In an effort to bolster utilization of unused Azure compute capacity, Microsoft has introduced Azure Virtual Spot Machines. A variety of workloads are noted to be supported at discounted prices. Spot ...

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Last month we looked at how to set up nested VMs in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. Azure, of course, runs on Hyper-V and some regions already have some of their hosts upgraded to Windows Server 2016.

Microsoft today announced a GS-Series for organizations tapping Azure virtual machines (VMs). The new GS-Series offers five VM sizes with the same specifications as the G-Series of VMs that Microsoft ...

With virtual computing solutions targeting a variety of workloads such as enterprise applications, visualization, and machine learning, Microsoft has announced updates to its Azure VM solutions. At ...

When it comes to the size of virtual machines in the public cloud, does size matter? Microsoft, which runs one of the world's largest public clouds in Azure, thinks the answer is yes. Microsoft, ...