Updates Archives
Monthly updates for Virtual Machines: June 2020
Ephemeral OS disks for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) now support additional VM sizes
You now have the ability to store ephemeral OS disks on the VM temp or resource disk in addition to the VM cache (in preview).
Announcing extended term reservation for the Azure HBv2 Virtual Machine
High-performance computing (HPC) organizations typically calculate cost projections five-to-six years for the typical lifespan of an on-premises HPC cluster.
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now in preview in US Gov Arizona
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now available in preview in US Gov Arizona. It's also available in an additional eighteen public regions around the world.
HBv2-Series VMs now available in Japan East
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the Japan East region.
New Azure Virtual Machines for general purpose and memory intensive workloads now in preview
The new D v4-series and E v4-series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL custom processor, which can achieve up to 3.4 Ghz all core turbo frequency. The D v4-series and E v4-series virtual machines (VMs) don’t provide any temporary storage. The D v4-series and Ds v4-series virtual machine sizes can meet the requirements associated with most general-purpose workloads. The E v4-series and Es v4-series VMs offer up to 504 GiB of RAM and are ideal for various memory-intensive enterprise applications.
HBv2-Series VMs now available in West US 2
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the West US 2 region.
New Azure Virtual Machines with high-performance local SSD are now generally available
The new Dd v4-series and Ed v4-series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL custom processor. The Dd v4-series and Dds v4 virtual machine (VM) sizes are well suited for applications that benefit from low latency, high-speed local storage (up to 2,400 GiB.) The Edv4-series and Edsv4-series VM sizes are ideal for various memory-intensive enterprise applications and feature up to 504 GiB of RAM, in addition to high-performance local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB.)
Azure Dedicated Hosts now support additional Azure Virtual Machines
Deploy M-series, NV v3-series and NV v4-series Azure Virtual Machines on Azure Dedicated Hosts. This will expand the range of workloads you can run on Dedicated Hosts to include memory-intensive and graphics-intensive applications.
Azure Shared Image Gallery features are now available
New features in Azure Shared Image Gallery are now generally available.
Azure Shared Image Gallery—New features are now available in preview
New preview features now available in Azure Shared Image Gallery.
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