WHITEPAPER download : Performance Guidance for SQL Server in Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Microsoft has released a very useful whitepaper regarding the performances optimization of SQL Server when executed in a Windows Azure Virtual Machines environment (Iaas).
You can download it from the SQL Customer Advisory Team web site:https://sqlcat.com/sqlcat/b/whitepapers/archive/2013/05/31/performance-guidance-for-sql-server-in-windows-azure-virtual-machines.aspx
Good reading
Francesco