[C1D]

>Additionally, I have used Nodejs on Azure. I truly enjoyed it when using Azure Table Storage for my database. Overall publishing to Azure was pretty simple and required minimal setup effort. Let me know if you have any questions! That basically answers my node.js question, I actually thought node would run better on AWS for some reason also does Azure do Linux?

[Avalaxy]

Yes, Azure is both PaaS (Windows machines that require no configuration) and IaaS (you can install whatever you want, including Linux).

[PinkSapphire]

Azure does have a Linux VM option. Do correct me if I am wrong.

[junto]

Correct Azure VMs. You can install one of the standard VMs, or download one of thousands of community created images, or create your own.

http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/List/Index