In the previous chapter, we covered Azure file shares and how to sync your on-premises file shares with Azure using the Azure File Sync service. You also learned how to back up and restore file shares in Azure.
This chapter introduces the Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines objective. In this chapter, we are going to cover Virtual Machines (VMs) in Azure, and the different VM sizes that are available for both Azure and Linux. You will learn how you can create and configure VMs for Windows and Linux. We will also cover high availability and what actions you can take to configure your VMs for high availability. You will also learn how to deploy your VMs using templates by using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, and how to automate your deployment using scale sets.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
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