Custom Domain Name for an Azure Website

Question

Currently attaching additional host names to Azure Websites is possible only in Reserved mode ($57.60 for a small instance). Is this by design? Or there are some temp technical problems preventing this feature to work in a shared environment and you're looking into the way of adding custom host names in the near feature? Or is it something put in place as an “upgrade” feature so that reserved instances are more attractive. Please explain.

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Web Applications Architect

Answer 1

See http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazuredevelopment/thread/4a6ad501-3528-46b6-bc45-8bbe5cf2d919 for a similar thread. In short, website will support CNAME in the future (but not in the current preview).

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Answer 2

ScottGu tweeted that shared space will be able to use custom domain names in the near-ish future - but no date set.