azure-virtual-machines

Expert knowledge for Azure Virtual Machines development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when building, debugging, or optimizing Azure Virtual Machines applications. Not for Azure Data Science Virtual Machines (use azure-data-science-vm), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets), SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-sql-virtual-machines), Azure Cloud Services (use azure-cloud-services).

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Azure Virtual Machines Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Virtual Machines. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L61Diagnosing and fixing Azure VM issues: hibernation, disk encryption, extensions, NSG blocking, Spot/scale set errors, Image Builder, kernel/packages, Trusted Launch, and gallery images.
Best PracticesL62-L88Performance, scaling, HA, and cost-optimization best practices for Azure VMs, including HPC/InfiniBand tuning, disks/snapshots, OS-specific tweaks, and Image Builder/boot-time optimization.
Decision MakingL89-L151Guidance for choosing VM sizes, images, disks, costs, and licensing, plus planning/migrating VMs (GPU, OS, Oracle, RHEL, DNS) and handling retirements, backup, DR, and reservations.
Architecture & Design PatternsL152-L170Design patterns for VM-based architectures: multi-region and fleet strategies, NUMA/topology tuning for HPC SKUs, low-latency placement, and Oracle/OpenShift deployment and DR designs.
Limits & QuotasL171-L376VM size specs, disk and storage performance limits, quotas, lifecycle/support, and capacity/packing details for Azure VMs, Dedicated Hosts, disks, and HPC/GPU families.
SecurityL377-L453Securing Azure VMs and disks: encryption (ADE, CMK, double/host), Trusted Launch/attestation, Key Vault/identity, MSP metadata controls, policy/RBAC, and secure image/gallery sharing.
ConfigurationL454-L585Configuring Azure VMs/scale sets: images, disks, networking, maintenance, monitoring, extensions, GPU/HPC, OS agents, SSH/WinRM, Oracle workloads, and backup/restore behavior.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL586-L632Scripts and patterns for automating VM management: backups, disk/snapshot/VHD operations, encryption, maintenance/availability monitoring, metadata service, Key Vault, and cross-subscription moves.
DeploymentL633-L659Deploying and migrating Azure VMs/AKS nodes: disk type moves, regional/zonal moves, in-place OS upgrades, blue-green/rolling deployments, and DevOps-based image and snapshot workflows.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Troubleshoot Azure Linux Container Host kernel version issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/troubleshoot-kernel
Troubleshoot Azure Linux Container Host package upgrade failureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/troubleshoot-packages
Resolve Azure Spot VM and scale set error codeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/error-codes-spot
Troubleshoot Azure Windows VM extension failureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/troubleshoot
Troubleshoot common issues on Azure HPC and GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hb-hc-known-issues
Diagnose and fix Azure VM hibernation issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hibernate-resume-troubleshooting
Diagnose and fix Azure cloud-init VM provisioning issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cloud-init-troubleshooting
Troubleshoot Azure Disk Encryption on isolated Linux networkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-isolated-network
Troubleshoot Azure Disk Encryption on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-troubleshooting
Troubleshoot hibernation problems on Linux Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/hibernate-resume-troubleshooting-linux
Connect to Azure Image Builder build VMs for debugginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-connect-to-build-vm
Troubleshoot common Azure VM Image Builder failureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-troubleshoot
Reset latched MSP keys for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/other-examples/key-reset
Troubleshoot Metadata Security Protocol issues on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/troubleshoot-guide
Diagnose VM traffic blocked by NSG rules in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/network-security-group-test
Troubleshoot Azure VM restore point failureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/restore-point-troubleshooting
Troubleshoot Azure VM Maintenance Configuration deployment and patching issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshoot-maintenance-configurations
Troubleshoot Azure Compute Gallery shared image issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting-shared-images
Troubleshoot common issues with Azure Trusted Launch VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-faq
Troubleshoot Azure Disk Encryption on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-troubleshooting
Troubleshoot hibernation problems on Windows Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hibernate-resume-troubleshooting-windows

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply scaling best practices for Azure HPC appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/compiling-scaling-applications
Scale and tune HPC applications on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/compiling-scaling-applications
Optimize InfiniBand-enabled H-series and N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/configure
Optimize InfiniBand-enabled H-series and N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/configure
Apply best practices for Azure VM cost optimizationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/cost-optimization-best-practices
Benchmark applications using Azure Disk Storagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-benchmarks
Apply high-availability best practices for VMs and diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-high-availability
Use incremental snapshots for Azure managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-incremental-snapshots
Optimize VM and disk performance on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-performance
Enable and tune InfiniBand on Azure HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/enable-infiniband
Handle VM extensions on Python 3-enabled Linux systemshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/issues-using-vm-extensions-python-3
Update Azure Linux Agent on existing Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/update-linux-agent
HBv2 VM performance expectations and tuning guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv2-performance
HBv3 VM performance and scalability guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv3-performance
HBv4 VM performance and scalability expectationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv4-performance
HBv5 VM performance and scalability guidancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv5-performance
Apply best practices for Azure VM Image Builder usagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/image-builder-best-practices
Optimize Linux performance on Lsv3 and Lasv3 Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/storage-performance
Design high-performance apps with Azure Premium SSDshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/premium-storage-performance
Optimize VM boot times using Image Builder and Azure Compute Galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/vm-boot-optimization
Safely repurpose the D: drive as data disk on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/change-drive-letter
Optimize Windows performance on Lsv3 and Lasv3 Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/storage-performance
Optimize Oracle performance and cost on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-performance-best-practice

Decision Making

TopicURL
Choose Azure HPC/AI VM images for InfiniBandhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/azure-hpc-vm-images
Plan backup and disaster recovery for managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/backup-and-disaster-recovery-for-azure-iaas-disks
Choose between Azure VMs, VMSS, and Compute Fleethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/compare-compute-products
Select constrained vCPU VM sizes for licensinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/constrained-vcpu
Monitor and control Azure VM spending with Cost Managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/cost-optimization-monitor-costs
Plan and estimate Azure VM costs using Cost Managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/cost-optimization-plan-to-manage-costs
Handle deprecated Azure Marketplace VM imageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/deprecated-images
