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Azure Virtual Machines

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What is Azure Virtual Machines?

Azure Virtual Machines provides configurable Windows and Linux compute instances in Microsoft Azure. This profile connects the concept to KBY's practical engineering guidance.

VMs combine images, sizes, disks, virtual networking, identities and availability options to host workloads needing operating-system control. Scale sets, availability zones, backup and update services extend individual machines into manageable production platforms.

Primary purpose

Run operating-system workloads on configurable Azure compute infrastructure.

Typical environments
Azure
Typical use cases
  • Hosting legacy applications
  • Running enterprise software (e.g., SQL Server, SAP)
  • Testing and development environments
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