 <p>Windows Azure machines are yours for the using so if you want a different time zone, go right ahead and set it.</p> <p>The easiest approach is to create a very simple startup task and use <strong>tzutil</strong>, the Windows Time Zone Utility. We use the following:</p> <pre><code>tzutil /s "GMT Standard Time" </code></pre> <p>This is installed by default only on the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 images.</p> <p>Full details are here: <a href="http://wely-lau.net/2011/06/26/setting-timezone-in-windows-azure-3/" rel="nofollow">http://wely-lau.net/2011/06/26/setting-timezone-in-windows-azure-3/</a></p>