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Can Azure be useful as an experimental host for distributed computing research?

April 26, 2017azure computing distributed experimental host Research useful

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Can Azure be useful as an experimental host for distributed computing research?

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Yes. Windows Azure worker roles have access to standard TCP/IP sockets on each virtual machine (VM) in which they run. Hence it is possible to use a large number of worker roles to experiment with distributed computing algorithms and protocols.