Error by publishing ASP.NET MVC site in Azure

Question

An Error appears by creating new ASP.NET MVC web site with SQL Server (named "TestingAzure73737DB") in Azure. I have just started to using Azure. First 3 websites were created without any errors. But 2 sites, that I have created later gives me errors. I don't understand sence of this error. This is name of new SQL Server, that I want to create for new web site in Azure. What is problem with this server name?

My configuration:

1. Visual Stufio 2013 Community
2. Azure - free trial

What I'm doing:

1. In VS create new ASP.NET MVC project with Azure
2. Azure settings: new SQL server (TestingAzure73737DB), admin name and password.

Result: Website in Azure created, but with no DB. And I see error in Visual Studio Azure app service activity window: "Servername "TestingAzure73737DB" cannot be empty or null."

Thank you! Best regards, Dmitry

Answer 1

The server name must be all lowercase! Furthermore, only letters, numbers and the hyphen are allowed.

Try deleting your azure project and create a new one with the corrected server name.