I've created an Azure Worker Role running node.js using the [Windows Azure PowerShell][1]. I've successfully deployed my service and am wondering if the Worker Role will restart the process if it were to die. Is that a benefit of using a Web Role and iisnode over a Worker Role? [1]: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/nodejs/how-to-guides/powershell-cmdlets/ **Update** I made a quick test as Golo Roden suggested in his answer and confirmed that an Azure Worker Role does restart the node process if it dies.