Is it possible to perform Word to PDF conversion in Azure Environment ?

Yes, it is possible to perform Word document to PDF conversion in Azure Web sites using Essential DocIO and PDF libraries.

Step 1:

Create an Azure web site project and refer the below Word document to PDF dependent assemblies on it.

1. Syncfusion.Compression.Base.dll
2. Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base.dll
3. Syncfusion.DocIO.Base.dll
4. Syncfusion.DocToPDFConverter.Base.dll
5. Syncfusion.Pdf.Base.dll
6. Syncfusion.OfficeChartToImageConverter.Wpf.dll
7. Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF.dll

The following code example illustrates how to convert a Word document into PDF document.

C#:

//Loading word document
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileName, FormatType.Docx);
document.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter();
DocToPDFConverter converter = new DocToPDFConverter();
//Converts the word document to PDF
PdfDocument pdf = converter.ConvertToPDF(document);
//Saves the PDF document  
pdf.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", Response, HttpReadType.Save);
document.close() ;

VB:

'Loading word document
Dim document As New WordDocument(stream, FormatType.Docx)
document.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter()
Dim converter As New DocToPDFConverter()
'Converts the word document to PDF
Dim pdf As PdfDocument = converter.ConvertToPDF(document)
'Saves the PDF document         
pdf.Save("WordtoPDF.pdf", Response, HttpReadType.Save)
document.close()

Know limitation:

The metafile images (*.wmf, *.emf) in Word document are not supported while converting to PDF.

Please make use of the below sample for converting Word document into PDF in Azure environment. This sample is created targeting Azure SDK 2.6.210 and Visual studio 2015.

Sample link:

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/SampleAspWebApp-108874911.zip