New recommendations for operational excellence are now available in Azure Advisor
Review new Azure Advisor recommendations to help you improve your cloud operations.
30/09/2020
Generally available: Enforcement mode of machine configuration (previously guest configuration)
Set the configuration of your Azure Virtual Machine or Azure Arc-enabled server using the enforcement mode of machine configuration (formerly guest configuration).
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