diff --git a/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.CloudService/Orchard.Azure.WebContent/Bin/Startup/ConfigureIIS.cmd b/src/Orchard.Azure/Orchard.Azure.CloudService/Orchard.Azure.WebContent/Bin/Startup/ConfigureIIS.cmd
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+REM   Check if this task is running on the compute emulator, if not then sets the Idle Timeout to zero
+
+IF "%ComputeEmulatorRunning%" == "false" (
+	%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.processModel.idleTimeout:00:00:00
+)
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