I can't really compare it to Heroku. You have to compare it with EC2. First thing. They are planning to roll out Linux hosting but as of right now it's only win

I can't really compare it to Heroku. You have to compare it with EC2. First thing. They are planning to roll out Linux hosting but as of right now it's only windows and I have never used Windows EC2. With Azure you actually get a Windows machine in a datacenter that you choose. You can Remote desktop into it and control it, like you can control your local computer. Deployment is kinda tricky. But it's important to get Remote desktop working first so you can see what's happening in the system. It's not like heroku how you can do Heroku --logs. It's very important to remember that with Azure. You have to do everything. Heroku makes deploying, logging very simple for you. But at the same time you have less control. To sum up. There is a steep learning curve coming from heroku. But overall, I think it's was worth it. This is what you get with Bizspark: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/azure/ http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/azure/