Visual Studio 2012 [Description] You can install this release of the Azure SDK, which includes the Azure Tools, either in the same instance of Visual Studio 2012 as the previous release of the SDK or in another instance. If you install these releases of the SDK side by side, you can still open projects that were created with the previous release, but all new projects will be created with the current release. For more information, see How To: Upgrade Projects to the Current Version of the Azure Tools [Task] 
Develop cloud services by using the most recent version of Visual Studio.