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Reduce costs with term pricing
through Azure Reserved Virtual Machine
Instances.
Re-use your on-premises licenses to run
Windows and Linux VMs on Azure
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Take advantage of Azure Spot Virtual
Machines and scale sets to run workloads
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the Windows and Linux VM pricing pages.

See Azure VM pricing

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Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets Azure Disk Storage Azure Backup Azure

Dynamically scale and manage virtual Attach fast, secure, and reliable storage to Ensure data resiliency with automated Gain ins
machine groups for optimal cost meet the disk storage needs of your backup and swift restore capabilities. in-depth
performance and high availability. workloads. VMs and

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L’Oréal boosts performance with SAP on

Azure VMs

SAP on Azure VMs is at the heart of L’Oréal operations and

essential tasks such as invoicing, reporting, shipping, and point of
sales.

Read the story

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Documentation Documentation Documentation Docmenta

Create a Linux VM with the Create a Windows VM with the Create a Linux VM in the Azure Create
Azure CLI Azure CLI Portal Azure

The Azure CLI is used to create and Learn how to use the Azure CLI to deploy Learn how to use the Azure portal to Learn ho
manage Azure resources via either the a Windows virtual machine (VM). deploy a Linux virtual machine. deploy a
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04/ Can I try Azure before I buy? 

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11/ Which operating systems do Azure VMs support? 

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13/ What networking capabilities are available in Azure Virtual Machines? 

14/ What are availability zones in Azure and what are the benefits? 

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18/ What Service Level Agreements (SLA) are available for Azure Virtual Machines? 

19/ What tools are available for migrating my on-premises VMs to Azure? 

20/ Which on-premises servers can be migrated to Azure? 

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