Compute

Disconnected Operations for Azure Local: More Local, Less Azure July 4, 2026 Disconnected operations for Azure Local allows customers to deploy Azure Local clusters without a connection...more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively to Compute Workloads Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure compute is typically the single largest cost category of resources that an organization will...more Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options   March 16, 2026 Enterprises are increasingly using the public cloud for mission-critical and data-sensitive workloads. But as customers...more VMware Rapid Migration Plan Loses Incentives: Some Benefits for Commitment Remain Updated: February 18, 2026 Note: Following a further extension of the deadline for the VMware Rapid Migration Plan to...more Azure Local: Vision Still Ahead of the Product December 5, 2025 Azure Local (formerly known as Azure Stack HCI) is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more Azure Local to Gain Air-Gap Support November 10, 2025 Several new features have been added to the Azure Local Roadmap, including the general availability...more How to Track Azure Hybrid Benefit Use Rights for Windows Server Updated: September 1, 2025 Customers are responsible for ensuring they have the proper licenses to keep their Azure Hybrid...more New Generation of Storage Azure VMs Enable Larger Workloads  Updated: July 20, 2025 A new generation of storage-optimized Azure VMs offers higher performance at a lower storage cost....more Migrating from VMware? Look Before You Leap Updated: June 28, 2025 Microsoft has several alternatives to VMware for on-premises server virtualization. Hyper-V is mature and runs...more Does Azure Linux Have a Broader Future? Updated: June 3, 2025 Ever since it was first introduced under the name Mariner, Azure Linux’s sole official purpose...more Azure Linux 3.0: What’s New Updated: June 3, 2025 Latest version of Microsoft’s host OS for Azure Kubernetes Service includes updated dependencies. Kubernetes is...more How to Plan for Azure VM Retirement March 3, 2025 New Azure VM series are both an opportunity to save money and a signal that...more Optimizing VM Costs with Scaling Updated: March 1, 2025 Matching resource consumption to actual demand is an important part of controlling Azure VM costs....more Azure Disk Types at a Glance Updated: February 10, 2025 Chart summarizes the various options for Azure Managed Disks. Performance Tiers Based on Disk Updated: February 5, 2025 Chart gives an example of performance tiers available within a given disk type. Azure Managed Disks Demystified Updated: February 5, 2025 A wide range of overlapping options makes finding the right managed disk challenging. Underpurchasing carries...more

  Licensing Reference App Service Azure App Service has three purchasing models that dictate the level of infrastructure isolation, networking...more   Product Reference App Service Azure App Service is a managed cloud platform for hosting business applications, Web sites, APIs,...more   Product Reference Functions Functions is Microsoft’s serverless platform for running code for business events, schedules, API calls, and...more   Licensing Reference Functions Azure Functions offers multiple hosting plans that address cost, performance, governance, and operational requirements.   Licensing Reference DevTest Labs Azure DevTest Labs is a service for standardizing and governing development and test environments   Product Reference DevTest Labs Azure DevTest Labs is a service for standardizing and governing development and test environments   Licensing Reference Azure Savings Plans Azure savings plans allow organizations to specify the amount of VM compute resources that will...more   Product Reference Azure Local Azure Local, formerly known as Azure Stack HCI, is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more   Product Reference Azure VMware Solution Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers virtualization, storage, and networking for managed VMs using VMware software...more   Product Reference Kubernetes Service Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft’s flagship Kubernetes (often abbreviated as “K8s”) offering, provides orchestration (deployment,...more   Product Reference Batch Azure Batch allows customers to distribute workloads over groups of VMs to leverage Azure’s scalability...more   Product Reference Orleans Orleans is an open-source framework for distributed applications that is included with .NET.   Product Reference Connectivity to Azure Organizations can connect their own locations to Azure in a variety of ways, with bandwidth,...more   Product Reference Network Security Azure provides services to filter and monitor network traffic. They include firewalls, protection against denial-of-service...more   Product Reference Load Balancing and Network Analysis Load balancing services in Azure distribute incoming network requests for customer applications or resources among...more   Product Reference Backup Azure Backup is a service that uses Azure Storage to back up VMs, databases, files...more

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