Windows HPC server and Azure

I read that one can use Windows HPC server with Azure. It says one can run the HPC server on head node on premises and use the comp开发者_如何学运维ute nodes on the cloud.

My question is Can I create a head node on Azure and use the compute nodes on Azure. It will be great helpful if there is some tutorials on how to do that..

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Currently, no. The implementation as it stands today is to use Azure as a means of extending your existing WinHPC cluster. So, if you have a head node and n nodes on premise, but need more (for non MPI methods) you can (using HPC Server 2008 R2 Sp1) extend your cluster into the cloud. The HPC control panel will create N+2 instances in azure based on your request (the "+2" is for two WCF proxies).

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Yes this is now possible in SP3