Azure .NET 4.5 support
.net-4.5, azure
Solution
The Azure SDK v1.8 (October 2012) is out for download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35448
Supports: .NET 4.5, Windows Server 2012 and IIS 8.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ff683673.aspx#BK_October2012
To use Windows Server 2012 which supports .NET 4.5, change osFamily="2" to osFamily="3" in your Azure role .cscfg file.
Edit: I updated my two sites last night to Windows Server 2012/.NET 4.5 and they work like a champ. So, this is all the RTM/stable code just waiting for the announcement (maybe BUILD 2012?). If you are using Windows Server 2012, you need to enable .NET 3.5 features for backward compatibility with .NET 2.0-.NET 3.5 apps/modules.
Edit2: Azure 4.5 support was announced yesterday at the BUILD 2012 conference :) http://channel9.msdn.com
Problem
OK, I can't find a definitive answer on this online so I thought I'd ask the community on this one. .NET 4.5 has gone RTM last week and were looking at upgrading our products to use it. Before we make this leap, I first need to check if this will impact any Azure deployments with our product (ASP.NET MVC stuff) Does the latest production version of the Azure platform support .NET 4.5 in its web and worker roles yet? I'm aware that the RC of the framework could be installed using a startup power shell script during the VM/role warm up but I don't want this burden on my application, I'm just looking to know of its safe to go live with .NET 4.5 and MVC 4 etc... in Azure's current state?