Is it a good idea to reuse an Azure web role for backend processing?

Question

I\'m porting a huge application to Windows Azure. It will have a web service frontend and a processing backend. So far I thought I would use web roles for servicing client r

Answer 1

I would suggest you to develop them as separated roles: a web role and a worker role, and then just combine them into a single web role.

this way, in the future you can easaly convert to real separated roles, if needed.

for more details: http://www.31a2ba2a-b718-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66.com/2010/12/how-to-combine-worker-and-web-role-in.html http://wely-lau.net/2011/02/25/combining-web-and-worker-role-by-utilizing-worker-role-concept/