Plan migration from Azure Disk Encryption to encryption at hosthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disk-encryption-migrate
Convert Azure managed disks between storage typeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-convert-types
Choose options to improve Azure disk performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-performance-options
Select redundancy options for Azure managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-redundancy
Plan and purchase Azure Disk Storage reservationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-reserved-capacity
Choose the right Azure managed disk typehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types
Estimate Azure VM costs using portal cost cardhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/estimated-vm-create-cost-card
Decide between Azure Generation 1 and 2 VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generation-2
Choose DNS name resolution options for Linux Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/azure-dns
Choose endorsed Linux distributions and image sourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/endorsed-distros
Plan and create custom Linux images for Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/imaging
Plan migration from retiring Dedicated Host SKUshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/dedicated-host-migration-guide
Migrate workloads from retiring Azure Dedicated Host SKUshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/dedicated-host-migration-guide
Plan migration from AWS EC2 to Azure Virtual Machineshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/migrate-from-elastic-compute-cloud-architecture
Migrate legacy managed images to Azure Compute Galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/migration-managed-image-to-compute-gallery
Migrate from retired Azure general-purpose VM sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/sizes/d-ds-dv2-dsv2-ls-series-migration-guide
Migrate NC and ND GPU compute workloads to newer sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/sizes/n-series-migration
Migrate workloads from legacy NV GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/sizes/nv-series-migration-guide
Migrate workloads from retired NV-series GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/migration/sizes/nv-series-migration-guide
Migrate from NC24rs_v3 before retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ncv3-nc24rs-retirement
Plan NCv3-series GPU VM retirement and migrationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ncv3-retirement
Plan backup and DR for unmanaged Azure VM diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/page-blobs-backup-and-disaster-recovery
Choose and understand Reserved VM size flexibility optionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/reserved-vm-instance-size-flexibility
Plan migration from retired NV GPU VM sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nv-series
Plan migration from retiring NVv3 GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series-retirement
Handle NVv4 GPU VM retirement and migrationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv4-retirement
Review previous-generation Azure VM size serieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/previous-gen-sizes-list
Plan migration from Av1 to Av2 Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/av1-series-retirement
Plan migration from DCsv2 to newer Azure VM serieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/dcsv2-series-retirement
Plan migration for Msv2 and Mdsv2 isolated VM retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/msv2-mdsv2-retirement
Plan migration for ND-series GPU VM retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/nd-series-retirement
Understand Azure NV series retirement timelinehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/nv-series-retirement
Review retired Azure VM series and replacementshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/retired-sizes-list
Plan migration before Azure unmanaged disk retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/unmanaged-disks-deprecation
Use Azure VM restore points for granular recoveryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-create-restore-points
Analyze Azure VM usage data for cost and consumption insightshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/vm-usage
Use Windows client images in Azure for dev/testhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/client-images
Deploy Windows 11 on Azure with Multitenant Hosting Rightshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/windows-desktop-multitenant-hosting-deployment
Plan for Ubuntu LTS end of standard support on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/canonical/ubuntu-els-guidance
Plan Azure migrations for CentOS end-of-lifehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/centos/centos-end-of-life
Choose backup strategies for Oracle on Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-backup-strategies
Design and size Oracle Database Enterprise Edition on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-design
Plan and execute Oracle workload migration to Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-migration
Migrate Oracle workloads to Oracle Database@Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-migration-oracle-database-at-azure
Choose approaches for Oracle applications on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-overview
Evaluate partner storage options for Oracle on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-third-party-storage
Choose and deploy Oracle VM images from Azure Marketplacehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-vm-solutions
Select solutions for WebLogic Server on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-weblogic
Select solutions for WebLogic Server on AKShttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/weblogic-aks
Choose RHEL BYOS (Gold Images) on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/byos
Plan RHEL Extended Life Cycle Support on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/redhat-extended-lifecycle-support
Plan migration for NC-series GPU VM retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/retirement/nc-series-retirement

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Choose Azure Compute Fleet allocation strategieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-compute-fleet/allocation-strategies
Design multi-region deployments with Azure Compute Fleethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-compute-fleet/multi-region-compute-fleet
Use proximity placement groups to minimize VM latencyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/co-location
Architect clustered workloads with Azure shared diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-shared
Optimize HBv2 VM topology and NUMA placementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv2-series-overview
HBv3 VM architecture and NUMA-aware placementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv3-series-overview
HBv4 VM architecture, topology, and NUMA layouthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv4-series-overview
HBv5 VM architecture and NUMA-aware designhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hbv5-series-overview
HC VM architecture and NUMA-aware placementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hc-series-overview
Design OpenShift deployments on Azure Stack Hubhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/openshift-azure-stack
Reference architectures for Oracle apps and DB on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/deploy-application-oracle-database-azure
Design Oracle disaster recovery architectures on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-disaster-recovery
Architect Oracle apps on Azure VMs with databases on OCIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-oci-applications
Architect cross-cloud Oracle apps with Azure and OCIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-oci-overview
Highly available Oracle database architectures on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-reference-architecture

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Plan around Azure Linux Container Host support lifecyclehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/support-cycle
Understand Azure VM sizes without temp diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/azure-vms-no-temp-disk
Understand Azure VM compute throttling limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/compute-throttling-limits
Support matrix and limits for Azure VM restore pointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/concepts-restore-points
Compute optimized Dedicated Host SKU capacities and packinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dedicated-host-compute-optimized-skus
