Auto-scaling in Azure with PowerShell Cmdlets

This post Auto-scaling in Azure shows a proof of concept for auto-scaling an Azure Solution and the different options that you have for implementing a similar solution.

At the end, the author provides a PowerShell example using the Windows Azure Service Management CmdLets

Add-PSSnapin AzureManagementToolsSnapIn            

Get-HostedService $serviceName -Certificate $cert -SubscriptionId $subId |
Get-Deployment -Slot Production |
Set-DeploymentConfiguration `
  {$_.RolesConfiguration[$roleName].InstancesCount+=1}