Virtual Machines

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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. An Azure virtual machine gives you the flexibility of virtualization without having to buy and maintain the physical hardware that runs it. However, you still need to maintain the virtual machine by performing tasks, such as configuring, patching, and installing the software that runs on it.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://azure.microsoft.com/services/virtual-machines/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
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Date News
2/10/2025
Datadog Azure Native ISV Service is a powerful integration between Microsoft Azure and Datadog which is available on both Azure Marketplace and Azure portal. This native offering allows you to...
2/3/2025
Microsoft Azure is the best place for enterprise Java workloads. Whether you are using plain Java SE, Spring Boot and its many sub-projects, or a Jakarta EE and MicroProfile runtime, our...
2/1/2025
Contributors: Davide Vanzo, Yuval Mazor, Jesse Lopez   DeepSeek-R1 is an open-weights reasoning model built on DeepSeek-V3, designed for conversational AI, coding, and complex problem-solving. It...
1/28/2025
We are excited to announce enhanced support for Generation 2 VMs on Azure DevTest labs. You can now choose between Generation 1 and Generation 2 versions of the same marketplace image while...
1/27/2025
To help organizations optimize cloud costs and management, we’re excited to introduce hibernation for virtual machines (VMs) in Azure DevTest Labs, now in public preview. The new hibernation...
1/24/2025
As we continue to offer a wide selection of SKUs for M-series Virtual Machines, we updated the instance size flexibility ratios for this product to optimize reservation discount within instance...
1/22/2025
As we continue to offer a wide selection of SKUs for M-series Virtual Machines, we updated the instance size flexibility ratios for this product to optimize reservation discount within instance...
1/14/2025
  High-performance computing thrives on efficient GPU resource sharing, and integrating NVIDIA’s CUDA Multi-Process Service (MPS) with CycleCloud-managed Slurm clusters can revolutionize how...
1/9/2025
Azure NetApp Files, built on NetApp technology, allows file-based applications to benefit from the scale, agility and economics of public cloud.  F5 is a technology company specializing in...
1/8/2025
Introduction This guide demonstrates how to use ZFS LocalPV to efficiently manage the NVMe storage available on several Azure HPC/AI VM types in the H-series and N-series family. For example,...
12/10/2024
Solutions idea This solution series shows some examples of how Azure OpenAI and its LLM models can be used on Operations and FinOps issues. With a view to the use of models linked to the...
12/6/2024
Authors: Ioan Dragan (ioan.dragan@microsoft.com) Ciprian Amzuloiu (camzuloiu@microsoft.com) Dragos Unguru (ungurud@microsoft.com) Introduction The Resilient Ecommerce Reference...
12/2/2024
As industries embrace the era of AI, legacy apps and data infrastructure often prevent organizations from harnessing its benefits; to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge, companies...
11/27/2024
Co-author: Nalla Ram and Wiener Evgeny, Intel    Electronic Design Automation (EDA) consists of a collection of software tools and workflows used for designing semiconductor products, most...
11/21/2024
Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the new Da/Ea/Fav6 series AMD based virtual machines (VMs). These VMs consist of our new general purpose Dasv6-series and Dalsv6-series, our...
11/19/2024
Trusted Launch enabled nodes are now generally available on AKS. Trusted launch improves the security of generation 2 virtual machines (VMs) by protecting against advanced and persistent attack...
11/19/2024
Microsoft is announcing the preview of the new DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs) running on 4th generation AMD EPYC™ processors with Secure Encrypted Virtualization...
11/19/2024
AI is reshaping industries, driving transformation in how businesses operate, communicate, and serve customers. In today’s fast-evolving Generative AI landscape, businesses feel the urgency to...
11/19/2024
Java on Microsoft Azure Java customers and developers are constantly exploring how they can bring their Java applications to the cloud. Some are looking to modernize existing applications, while...
11/19/2024
We’re committed to making AKS the easiest to use managed Kubernetes service for developers and platform teams. Recently, Microsoft was named a leader in the Gartner MQ for Container Management...