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Azure Virtual Machine Tips
Size and Region
Azure VM offerings are grouped into series, with each series optimized for distinct purposes – e.g., GPU, data protection, hyper-threading, compute, memory, and so on. Virtual Machine series descriptions are available here:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/series/
To browse more-detailed specifications of Azure Virtual Machines, see this page:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/
Note that both pricing and VM size availability vary by region.
Web portal vs. CLI vs. API
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