General purpose Dedicated Host SKU capacities and packinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dedicated-host-general-purpose-skus
GPU optimized Dedicated Host SKU capacities and packinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dedicated-host-gpu-optimized-skus
Memory optimized Dedicated Host SKU capacities and packinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dedicated-host-memory-optimized-skus
Storage optimized Dedicated Host SKU capacities and packinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dedicated-host-storage-optimized-skus
Understand and use managed disk bursting on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disk-bursting
Understand performance tiers for Azure Managed Diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-change-performance
Configure and deploy Azure Premium SSD v2 diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-deploy-premium-v2
Enable performance plus for Azure SSD and HDD diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-performance
Plan migration from Standard HDD OS disks before 2028 retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-hdd-os-retirement
Scalability and performance targets for Azure VM diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-scalability-targets
Reference Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VM storage performance limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ebdsv5-ebsv5-series
Reference ECas_cc_v5 and ECads_cc_v5 confidential child VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ecasccv5-ecadsccv5-series
Reference ECasv5 and ECadsv5 confidential VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ecasv5-ecadsv5-series
Reference ECedsv6 confidential Intel-based VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ecedsv6-series
Reference ECesv6 confidential Intel-based VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ecesv6-series
Understand limits for remote NVMe disks on VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/enable-nvme-remote-faqs
Understand limits for temporary NVMe disks on VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/enable-nvme-temp-faqs
Understand Azure ephemeral OS disk size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ephemeral-os-disks
Ephemeral OS disk size and behavior FAQhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ephemeral-os-disks-faq
Reference Ev3 and Esv3 Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ev3-esv3-series
Expand unmanaged Azure VM disks and understand size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/expand-unmanaged-disks
Azure VM disk FAQs with sizes and performance limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/faq-for-disks
Review HC-series VM performance benchmarkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hc-series-performance
Review HX-series VM performance and scalabilityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hx-performance
Configure Azure Image Builder triggers and regional limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/image-builder-triggers-how-to
Compare CoreMark scores for Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/compute-benchmark-scores
Upload or copy VHDs to managed disks with Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-upload-vhd-to-managed-disk-cli
Expand Linux VM OS and data disk sizes in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/expand-disks
Linux VM behavior, limits, and support FAQshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/faq
Manage Azure VM and scale set vCPU quotashttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/quotas
Reference Fadsv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fadsv7-series
Reference Faldsv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/faldsv7-series
Reference Falsv6 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/falsv6-series
Reference Falsv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/falsv7-series
Reference Famdsv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/famdsv7-series
Reference Famsv6 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/famsv6-series
Reference Famsv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/famsv7-series
Reference Fasv6 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fasv6-series
Reference Fasv7 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fasv7-series
Reference Fsv2 compute-optimized VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fsv2-series
Reference FX high-frequency VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fx-series
Reference FXmdsv2 memory-intensive VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fxmdsv2-series
Reference FXmsv2 memory-intensive VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/compute-optimized/fxmsv2-series
NMads MA35d FPGA-accelerated VM specs for transcodinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/fpga-accelerated/nm-ads-ma35d-series
NP FPGA VM family sizes and capabilitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/fpga-accelerated/np-family
NP FPGA VM size specifications and hardwarehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/fpga-accelerated/np-series
Use Av2-series VM sizes and capabilitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/av2-series
Select and size Basv2-series burstable VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/basv2-series
Plan workloads on Bpsv2-series Arm VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/bpsv2-series
Plan workloads with Bsv2-series VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/bsv2-series
Reference Bv1-series Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/bv1-series
Plan Dadsv5-series VMs and storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv5-series
Plan Dadsv6-series VMs and storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv6-series
Plan Dadsv7-series VMs with storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv7-series
Configure Daldsv6-series VMs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/daldsv6-series
Configure Daldsv7-series VMs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/daldsv7-series
Use Dalsv6-series low-memory VM sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dalsv6-series
Use Dalsv7-series low-memory VM sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dalsv7-series
Reference Dasv4 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dasv4-series
Choose Dasv5-series VM sizes and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dasv5-series
Choose Dasv6-series VM sizes and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dasv6-series
Choose Dasv7-series VM sizes and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dasv7-series
Reference Dav4 Azure VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dav4-series
Reference DCads_cc_v5 confidential child VM limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcadsccv5-series
Reference DCadsv5 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcadsv5-series
Reference DCadsv6 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcadsv6-series
Reference DCas_cc_v5 confidential child VM limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcasccv5-series
Reference DCasv5 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcasv5-series
Reference DCasv6 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcasv6-series
Reference DCdsv3 confidential VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcdsv3-series
Reference DCedsv6 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcedsv6-series
Reference DCesv6 confidential VM specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcesv6-series
Reference DCsv2 confidential VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcsv2-series
Reference DCsv3 confidential VM size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dcsv3-series
Reference Ddsv4 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddsv4-series
Plan Ddsv5-series VM sizes and capacitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddsv5-series
Plan workloads on Ddsv6-series VM sizeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddsv6-series
Use Ddsv7-series VM sizes and constraintshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddsv7-series
Reference Ddv4 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddv4-series
Use Ddv5-series VMs with disk limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddv5-series
Reference Dldsv5 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dldsv5-series
Use Dldsv6-series VMs with local SSD limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dldsv6-series
Plan workloads on Dldsv7-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dldsv7-series
Reference Dlsv5 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dlsv5-series
Evaluate Dlsv6-series low-memory VM limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dlsv6-series
