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Today we are excited to release the public preview support for Azure Integrated HSM for AMD v7 Virtual Machines. As announced last year at Ignite, Azure Integrated HSM is hardware…
Today, Microsoft is announcing preview of the new Azure AMD-based Virtual Machines (VMs), powered by 5th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Turin) processors. The preview includes general purpose (Dasv7 & Dalsv7 series),…
Authored by Sarah Zhou, Product Manager We’re excited to announce the addition of the D192 size to the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series Virtual Machines families, powered by the 5th Generation…
Introduction We’re excited to announce that Trusted Launch in-place upgrade support is now available to help you strengthen the security of your Azure virtual machines and scale set resources—without the need for…
Overview In the dynamic field of cloud computing, it is essential to remain informed about updates that may impact your usage and business operations. We are writing to inform you…
Authored by Misha Bansal, Product Manager We’re excited to announce the addition of two new sizes, E128 and E192, in the Azure Esv6 and Edsv6-series Virtual Machine families, powered by…
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, reliability remains paramount. As workloads scale and businesses depend on uninterrupted service, Azure continues to invest in technologies that enhance system resilience…
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of SSD storage account support for Ephemeral OS Disks during creation of VM/VMSS. This milestone builds on the momentum from our public…
We’re excited to share that Radius now supports deploying your applications to additional container platforms, beginning with Azure Container Instances. Radius enables platform engineers to build internal developer platforms that improve…
By Rishi Gomatam, Senior Product Manager, Azure Compute We are excited to announce the general availability of the Laosv4-series, Lasv4-series, and Lsv4-series Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). These new L-series VMs…
We’re excited to announce the general availability of custom metrics for rolling upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS). This feature allows you to use the application health extension to emit custom metrics that guide the…
We’re excited to announce that Standby Pools for Azure Container Instances (ACI) are now generally available! Standby Pools allow you to create a pool of pre-provisioned, pre-initialized container groups that are ready to receive workloads…
Introduction Today, we are announcing public preview for upcoming Trusted Launch as default (TLaD) change that will affect new deployments of Gen2 Virtual Machines (VMs), Virtual Machine Scale Sets (Scale…
Today, Microsoft is excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Ephemeral OS Disks with NVMe disk placement for the latest generation of Azure v6 Virtual Machines (VMs), including the…
Today, Microsoft is excited to announce the General Availability of the new Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor. This…
We are thrilled to announce the public preview of Azure's first Network Optimized VMs powered by the latest 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor offering unparalleled performance and flexibility. The network optimized VMs will…
We’re excited to share a new enhancement to standby pools in both Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and Azure Container Instances (ACI): the introduction of a Degraded Mode health state.…
We’re excited to announce that zone support for standby pools in Azure Container Instances (ACI) is now available in public preview! This new capability brings enhanced resiliency and placement control to…
We’re excited to share that logging and monitoring capabilities are now available for standby pools in both Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and Azure Container Instances (ACI). This update brings…
We’re excited to announce the public preview of Predictive Pooling for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and Azure Container Instances (ACI)—a new capability that brings intelligent, data-driven sizing information to…
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…
We’re excited to announce the public preview of hibernated virtual machines in standby pools for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)—a new capability designed to reduce scale-out latency while optimizing cost…
We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Compute Fleet, a new service that allows you to simply manage and deploy thousands of virtual machines (across a mix…
We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of instance mix on Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) with Flexible orchestration mode! Customers can now deploy and scale with up to five…
Co-authored by Stefanie Lemon, Principal PDM manager, Andy Jia, Principal Product Manager, and Misha Bansal, Product Manager, Azure Compute Today we are excited to announce General Availability of the new…
We are excited to announce the Public Preview of SSD storage account support during creation of VM/VMSS with Ephemeral OS Disk. By utilizing SSD with Ephemeral OS disk, customers can…
We are excited to announce the Public Preview of using Premium or Standard SSD as base disk for creating VM/VMSS with Ephemeral OS Disk. By utilizing the SSD as Base Disk…
Overview Azure offers many Virtual Machine (VM) size options based on your workload needs. Selecting precisely which VM size is best suited and optimal for your workload needs can be…
By Sasha Melamed, Senior Product Manager, Azure Compute We are excited to announce General Availability of new Dalsv6, Dasv6, Easv6, Falsv6, Fasv6, and Famsv6-series Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) based…
Today we're announcing the public preview of Resilient create and delete, which is a new feature on Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) that increases the reliability of virtual machine create…
Today we're excited to announce the preview release of Attribute-based VM selection, a new feature on Azure Compute Fleet enabling you to configure your instance requirements as a set of…
Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of Azure Spot placement score, a new feature designed to help you evaluate the likelihood of successful Spot VM deployments. Spot availability…
Today we're excited to announce the preview release of Multi-region Compute Fleet, a new capability that allows you to dynamically distribute workloads across regions. Multi-region Compute Fleet is designed to…
The Azure VMSS Zonal Expansion feature is now generally available. This significant enhancement allows customers to transition their virtual machine scale sets from a regional to zonal resiliency strategy or…
Today we are thrilled to share exciting updates about the Azure Compute Fleet, a new offering designed to simplify and optimize large-scale virtual machine (VM) deployments. With general availability coming…
Today we are announcing the general availability of MaxSurge upgrades for Virtual Machine Scale Sets. MaxSurge can help improve service uptime during upgrade events. Rolling upgrades with MaxSurge creates new…
Today we are announcing the public preview of Standby Pools for Azure Container Instances. Standby Pools for Azure Container Instances enable you to create a pool of pre-provisioned container groups…
Today we are announcing the public preview of custom metrics for rolling upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets. Custom metrics for rolling upgrades enables you to utilize the application health extension to…
Today we are announcing the general availability of standby pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration. Standby pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets enables you to increase scaling performance…
Today we are announcing the general availability of upgrade policies for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration. Upgrade policies allow for more granular control over the upgrade process, ensuring that…
In this blog, we will explore different options to reimage a Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) and its instances. We’ll analyze how the activity logs appear after reimaging a VMSS…
Overview In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, it is crucial to stay informed about changes that may affect your usage and business. We are writing to notify you about…
Exploring SUSE Enterprise Linux on Azure In today's cloud-centric world, leveraging robust and reliable operating systems is crucial for businesses. One such powerful combination is SUSE Enterprise Linux on Azure.…
Introduction Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm (CCWS) is a new management solution for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that allows the users to purpose build the environment for their distributed…
We are excited to announce the public preview of a new API that will make attaching and detaching disks to a VM faster and easier. The new API is designed…
Azure Marketplace media images for Windows Server 2022 currently include .NET 6, but going forward will not include a .NET version with the image (.NET 8 and later are not…
Today, we're announcing the public preview of on demand capacity reservations for Azure Virtual Machines in Azure in China Cloud . You can now manage and reserve capacity with guaranteed SLA for…
Today, Microsoft is announcing the public preview of the new Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), based on the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor. The preview includes…
For various reasons you might come across a situation when you need to migrate your Azure VMs from one zone to another. Migrating Azure VMs between zones can be a…
Today, we’re excited to announce that the ability to specify multiple different VM sizes in your Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) with Flexible Orchestration Mode with Instance Mix. This new…
