How to enable “host in the cloud” on existing Azure MVC ASP.NET web application

Question

I know you can enable it while you create the project here:

but is it possible to enable this when the project is already created ?

Answer 1

The Host in the cloud checkbox in this case will just allow you to select or create a Web App, and setup the publish profile for you. you can do this yourself:

You can do the yourself: In VS, Right click on solution -> Publish... -> Microsoft Azure App Service You can select an existing Web App or create a new one right there.