Evaluate Dlsv7-series low-memory VM limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dlsv7-series
Plan Dpdsv5-series Arm VMs with storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpdsv5-series
Use Dpdsv6-series Cobalt VMs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpdsv6-series
Use Dpldsv5-series Arm VMs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpldsv5-series
Plan Dpldsv6-series Cobalt VMs with local diskhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpldsv6-series
Evaluate Dplsv5-series low-memory Arm VM limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dplsv5-series
Evaluate Dplsv6-series low-memory Cobalt VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dplsv6-series
Use Dpsv5-series Arm VMs and capacitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpsv5-series
Plan Dpsv6-series Cobalt-based VM capacitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpsv6-series
Reference Dsv2-series Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv2-series
Reference Dsv3-series Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv3-series
Reference Dsv4 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv4-series
Select Azure Dsv5 VM sizes with detailed specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv5-series
Use Dsv6-series VM sizes and capacitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv6-series
Use Dsv7-series VM sizes and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv7-series
Reference Dv2-series Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dv2-series
Reference Dv3-series Azure VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dv3-series
Reference Dv4 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dv4-series
Use Dv5-series VM sizes and capacitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dv5-series
Reference specs for NC family GPU-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nc-family
Reference specs for NC RTX PRO 6000 BSE v6 GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nc-rtxpro6000-bse-v6-series
Reference specs for NC A100 v4 GPU-accelerated VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nca100v4-series
Reference specs for NCads H100 v5 GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ncadsh100v5-series
Reference specs for NCasT4_v3 GPU-accelerated VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ncast4v3-series
Reference specs for NCCads H100 v5 confidential GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nccadsh100v5-series
Reference specs for ND family GPU-accelerated VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-family
Reference specs for ND GB200 v6 Blackwell GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-gb200-v6-series
Reference specs for ND GB300 v6 rack-scale GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-gb300-v6-series
ND H200 v5 GPU VM hardware specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-h200-v5-series
Reference specs for legacy ND-series GPU VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-series
Reference specs for ND A100 v4 GPU training VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndasra100v4-series
Reference specs for ND H100 v5 GPU training VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndh100v5-series
Reference specs for NDm A100 v4 GPU training VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndma100v4-series
ND MI300X v5 GPU VM hardware specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndmi300xv5-series
Reference specs for NDv2 GPU-accelerated VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndv2-series
NG GPU VM family sizes and specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ng-family
NGads V620 GPU VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ngadsv620-series
NV GPU VM family sizes and capabilitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nv-family
NVadsA10 v5 GPU VM specs and partitioninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvadsa10v5-series
NVads V710 v5 GPU VM specs and optionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvadsv710-v5-series
NVv3 GPU VM size specifications and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv3-series
NVv4 GPU VM size specs and partial GPU optionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv4-series
HB HPC VM sub-family sizes and specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hb-family
HBv2 VM size specifications and capabilitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hbv2-series
HBv3 VM size specifications and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hbv3-series
HBv4 VM size specifications and cache limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hbv4-series
HBv5 VM size specs, HBM, and storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hbv5-series
HC HPC VM sub-family sizes and specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hc-family
Reference HC-series VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hc-series
Reference HX-series VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/high-performance-compute/hx-series
Reference Dndsv6 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/dndsv6-series
Reference Dnldsv6 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/dnldsv6-series
Reference Dnlsv6 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/dnlsv6-series
Reference Dnsv6 VM size specs and limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/dnsv6-series
Review memory-optimized Dv2/Dsv2 VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/dv2-dsv2-series-memory
Reference Eadsv5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/eadsv5-series
Reference Eadsv6 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/eadsv6-series
Reference Eadsv7 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/eadsv7-series
Reference Easv4 AMD-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/easv4-series
Reference Easv5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/easv5-series
Reference Easv6 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/easv6-series
Reference Easv7 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/easv7-series
Reference Eav4 AMD-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/eav4-series
Reference Ebdsv6 high-throughput VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ebdsv6-series
Reference Ebsv6 high-throughput VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ebsv6-series
Reference ECadsv6 confidential AMD-based VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ecadsv6-series
Reference ECasv6 confidential AMD-based VM specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ecasv6-series
Reference Edsv4 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv4-series
Reference Edsv5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv5-series
Reference Edsv6 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv6-series
Reference Edsv7 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv7-series
Reference Edv4 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edv4-series
Reference Edv5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edv5-series
Reference Endsv6 network-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/endsv6-series
Reference Ensv6 network-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ensv6-series
Reference Epdsv5 Arm-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/epdsv5-series
Reference Epdsv6 Cobalt-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/epdsv6-series
Reference Epsv5 Arm-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/epsv5-series
Reference Epsv6 Cobalt-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/epsv6-series
Reference Esv4 Intel-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/esv4-series
Reference Esv5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/esv5-series
Reference Esv6 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/esv6-series
Reference Esv7 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/esv7-series
Reference Ev4 Intel-based VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ev4-series
Reference Ev5 memory-optimized VM size specificationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/ev5-series
Reference specs for M-series memory-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/m-series
Reference specs for Mbdsv3 memory-and-storage VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mbdsv3-series
Reference specs for Mbsv3 memory-and-storage VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mbsv3-series
Reference specs for Mdsv2 Medium Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mdsv2-mm-series
Reference specs for Mdsv3 High Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mdsv3-hm-series
Reference specs for Mdsv3 Medium Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mdsv3-mm-series
Reference specs for Mdsv3 Very High Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mdsv3-vhm-series
