Connection strings Azure and basic, deployment

ConfigSource.config

#put in your web.config or app.config
<configuration>
    <connectionStrings configSource="connections.config"/> 
</configuration>



#this is your connections.config which can be used for several projects, transformations Release,Debug etc.
<configuration>

<connectionStrings>
   <add name="First" connectionString="firstConnection" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
   <add name="Second" connectionString="secondConnection" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

</configuration>


#for appSettings you can use file
<configuration>
  <appSettings file="keys.config">
    <add key="firstKey" value="firstValue" />
    <add key="secondKey" value="secondValue" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
   
  </system.web>
</configuration>

#keys.config, replaced first value, added new key
<appSettings>
  <add key="firstKey" value="firstValueNew" />
  <add key="thirdKey" value="thirdValue" />
</appSettings>


http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/63977/Windows-Azure-Development-Deep-Dive-Working-With-C
http://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager
http://www.cloudidentity.com/blog/2011/05/31/EDIT-AND-APPLY-NEW-WIF-S-CONFIG-SETTINGS-IN-YOUR-WINDOWS-AZURE-WEBROLE-WITHOUT-REDEPLOYING/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14358903/how-do-cscfg-files-and-app-config-files-relate-to-one-another-for-azure-worker-r
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee405486.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/ee460799.aspx
http://haishibai.blogspot.com/2012/09/windows-azure-cloud-service.html



http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lucascan/archive/2012/10/26/storing-database-connection-strings-for-azure-cloud-services-including-encypting-the-connection-strings.aspx

http://stackoverflow.com/a/12395395/1241400

http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2013/06/encrypting-connection-strings-in-windows-azure-web-applications/