Using a CNAME with Shared Windows Azure Website
The notion of FREE, SHARED, RESERVED website categories are very recent; Microsoft Launched it just 2 days ago. Earlier it used to be either FREE or RESERVED. You get to attach a custom domain name only for reserved instance.
With the new feature of low cost shared option, you get to attach a custom domain but it will still be in the shared pool of Azure Websites. It works out around $9.36 a month.
The reason for contradiction info in the posts are due to new to features. In short you can use both SHARED and RESERVED for attaching custom domain. With shared it is little cheaper provided you are fine with your website being served for shared pool.
Just go the SCALE Table and make your website instance SHARED from default free and then go to Configure table to put your CNAME
DNS Management is handled differently by different domain or hosting providers , there are three places these changes can be performed (may be more )
- cpanel
- domain manage panel
- WHM panel
if you have only taken a domain most probably your domain provider will send you a url, in which "manage dns " option will be there.
if your site is already hosted then you might have to do it in cpanel or whm. so better call your domain hosting provider for exact steps . it saves a lot of time