Is there anyway of controlling the compression settings in windows azure web sites.
I want to enable dynamic json compression, and can successfully do this with on premise sites by configuring the applicationHosts.config file accordingly.
Are there any options for doing this on a windows azure web site? (not web role)
HTTP compression is not supported with Windows Azure Websites. As this is a very common request from Windows Azure Websites, so Azure Websites team does know about it and working on it. If HTTP compression is MUST for your application, I would say Azure Web Role is your best option.