[Task] Create and consume a distributed caching service that's hosted by a role or that runs as a separate role in a cloud service. Visual Studio 2010 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Visual Studio 2012 Visual Web Developer 2010 with SP1 Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web [Description] 
By using role-based caching, you can set up general-purpose data caches, in addition to the output caches and session state caches on a per-role basis in Azure cloud services. For more information, see How to: Use an Azure In-Role Cache in Azure Cloud Service.