Is Azure good for hosting a beginner Silverlight project?

Question

I want to learn a bit of Silverlight by writing a simple proof-of-concept RIA. I am looking for hosting that is free and has minimal IT/configuration concerns. I see that Azure has a free introductory special. Is it advisable to go with Azure, or is there another, simpler offering out there?

(I have intermediate web dev experience (Django) and intermediate C# experience, although I haven't used ASP.NET before. I have an MSDN subscription and have access to Visual Studio, Expression Studio, etc.)

Answer 1

First of all where are you located? I live in Lithuania and nearest Azure servers are in USA and there be some in Europe later, but I heard rumors from Lithuanian MS that there won't be servers here for at least another 3+ years.

Answer 2

Any kind of hosting will work for a Silverlight application as long as you can serve html and reference your ClientBin.