.NET 4.5 RTM on Azure?

Question

Now that .NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012 has RTM, is there a way to use it on Windows Azure yet? I\'m aware of the hacks people used for .NET 4.5 RC, but I\'m looking for a

Answer 1

Here's a link for voting for .Net 4.5 support to be added to Azure. It doesn't seem like the sort of thing anyone should need to vote on but it should probably help to make the Azure program managers aware of how much people want this if it gets a lot of votes:

http://www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.com/forums/34192-windows-azure-feature-voting/suggestions/2598170-iis8-and-asp-net-4-5-support-in-azure-platform

Answer 2

From a Microsoft announcement:

"We are excited to announce that Windows Azure Web Sites will soon support applications built on .NET 4.5. "