Reference specs for Msv2 Medium Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/msv2-mm-series
Reference specs for Msv3 High Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/msv3-hm-series
Reference specs for Msv3 Medium Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/msv3-mm-series
Reference specs for Mv2 High Memory VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/mv2-series
Reference specs for L family storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/l-family
Reference specs for Laosv4 storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/laosv4-series
Reference specs for Lasv3 storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lasv3-series
Reference specs for Lasv4 storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lasv4-series
Reference Lsv2-series NVMe-optimized VM specshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lsv2-series
Reference specs for Lsv3 storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lsv3-series
Reference specs for Lsv4 storage-optimized VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lsv4-series
Use Soft Delete and retention in Compute Galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/soft-delete-gallery
Understand VM states and Azure billing behaviorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/states-billing
Compare CoreMark scores for Azure Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/compute-benchmark-scores
Upload or copy Windows VHDs to managed disks with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-upload-vhd-to-managed-disk-powershell
Increase Windows VM OS and data disk sizes in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/expand-disks
Windows VM behavior, limits, and support FAQshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/faq
Prepare Windows VHDs for Azure with size constraintshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/prepare-for-upload-vhd-image
Oracle on Azure VMs FAQs for sizing and HAhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-azure-vms-faq
Understand RHEL image types, naming, and retention on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/redhat-images

Security

TopicURL
Understand Azure Linux with OS Guard security modelhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/intro-azure-linux-os-guard
Configure boot integrity monitoring and guest attestation for Trusted Launch VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/boot-integrity-monitoring-overview
Configure server-side encryption for Azure managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disk-encryption
Understand encryption options for Azure managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disk-encryption-overview
Use disk encryption sets across Entra tenantshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-cross-tenant-customer-managed-keys
Enable customer-managed keys for disks in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-portal
Configure double encryption at rest for managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-double-encryption-at-rest-portal
Enable encryption at host via Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-portal
Enable Private Link for managed disk import/export in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-private-links-for-import-export-portal
Configure restrictions on Azure managed disk import/exporthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-restrict-import-export-overview
Secure managed disk uploads/downloads with Entra ID and RBAChttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-secure-upload-download
Enable FIPS 140-3 for Azure Linux VM extensions and agenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-linux-fips
Configure Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs via extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/azure-disk-enc-linux
Configure Azure Disk Encryption for Windows VMs via extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/azure-disk-enc-windows
Securely pass credentials with Azure DSC extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-credentials
Use Azure Policy via CLI to restrict Linux VM extensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/extensions-rmpolicy-howto-cli
Use Azure Policy via PowerShell to restrict Windows VM extensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/extensions-rmpolicy-howto-ps
Use Azure FPGA Attestation for NP-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/field-programmable-gate-arrays-attestation
Encrypt Compute Gallery image versions with CMKhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/image-version-encryption
Use isolated Azure VM sizes for workload securityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/isolation
Create and encrypt a Linux VM using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-cli-quickstart
Configure Key Vault for Azure Disk Encryption on Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-key-vault
Configure Key Vault for ADE with Entra on Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-key-vault-aad
Implement Azure Disk Encryption scenarios on Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-linux
Enable ADE with Microsoft Entra on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-linux-aad
Enable Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-overview
Prerequisites for ADE with Microsoft Entra on Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-overview-aad
Create and encrypt a Linux VM in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-portal-quickstart
Create and encrypt a Linux VM using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-powershell-quickstart
Use sample scripts for Azure Disk Encryption on Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-sample-scripts
Use Azure CLI to enable customer-managed keys for diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-cli
Enable encryption at host for VMs using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-cli
Restrict managed disk import/export with Private Link (CLI)https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-export-import-private-links-cli
Configure LVM and RAID on encrypted Linux deviceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/how-to-configure-lvm-raid-on-crypt
Verify Azure Disk Encryption status on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/how-to-verify-encryption-status
Configure Image Builder permissions and identities with Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-permissions-cli
Set up Image Builder permissions using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-permissions-powershell
Use user-assigned managed identity for Image Builder storage accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-user-assigned-identity
Configure Azure Key Vault for Linux VMs using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/key-vault-setup
Secure Linux NGINX VMs with TLS certificates from Key Vaulthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-secure-web-server
Advanced MSP RBAC allowlist configuration for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/advanced-configuration
Enable MSP on existing Azure VMs and scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/brownfield
Configure Metadata Security Protocol restrictions on Azure VMs and scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/configuration
Enable MSP when provisioning Azure VMs or scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/greenfield
Build MSP RBAC allowlists from audit logshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/other-examples/audit-logs-to-rules
Disable Metadata Security Protocol for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/other-examples/disable
Configure MSP for Azure VMs via portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/other-examples/portal
Understand Metadata Security Protocol for securing Azure VM metadata accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/overview
Mitigate speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/mitigate-se
Reference built-in Azure Policy definitions for Virtual Machineshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/policy-reference
Use Azure Policy regulatory compliance controls for VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/security-controls-policy
Apply Azure Policy compliance controls to VM Image Builderhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/security-controls-policy-image-builder
Apply Azure security features and policies to protect VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/security-policy
Assign RBAC roles to share Compute Gallery resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/share-gallery
Publish and manage community galleries in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/share-gallery-community
