Build SharePoint 2013 farm on Cloud environment

Windows Azure allows you to install and manage your SharePoint environment on cloud like you do on premises. Services will be charged based on the space consumed by your SharePoint farm and Visual studio. Its bit costly to maintain.Azure does not include SharePoint , Visual Studio,Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft BizTalk Sever licenses which must be purchased. MSDN subscribers also get special rates for running servers within Azure.

Azure provides the following services for SharePoint development:

• Create and run Virtual Machines
• Develop a modern app using Cloud Services
• Build and deploy Web Sites
• Store, backup and recover data

Simple steps to setup SharePoint environment.

Login to https://manage.windowsazure.com, Sign up for a FREE Trial of Windows Azure

Select the plus sign (+) at the bottom of the Portal

Select Compute>Virtual Machine>From Gallery

Register a DNS Server in Windows Azure. Enter all details

Define a Virtual Network in Windows Azure.  Enter all details

Configure Windows Server Active Directory in a Windows Azure VM.  Enter all details

Configure SQL Server 2012 in a Windows Azure VM.  Enter all details

Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Windows Azure VM.  Enter all details. Once the VM is provisioned, connect to that VM using RDP and click on the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration wizard.

Open the central administration, configure your settings.

More information on the following link:http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/01/07/step-by-step-build-a-free-sharepoint-2013-lab-in-the-cloud-with-windows-azure-31-days-of-servers-in-the-cloud-part-7-of-31.aspx#.Uk7ZEYZ6Ym6