Can Azure run WPF?

I'd like to write an ASP.Net MVC app running on Windows Azure that will create images using WPF.

Before I start writing it, will that work?

Does Azure have the necessary DLLs (including DirectX) and graphics power to render WPF?

(I don开发者_如何学编程't have an Azure account yet, so I can't just try it)

Absolutely. In particular, Azure Websites (which probably weren't around at the time the other two answers were posted) can also use WPF and I use it in my applications for

1. image processing,
2. operations on spline paths (Geometry-related stuff in WPF) and
3. pdf creation (via WPF xps creation from visual trees and subsequent conversion to a scalable pdf with pdfsharp).

It's stuff like that which makes ASP.NET such a cool platform.

The talk about GPU considerations that was raised by some people on this question is pretty irrelevant for simple image processing. I seriously doubt a GPU is even used for that when present.

The performance in the cloud is solely dictated by how much computing power you require. Can the cloud (Azure) scale? Absolutely.

You could use an ASP.NET MVC role coupled with a Worker role which would take care of your image creation. The option also exists to host a XBAP; however there are caveats with that approach but it can be done.

You are likely be able to do this with VM Role instances. However, Azure nodes do not have powerful GPU's, so I'm not sure if that'll be very cost-effective?

This has been a requested feature: http://www.mygreatwindowsazureidea.com/forums/34192-windows-azure-feature-voting/suggestions/398032-provide-directx-and-directcompute-functionality-as?ref=comments