What is ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg file?

Answer:

This service provides the configuration file for the cloud service and it contains settings for the roles. This file contains the information for the number of instances for the service. Whenever we want to increase the number of instances of the role this configuration is required for changing the instances.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<ServiceConfiguration serviceName="AzureCloudService3" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="4" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2015-04.2.6">

  <Role name="WebRole1">

    <Instances count="1" />

    <ConfigurationSettings>

      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" />

    </ConfigurationSettings>

  </Role>

</ServiceConfiguration>