a valid X.509 v3 certificate with a key of at least 2048 bits. Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code