Share Compute Gallery resources with specific tenantshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/share-gallery-direct
Share gallery images across tenants with app registrationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/share-using-app-registration
Understand Trusted Launch security features for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch
Enable Trusted Launch on existing Gen2 Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-existing-vm
Upgrade Gen1 Azure VMs to Gen2 with Trusted Launchhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-existing-vm-gen-1
Enable Trusted Launch on existing Azure VM scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-existing-vmss
Deploy Trusted Launch virtual machines securely in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-portal
Customize Secure Boot UEFI key databases for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-secure-boot-custom-uefi
Configure Key Vault for ADE on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-key-vault
Configure Key Vault for ADE with Entra on Windowshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-key-vault-aad
Enable Azure Disk Encryption on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-overview
Prerequisites for ADE with Azure AD on VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-overview-aad
Azure Disk Encryption scenarios for Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-windows
Enable ADE with Microsoft Entra on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-windows-aad
Use PowerShell to enable customer-managed keys for diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-enable-customer-managed-keys-powershell
Enable encryption at host for VMs with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-enable-host-based-encryption-powershell
Set up Azure Key Vault for VM deployments with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/key-vault-setup
Secure Windows IIS VMs with TLS certificates from Key Vaulthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/tutorial-secure-web-server

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure attribute-based VM selection in Compute Fleethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-compute-fleet/attribute-based-vm-selection
Modify capacity and VM sizes in Azure Compute Fleethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-compute-fleet/modify-fleet
Configure Spot VM behavior in Azure Compute Fleethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-compute-fleet/spot-vm-configuration
Enable Azure Linux 3.0 for AKS clusters and node poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/how-to-enable-azure-linux-3
Install and manage certificates on Azure Linux Container Hosthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/how-to-install-certs
Enable telemetry and monitoring for Azure Linux with OS Guardhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-os-guard-telemetry-monitor
Configure telemetry and monitoring for Azure Linux Container Hosthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-telemetry-monitor
Enable automatic extension upgrades for Azure VMs and scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/automatic-extension-upgrade
Configure automatic guest patching for Azure VMs and scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/automatic-vm-guest-patching
Use Azure VM watch to collect in-VM health signalshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/azure-vm-watch
Configure Azure Event Hubs as a sink for VM watch signalshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/configure-eventhub-vm-watch
Customize VM watch settings and collectors on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/configure-vm-watch
Configure and create Azure Compute Gallerieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/create-gallery
Use custom data and cloud-init with Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/custom-data
Deploy zone-redundant managed disks (ZRS)https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-deploy-zrs
Enable on-demand bursting for Premium SSD diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-bursting
Configure and deploy Azure Ultra Disks for VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-enable-ultra-ssd
Instantly access Azure managed disk snapshotshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-instant-access-snapshots
Use Azure disk metrics and bursting metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-metrics
Convert managed disks from LRS to ZRS redundancyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-migrate-lrs-zrs
Change performance tiers for Azure Managed Diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-performance-tiers
Enable and configure Azure shared managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-shared-enable
Configure torn-write prevention on Linux managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-torn-write-prevention
Select OS images that support Azure remote NVMehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/enable-nvme-interface
Configure Azure Monitor Dependency agent extension for Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-dependency-linux
Configure Azure Monitor Dependency agent extension for Windowshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-dependency-windows
Install and configure Azure Linux VM Agenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-linux
Install and manage Azure Windows VM Agenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/agent-windows
Configure Chef VM Extension on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/chef
Configure Custom Script Extension v2 on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/custom-script-linux
Configure Custom Script Extension on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/custom-script-windows
Overview and configuration of DSC extension for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-overview
Author ARM templates for Azure DSC VM extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-template
Configure Azure DSC Extension on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-windows
Configure and enable InfiniBand on Azure HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/enable-infiniband
Configure Machine Configuration extension for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/guest-configuration
Configure Application Health extension for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/health-extension
Configure InfiniBand driver extension on Linux HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpc-compute-infiniband-linux
Configure InfiniBand driver extension on Windows HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpc-compute-infiniband-windows
Configure AMD GPU Driver Extension on Linux N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpccompute-amd-gpu-linux
Configure AMD GPU Driver Extension on Windows NVv4 VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpccompute-amd-gpu-windows
Configure NVIDIA GPU Driver Extension on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpccompute-gpu-linux
Configure NVIDIA GPU Driver Extension on Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/hpccompute-gpu-windows
Configure Microsoft Antimalware Extension for Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/iaas-antimalware-windows
Configure Azure Key Vault VM extension on Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/key-vault-linux
Configure Qualys Cloud Agent VM Extension on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/qualys
Configure Salt Minion VM Extension for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/salt-minion
Configure Stackify Retrace Linux agent extension on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/stackify-retrace-linux
Configure Tenable One-Click Nessus VM Extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/tenable
Use VMAccess extension to reset Linux VM accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmaccess-linux
Use VMAccess extension to reset Windows VM accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmaccess-windows
Configure VM Snapshot Linux extension for Azure Backuphttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmsnapshot-linux
Configure VM Snapshot Windows extension for Azure Backuphttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/vmsnapshot-windows
Generalize or deprovision VMs before imaging in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generalize
Enable and configure Azure Write Acceleratorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/how-to-enable-write-accelerator
Understand HX-series VM architecture and topologyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/hx-series-overview
Define and version images in Azure Compute Galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/image-version
