Does azure support things like mongodb and redis?

Question

Can you use mongodb and redis/memcached with azure?

I\'m guessing no but just want to make sure.

It turns out they do support things other than .net, are the

Answer 1

You now also have the option of running Redis in Windows Azure on Linux virtual machines ! In the case of Redis, this would allow you to use the "official" build instead of the "unsupported" Windows build ... For MongoDB, both choices seem equally valid (running on Linux virtual machines, "plain" Windows virtual machines, or using 10gen's package to run on "managed" VMs (Cloud Services).