diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
index f2f4cbc34..a37eca615 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.csproj
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
       <HintPath>..\..\..\..\lib\nhibernate\NHibernate.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web.ApplicationServices" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web.Entity" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
index b185f07b1..cbe688827 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;
+using System.Configuration;
 
 namespace Orchard.Azure.Services.Environment.Configuration {
 
     public class DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor : IPlatformConfigurationAccessor {
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Reads a setting from platform configuration, trying first prefixed with the current tenant name and
-        /// secondly with no prefix.
+        /// Trying to read a setting from the following sources in the following order (with and then without tenant name prefix):
+        /// CloudConfigurationManager, ConnectionStrings, AppSettings.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">The name of the setting to read.</param>
-        /// <param name="tenant">The curren tenant's name.</param>
+        /// <param name="tenant">The current tenant's name.</param>
         /// <param name="namePrefix">An optional prefix to prepend the setting name with.</param>
-        /// <returns>The value of the setting if found with or without tenant name prefix, otherwise null.</returns>
+        /// <returns>The value of the setting if found in any of the available sources, otherwise null.</returns>
         public string GetSetting(string name, string tenant, string namePrefix = null) {
             var tenantName = tenant + ":" + (namePrefix ?? string.Empty) + name;
             var fallbackName = (namePrefix ?? string.Empty) + name;
-            return CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting(tenantName) ?? CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting(fallbackName);
+
+            var settingFromCloudConfiguration = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting(tenantName) ?? CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting(fallbackName);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(settingFromCloudConfiguration)) return settingFromCloudConfiguration;
+
+            var settingFromConnectionStrings = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[tenantName] ?? ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[fallbackName];
+            if (settingFromConnectionStrings != null) return settingFromConnectionStrings.ConnectionString;
+
+            return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[tenantName] ?? ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[fallbackName];
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/IPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/IPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
index 3beec81d7..4149f7d80 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/IPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Environment/Configuration/IPlatformConfigurationAccessor.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         /// Reads a setting using the available implementation(s).
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">The name of the setting to read.</param>
-        /// <param name="tenant">The curren tenant's name.</param>
+        /// <param name="tenant">The current tenant's name.</param>
         /// <param name="namePrefix">An optional prefix to prepend the setting name with.</param>
         /// <returns>The value of the setting if found with or without tenant name prefix, otherwise null.</returns>
         /// <see cref="DefaultPlatformConfigurationAccessor" />