Public Preview: Use Spot Instances in Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

We’re thrilled to announce the public preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines in Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)—a powerful new capability that combines the elasticity of standby pools with the cost-efficiency of Spot pricing. Why Spot VMs in Standby Pools? Azure Spot VMs let you take advantage of…

14/05/2025Azure Compute Blog

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