August 17, 2025

Azure Virtual Machines

Jim leads the Directions on Microsoft editorial team and has been writing about technology since the early 1990s. Most recently... more

Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) offer persistent VMs running Windows Server, Linux, and (in certain scenarios) Windows client OSs.

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