Azure COM Objects
azure, com, web
Solution
I had this exact problem registering legacy COM Components on Azure. I documented my methodology here:
AspPDF and AspJPEG on Windows Azure
Igorek is correct, you will need to use a Web Role to achieve this. The solution above is based on a single Web Role with a startup script to run regsvr32 as a startup task.
To summarise, there are essentially two parts to achieving this. First create a batch file to run the regsvr32 command:
chcp 1252>NUL
regsvr32 /s .\library\my-com-class.dll
exit /b 0
Then define a startup task in your ServiceDefinition.csdef file:
<Startup>
<Task commandLine="mybatchfile.cmd" executionContext="elevated" taskType="simple" />
</Startup>
This will trigger the command file to run on deployment.
Problem
I am trying to move a website I am hosting on a server with IIS over to an Azure web site. I'm using a COM object but I'm not sure if I can register this? I found some posts talking about uploading the dll and registering it on start up but the article seems to be missing. Is this possible?