Announcing Public Preview of VM Customization in Azure: Disable Multithreading & Constrained Cores

Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of VM Customization feature in Azure introducing two powerful new capabilities: Disable Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT/HT) and Constrained Cores. These features give customers unprecedented control over virtual CPU configurations, enabling performance optimization and significant software licensing savings across a wide range of workloads.…

17/10/2025Azure Compute Blog

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