Install Azure VM watch via ARM, PowerShell, or CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/install-vm-watch
Attach persistent data disks to Linux VMs using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/add-disk
Attach new or existing data disks to Linux VMs in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/attach-disk-portal
Configure AMD GPU drivers on Linux N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/azure-n-series-amd-gpu-driver-linux-installation-guide
Find Marketplace image URNs and plans using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cli-ps-findimage
Create and upload CentOS-based VHDs to Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-centos
Prepare generic Linux systems for Azure imaginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-generic
Create and upload OpenBSD images for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-upload-openbsd
Prepare Debian Linux VHD images for Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/debian-create-upload-vhd
Use Flatcar Container Linux VHDs in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/flatcar-create-upload-vhd
Author Bicep and ARM templates for Azure Image Builderhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-json
Configure networking options for Azure VM Image Builderhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-networking
Configure NVIDIA GPU drivers on Linux N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/n-series-driver-setup
Create and upload Oracle Linux VHDs to Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/oracle-create-upload-vhd
Understand Linux VM provisioning parameters in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/provisioning
Prepare and upload RHEL VHDs for Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/redhat-create-upload-vhd
Use Run Command to execute scripts on Linux Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/run-command
Configure managed Run Command for Linux Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/run-command-managed
Create and upload SUSE Linux VHDs in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/suse-create-upload-vhd
Configure time synchronization for Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/time-sync
Configure xrdp and desktop environment on Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/use-remote-desktop
Control Azure VM platform updates with Maintenance Configurationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-configurations
Define Maintenance Configurations for Azure VMs using Bicephttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-configurations-bicep
Manage Azure VM Maintenance Configurations using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-configurations-cli
Configure Azure VM Maintenance Configurations in the portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-configurations-portal
Configure Maintenance Configurations for dedicated hosts with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-configurations-powershell
Manage and restore Azure VMs from restore pointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/manage-restore-points
Export Compute Gallery image versions to managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disk-from-image-version
Configure Marketplace purchase plans for gallery imageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/marketplace-images
Configure monitoring and alerts for Azure VMs and scale setshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/monitor-vm
Reference for Azure VM monitoring metrics, logs, and dimensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/monitor-vm-reference
Migrate Linux Azure VMs from SCSI to NVMehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/nvme-linux
Configure InfiniBand networking on Azure HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/setup-infiniband
Configure MPI for RDMA-enabled Azure HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/setup-mpi
Configure MPI for RDMA-capable Azure HPC VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/setup-mpi
Create and store SSH keys with Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ssh-keys-azure-cli
Configure and manage SSH keys in Azure portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ssh-keys-portal
List, update, and delete Compute Gallery resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/update-image-resources
Configure user data scripts for Azure VMs at provisioninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/user-data
Control OS image upgrades on VM scale sets with Maintenance controlhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control
Use Azure CLI to manage Maintenance control for VM scale set OS upgradeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control-cli
Configure Maintenance control for VM scale set OS upgrades in the portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control-portal
Use PowerShell to manage Maintenance control for VM scale set OS upgradeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control-powershell
Define Maintenance control for VM scale sets using ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control-template
Create Azure VM restore points using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-create-restore-points-cli
Create Azure VM restore points using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-create-restore-points-powershell
Configure cross-region copy of Azure VM restore pointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-restore-points-copy
Configure VM Snapshot extensions for application-consistent restore pointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-restore-points-vm-snapshot-extension
Manage and update VM Applications via Compute Galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/vm-applications-manage
Configure VM vCore customization and SMT settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/vm-customization
Configure VM watch Collectors Suite for Azure VM health checkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/vm-watch-collector-suite
Attach data disks to Windows VMs using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/attach-disk-ps
Attach managed data disks to Windows VMs in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/attach-managed-disk-portal
Find Marketplace image URNs and plans with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/cli-ps-findimage
Configure WinRM connectivity for Azure Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/connect-winrm
Configure Azure Diagnostics Extension for Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/extensions-diagnostics
Set up time sync for AD domain Windows VMs in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/external-ntpsource-configuration
Install AMD GPU drivers on Windows N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/n-series-amd-driver-setup
Install NVIDIA GPU drivers on Windows N-series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/n-series-driver-setup
Use Run Command to execute scripts on Windows Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/run-command
Configure managed Run Command for Windows Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/run-command-managed
Define Azure VM resources in ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/template-description
Configure time synchronization for Azure Windows VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/time-sync
Configure ExpressRoute and OCI FastConnect for Oracle appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-azure-oci-networking
Install and configure Oracle ASM on Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-oracle-asm
Configure Oracle Data Guard on Azure Linux VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-oracle-dataguard
Install and configure Oracle GoldenGate on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/configure-oracle-golden-gate
Back up Oracle Database on Azure VMs using Azure Backuphttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-backup-azure-backup
Back up Oracle Database to Azure Files with RMANhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-backup-azure-storage
Configure streaming Oracle RMAN backups on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-rman-streaming-backup
Use Red Hat Update Infrastructure for RHEL on Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/redhat-rhui

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Move Azure Marketplace VM to another subscription via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/azure-cli-change-subscription-marketplace
Create Azure VM restore points using REST APIshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/create-restore-points
Configure Azure Backup extension for SQL Server on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/backup-azure-sql-server-running-azure-vm
