Visual studio 2013 no publish options other than custom - azure

My windows system has Visual studio 2013 with Update 5 and Azure Tools 2.6 installed. I was till some time back, able to right click on the project in the solution explorer, click Publish and able to select a Publish target like Microsoft Azure Web Apps:
But now, the options do not show up anymore and the only option available is Custom:
I am not sure when the options disappeared. How can I get them back?

Make sure your VS is connected to your Azure Subscription (Server tab, something with "Azure (yoursubscriptionemail#domain.com)").
Also, since version 2.7 of Azure Tools, the deployment of web apps have changed a bit (publish target should read "Microsoft Azure App Service" instead of "Microsoft Azure Web Apps", and a few new options).
You can try to update your Azure Tools (version 2.8.2 as of this writing), the easiest way to do that is to run Microsoft Web Platform Installer.

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I´m currently trying to set up an azure mobile service .net backend for an app. I´m using visual studio express 2013 for Windows / for Web. I installed all available updates and the recent azure sdk (2.4).
My problem now is that there is no "Azure Mobile Service" project template and mobile services is even not displayed beneath the azure entry in the server explorer.
What did I miss to install?
Many thanks in advance!
UPDATE:
I tried to set up the mobile service with visual studio express 2012 but I stuck at the same problem. Neither the mobile service template nor the option in the server explorer is present.
I just downloaded Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows with Update 3 from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43729
I then had the mobile services node in the Server Explorer. However, the project template still isn't there.
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Import the publish profile you downloaded in step #1 and finish the publish process
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Use VS 2013 For Windows to manage your mobile service in server explorer and build your windows clients
Use VS 2013 For Web to build your Azure Mobile Service back end project, run locally, and publish using the publish profile.

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