Choosing the right Virtual Machine on Azure
Build and run everything from simple web apps to AI supercomputing by matching each workload to the right Azure VM in minutes. Find and know exactly what you’re provisioning by understanding the naming format to see CPU type, memory, storage, and features before deployment to match what your app or workload needs. Use free tools like Azure Migrate to right-size and plan.
Matt McSpirit, Microsoft Azure expert, shows how to choose, size, and deploy workloads such as burstable web apps, massive in-memory databases, GPU-driven AI training, and high-performance scientific modeling, all with automatic scaling and confidential computing when needed.
► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Azure Virtual Machines
01:12 - Decode Azure VM Names
01:28 - Right-Size with Azure Migrate
02:15 - B series
02:45 - D series
03:23 - E series
04:14 - F series
04:29 - L series
05:01 - M series
05:23 - Constrained vCPU VMs
05:49 - H series
06:20 - N series
06:55 - Azure Boost
07:24 - Confidential VMs & Deploying your VMs
08:28 - Wrap up
► Link References
Get started at https://aka.ms/VMAzure
Azure VM naming conventions at https://aka.ms/VMnames
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