Azure Virtual Machines

An Azure virtual machine is an IaaS-based solution that offers compute resources as a service. Virtual machines are used when we want more control over our computing environment rather than depend on the cloud provider (e.g., Azure App Service). We can host applications in a VM as we do in Azure Web Apps.

It’s a computing solution that uses software, instead of a physical computer. There are several types of Azure VMs. Let’s take a look:

• General purpose VMs: These are ideal for testing and development.
• Compute-optimized VMs: These are suitable for batch processes.
• Memory-optimized VMs: These have extremely optimized memory.
• Storage-optimized VMs: These are helpful for large database transactions.