Users can open System Information (msinfo32.exe) to check if VBS is running and confirm that the Hyper-V role is not ...

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix a bug that prevents Azure virtual machines from launching when the Trusted ...

Over the past year, Microsoft has seen customers use Linux in a third of its Azure virtual machines, up from 25 percent. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor June 21, 2016 at 10:32 ...

2) Go to the Azure Trial page and “Try Now” on the Azure Virtual Machines . 3) “Sign-up” for Azure Virtual Machine with your contact info, and they do ask for a credit card#, you can use a ...

Azure is also introducing confidential virtual machines, DCasv5, and ECasv5. AMD announced a continued collaboration with Microsoft today. Azure will offer 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors in its ...

The Azure NVv4 virtual machine and the NDv2 series are available as of today in public preview form. Rounding out the virtual machine lineup, Microsoft also has new Azure HBv2 virtual machines in ...

Microsoft’s first new set of virtual machines for confidential computing use cases is known as the DCdsv3 series. It’s based on Intel Corp.’s latest, third-generation Xeon processors for ...

For Azure Virtual Machines, Microsoft said it has reduced prices of its compute-optimized F Series instances and its general-purpose A1 Basic instances, by up to 24 percent and 61 percent ...

Responding to customer hunger for bigger virtual machines, Microsoft has bulked up its most powerful VM with more storage and higher throughput, paving the way for running large-scale, database ...

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.

Screenshot of Azure Resource Manager. (Click for full version.) Microsoft has announced the general availability of tools that let customers with virtual machines manage them through the Azure ...

Microsoft's Azure VM series offerings include "A, D, DS, F, Fs, G, and GS" VM sizes, which are described at this page. In a nutshell, the A8-A11 VMs are for "compute-intensive instances," such as ...