Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines is the most famous IaaS service offered by the Azure platform. This service supports the deployment of Windows or Linux virtual machines in an Azure data center and gives you the ability to immediately deploy a VM and centrally manage it (software installation, configuration, maintenance, and so on). When creating a virtual machine, you can select the type of VM that better suits your needs (OS, CPU cores, memory, storage, and so on) and you can create a new VM by choosing a template from an image gallery. A virtual machine can be created on the region that you want.
You can also upload your own Virtual Machine (VHD file) to Microsoft Azure and use it directly or as a template to choose for creating new VMs. Before you upload the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) to Azure, it needs to be generalized by using the Sysprep.exe tool.
Azure VMs are classified as follows:
General Purpose (A0-4, A, D series): This is ideal for testing and development, for small...
