In Windows Azure: What are web role, worker role and VM role?

Question

The application I work on contains a web role: it\'s a simple web application. I needed to host the application in Windows Azure, so I created a web role. I actually want

Answer 1

Web roles in Windows Azure are special purpose, and provide a dedicated Internet Information Services (IIS) web-server used for hosting front-end web applications. You can quickly and easily deploy web applications to Web Roles and then scale your Compute capabilities up or down to meet demand.