Configure Azure Key Vault VM extension for Windows certificate refreshhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/key-vault-windows
Monitor Azure VM availability with Project Flash via Azure Monitor metrichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/flash-azure-monitor
Monitor Azure VM availability with Project Flash via Azure Resource Graphhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/flash-azure-resource-graph
Monitor Azure VM availability with Project Flash via Resource Healthhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/flash-azure-resource-health
Monitor Azure VM availability with Project Flash via Event Gridhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/flash-event-grid-system-topic
Use Azure Instance Metadata Service for VM configuration and maintenance infohttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/instance-metadata-service
Use Azure CLI commands to manage Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cli-manage
Upgrade Azure Disk Encryption version on diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disk-encryption-upgrade
Download Linux VHDs from Azure using CLI and portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/download-vhd
Resize Azure Disk Encryption LVM-encrypted Linux diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/how-to-resize-encrypted-lvm
Retrieve Azure VM CPU metrics via Monitor REST APIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/metrics-vm-usage-rest
Use Scheduled Events on Linux Azure VMs via Metadata Servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/scheduled-events
Retrieve Azure VM maintenance notifications using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-notifications-cli
Get Azure VM maintenance notifications with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-notifications-powershell
Query Azure VM availability data using Azure Resource Graphhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/resource-graph-availability
Query Azure VM resources with Azure Resource Graphhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/resource-graph-samples
CLI scripts to copy managed disks across subscriptionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/copy-managed-disks-to-same-or-different-subscription
CLI script to export managed disk VHDs to storage accountshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/copy-managed-disks-vhd-to-storage-account
CLI scripts to copy managed disk snapshots across subscriptionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/copy-snapshot-to-same-or-different-subscription
CLI script to export snapshots to storage accounts across regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/copy-snapshot-to-storage-account
CLI scripts to create managed disks from snapshots (Linux)https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/create-managed-disk-from-snapshot
CLI script to create managed disks from VHDs in same subscriptionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/create-managed-disk-from-vhd
CLI script to create a VM from an existing managed OS diskhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/create-vm-from-managed-os-disks
CLI script to create a VM from an OS disk snapshothttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/create-vm-from-snapshot
PowerShell script to export managed disk VHDs to storage accountshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-copy-managed-disks-vhd
PowerShell script to copy managed disk snapshots between subscriptionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-copy-snapshot-to-same-or-different-subscription
PowerShell script to export snapshots as VHDs to storage accountshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-copy-snapshot-to-storage-account
PowerShell script to create managed disks from snapshotshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-create-managed-disk-from-snapshot
PowerShell script to create managed disks from VHDshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-create-managed-disk-from-vhd
PowerShell script to create snapshots from VHDs for multiple managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/virtual-machines-powershell-sample-create-snapshot-from-vhd
Create Azure VM disk snapshots for backup and debugginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/snapshot-copy-managed-disk
Create and encrypt Windows VM using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-cli-quickstart
Create and encrypt Windows VM with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-powershell-quickstart
Azure Disk Encryption sample scripts for Windowshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disk-encryption-sample-scripts
Download Windows VHDs from Azure using the portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd
Configure VM virtual networks using PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/ps-common-network-ref
Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell commandshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/ps-common-ref
Monitor Windows Azure VMs for scheduled maintenance eventshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/scheduled-event-service
Use Scheduled Events on Windows Azure VMs via Metadata Servicehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/scheduled-events
Deploy Oracle Database 19c on Azure VMs with CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/oracle-database-quick-create

Deployment

TopicURL
Migrate AKS nodes to Azure Linux Container Hosthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-migration
Migrate AKS nodes to Azure Linux with OS Guardhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-os-guard-migration
Upgrade Azure Linux with OS Guard node imageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-os-guard-upgrade
Upgrade Azure Linux Container Host node images in AKShttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade
Copy incremental managed disk snapshots across regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-copy-incremental-snapshot-across-regions
Export ARM templates for resource groups with VM extensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/export-templates
Migrate Linux VMs from unmanaged to managed disks using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/convert-unmanaged-to-managed-disks
Use Azure DevOps task to inject artifacts into VM imageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/image-builder-devops-task
Migrate Linux VMs to Azure Premium Storage with Site Recoveryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/migrate-to-premium-storage-using-azure-site-recovery
Configure rolling deployments to Linux VMs with Azure Pipelineshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-devops-azure-pipelines-classic
Move VM maintenance configurations between Azure regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/move-region-maintenance-configuration
Move resources tied to VM maintenance configurations across regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/move-region-maintenance-configuration-resources
FAQ for moving Azure VMs from regional to zonal availabilityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/move-virtual-machines-regional-zonal-faq
Move regional Azure VMs to zonal availability via portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/move-virtual-machines-regional-zonal-portal
Move regional Azure VMs to zonal availability using PowerShell/CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/move-virtual-machines-regional-zonal-powershell
Use incremental snapshots for unmanaged disk backuphttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/unmanaged-disks-incremental-snapshots
Perform in-place Windows Server upgrades on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows-in-place-upgrade
Migrate Windows VMs from unmanaged to managed disks with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/convert-unmanaged-to-managed-disks
Migrate Azure VMs from unmanaged to managed diskshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/migrate-to-managed-disks
Migrate Windows VMs to Azure Premium Storage with Site Recoveryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/migrate-to-premium-storage-using-azure-site-recovery
Migrate AWS/on-prem VHDs to Azure managed disk VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/on-prem-to-azure
Quickly deploy WebLogic Server via Azure Marketplace VMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/oracle/weblogic-server-azure-virtual-machine
Perform in-place upgrades of RHEL images on Azure VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/redhat/redhat-in-place-upgrade
Implement blue-green deployments to Azure Linux VMs with Azure Pipelineshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-azure-devops-blue-green-strategy

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