Summary

In this chapter, you covered Azure VMs, how to configure them, and the various management functions, including components such as networking, high-availability configurations, and changing the VM host. As part of this topic, you explored the various types of Azure disks that exist, how they can be added to a VM, and how you can encrypt them.

You have now attained the skills required for managing VMs within the Azure environment and should be able to provision, scale, and manage them confidently. You have also learned different deployment methods to assist you with consistent delivery on the platform while ensuring fewer mistakes and faster deployment times than doing this manually, using PowerShell or the cloud CLI. Alongside these skills, you also learned about the various storage options, how to best scope the storage required, and how to implement storage as needed. Finally, you also learned about VM extensions and how to add them to a VM.

In the next chapter, you...