Indeed, nothing is funny about azure. However, using ASP.net Web Forms is hilarious.
Yes I found this weird as well. I had a look at the code behind files and at least they all seem to be almost empty.
I actually used MVC on the second part of this project, which is not included here. To be honest, my requirements were so small (and ASP.NET MVC seemed quite heavyweight for my needs) that I just went with the first thing that worked, and webforms were just the path of least resistance.