Virtual Windows Clients for testing

Rather than having a bunch of local virtual Windows clients (Windows 7, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 8, Windows 8.1) set up with different Office version for testing our own applications, I'd like to have them on Azure. Only for testing code with our development
partners.
So far I can not find any such offering on the Azure portal.
This Q&A seems to suggest that is not allowed.
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/licensing-faq/
Can
customers rent Windows Client desktops on Azure or other Service providers?
No, multi-tenant hosting is restricted in the Product Use Rights of Windows Client, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. Windows Client Desktops are not available on either Azure or on any other Service Provider such as Amazon or Rackspace.
You can read more about the Microsoft Product Use Rights here.
Can
customers run Microsoft Office and Windows 7 Client on Virtual Machines using License Mobility for Software Assurance?
No. Under the Microsoft Product use Rights (PUR), Office and Windows 7 are not licensed to run on Virtual Machines. In particular, Microsoft Office is classified in the PUR as “Desktop Applications”, which is not included in Licensing
Mobility.
Amazon Workspaces?
Seems to be what I want, although only Windows 7 and Office 2010/2013. I also need Visio as our product is an add in to Visio. http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
Is this available on Azure and what are my options to get a simple cloud hosted virtual machine with Windows for testing?
Thanks!

Hi,
For MSDN subscribers, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 images are available when creating a VM in Azure gallery.
http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/05/29/windows-client-images-on-azure/
If you have no MSDN subscription, you can upload a Windows client image to Azure storage account and use it to create a VM. However, since the limitation of license
in Azure, you cannot activate it.
In addition, you can also submit a feedback to release the images of Windows client OS in Azure gallery for all subscriptions:
http://feedback.azure.com/forums/34192--general-feedback
Best regards,
Susie
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