diff --git a/test/integration/azure.yml b/test/integration/azure.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fceb2a13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/azure.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: no
+  tags:
+    - test_azure
+  roles:
+    - { role: test_azure }
diff --git a/test/integration/cleanup_azure.py b/test/integration/cleanup_azure.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/cleanup_azure.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/integration/credentials.template b/test/integration/credentials.template
index 4894f5827b..78594aca97 100644
--- a/test/integration/credentials.template
+++ b/test/integration/credentials.template
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ service_account_email:
 pem_file:
 project_id:
 
+# Azure Credentials
+azure_subscription_id:
+azure_cert_path:
+
 # GITHUB SSH private key - a path to a SSH private key for use with github.com
 github_ssh_private_key: "{{ lookup('env','HOME') }}/.ssh/id_rsa"
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_azure/defaults/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_azure/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01018a9f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_azure/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+# defaults file for test_azure
+instance_name: "{{ resource_prefix|lower }}"
+cert_path: "{{ azure_cert_path }}"
+subscription_id: "{{ azure_subscription_id }}"
+storage_account: "{{ azure_storage_account|default('ansibleeast') }}"
+role_size: "{{ azure_role_size|default('Basic_A0') }}"
+user: "{{ azure_user|default('ansible_user') }}"
+location: "{{ azure_location|default('East US') }}"
+password: "{{ azure_password|default('abc123Q%') }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_azure/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_azure/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cba93e3d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_azure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# TODO: Implement create storage account feature. Currently, storage_account must be manually created on azure account.
+# TODO: When more granular azure operations are implemented (i.e. list disk, list cloud services, etc). Use the
+# fine-grain listings to ensure higher level operations are performed.
+# ============================================================
+- name: test with no credentials
+  azure:
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: assert failure when called with no credentials
+  assert:
+    that:
+       - 'result.failed'
+       - 'result.msg == "No subscription_id provided. Please set ''AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID'' or use the ''subscription_id'' parameter"'
+
+# ============================================================
+- name: test credentials
+  azure:
+    subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"
+    management_cert_path: "{{ cert_path }}"
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: assert failure when called with credentials and no parameters
+  assert:
+    that:
+       - 'result.failed'
+       - 'result.msg == "name parameter is required for new instance"'
+
+# ============================================================
+- name: test status=Running (expected changed=true)
+  azure:
+    subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"
+    management_cert_path: "{{ cert_path }}"
+    name: "{{ instance_name }}"
+    image: "b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu-12_04_4-LTS-amd64-server-20140514-en-us-30GB"
+    storage_account: "{{ storage_account }}"
+    user: "{{ user }}"
+    role_size: "{{ role_size }}"
+    password: "{{ password }}"
+    location: "{{ location }}"
+    wait: yes
+    state: present
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert state=Running (expected changed=true)
+  assert:
+    that:
+       - 'result.changed'
+       - 'result.deployment.name == "{{ instance_name }}"'
+       - 'result.deployment.status == "Running"'
+
+# ============================================================
+- name: test state=absent (expected changed=true)
+  azure:
+    subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"
+    management_cert_path: "{{ cert_path }}"
+    name: "{{ instance_name }}"
+    #storage_account: "{{ storage_account }}"
+    #location: "{{ location }}"
+    wait: yes
+    state: absent
+  register: result