Linux Virtual Machines

Provision virtual machines for Ubuntu, Red Hat, and more.

Overview

Azure virtual machines are one of several types of on-demand, scalable computing resources that Azure offers. Typically, you choose a virtual machine when you need more control over the computing environment than the other choices offer. This article gives you information about what you should consider before you create a virtual machine, how you create it, and how you manage it.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
SLA: https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/virtual-machines/
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News

Date News
3/25/2024
Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature. We received important feedback about the Automatic Scaling feature during the preview phase and...
3/21/2024
Microsoft and Red Hat commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic ImpactTM (TEI) study of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure, based on interviews with customers who have migrated...
3/18/2024
You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6.
3/18/2024
  We're excited to announce that in April, Azure will be offering customers the ability to optimize GPU compute costs by enabling hibernation on Virtual Machines (VMs). With this feature, users...
3/18/2024
Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He’s been with Microsoft since 2000, and working on .NET since 2003! Currently, he’s working on runtime features,...
3/13/2024
SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) is a highly configurable open-source workload manager used in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Job accounting is a crucial...
3/10/2024
Introduction:   JavaScript, the powerhouse behind many applications, sometimes faces limitations when it comes to memory in a Node.js environment.  Today, let's dive into a common challenge...
3/6/2024
Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
2/29/2024
CycleCloud 8.6: What's New and How to Get Started Learn about the latest features and enhancements of CycleCloud, the leading cloud HPC orchestration platform. CycleCloud is a powerful tool that...
2/28/2024
You can now migrate nodes from one Linux OS to another without having to create new nodes.
2/27/2024
Co-Written with Erik Garcia, WEKA Director of Cloud Sales, Brian Markenson, WEKA System Engineer, & Adam Fowler, WEKA System Engineer High Performance Compute (HPC) grids in the Financial...
2/23/2024
Dr. Wolfgang De Salvador - EMEA GBB HPC/AI Infrastructure Senior Specialist Dr. Kai Neuffer - Principal Program Manager, Industry and Partner Sales - Energy Industry   Resources and references...
2/21/2024
  In the Part 1 of this article, we discussed the implementation of Azure Python SDK for managing Azure Container Apps while using the DefaultAzureCredentials with Azure CLI (Developer...
2/16/2024
Welcome to the February 2024 edition of Azure Functions newsletter! We'll share the latest news for Azure Functions here on the Apps on Azure blog.   Azure Functions monthly community live...
2/14/2024
Authored by: Aimee Garcia, PM AI Benchmarking, Rick Shahid, Azure HPC + AI Media and Entertainment Solution Architect, Isayah Reed, Senior Software Engineer, Jon Weisner, Director, Global Black...
2/13/2024
Migrating web apps to App Service typically follows a 4-step process:  Discover Assess Upgrade Migrate We'll take a look at each of these for a JBOSS EAP application, the cool store from Red...
2/13/2024
OpenFOAM, which stands for Open Field Operation and Manipulation, is a free, open-source software framework primarily used for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. It provides a wide...
2/12/2024
Paul Yuknewicz is a Lead Product Manager for Azure Developer Experience at Microsoft; he is responsible for the PM team that designs the developer experience for building and diagnosing...
2/5/2024
NFS support is now available for App Service Linux code and container when mounting a Azure File share as a local share for the web app. 
1/31/2024
Azure Functions now supports Java 21 in preview on dedicated, consumption, and premium plans for Linux.