title: Setting up a Couchbase Server in Azure
body: <p>I'm looking to setup a Couchbase Server for some NoSQL development I'm working on. I have found a couple of options online:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://blog.couchbase.com/hosting-couchbase-server-in-windows-azure-part-1" rel="nofollow">http://blog.couchbase.com/hosting-couchbase-server-in-windows-azure-part-1</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/couchbase/couchbase-server-40-enterprise/" rel="nofollow">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/couchbase/couchbase-server-40-enterprise/</a> (Couchbase 4.1.0) / <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/couchbase/" rel="nofollow">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/couchbase/</a> (All Couchbase versions)</li>
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  <p><strong>My question is, why would we need to do option 1, if option 2 is available?</strong> It seems that with option 2 available, it would be unnecessary to go through the trouble of setting up everything manually as outlined in option 1?</p>