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Azure Compute Fleet PREVIEW

Easily provision and manage Azure compute capacity at scale
Streamline operation of large virtual machine (VM) fleets across sizes, pricing models, and locations
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Overview

Accelerate compute provisioning

  • Obtain compute capacity based on workload needs with the ability to scale up to 10,000 VMs in a single fleet.
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  • Spend less money and time building and managing fleets as capacity changes with fleet automation tools.
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  • Choose deployment options based on criteria such as VM types, prices, replacements, and allocation strategies.
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  • Easily maintain compute capacity through automated spot VMs, VM mix, and cross-zonal deployment features.
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FEATURES

Manage VM operations with expanded options

Automatic fleet recommendations

Get automatic recommendations for a mix of VM sizes to reach your target compute capacity based on VM requirements.

Increased VM fleet size

Deploy up to 10,000 VMs in a region with a single API call.

Flexible sizes and pricing options

Optimize costs by specifying multiple sizes and pricing options in a single fleet.

Allocation strategies

Choose how to prioritize spot VM uptime, cost, or a balance of both.

Spot VM capacity retention

Automatically replace evicted spot VMs in a fleet with any specified size.

Spending controls

Set price limits for your fleets to control costs.

Built-in security and compliance  

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We employ more than 8,500 security and threat intelligence experts across 77 countries. 
Azure has one of the largest compliance certification portfolios in the industry. 
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PRICING

Azure Compute Fleet pricing

Pay only for the compute capacity you consume.
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RESOURCES

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Documentation

Azure Compute Fleet documentation

Learn more about how Azure Compute Fleet works and the benefits of using it.
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Documentation

Azure Virtual Machines documentation

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Documentation

Azure VM types and sizes

Read an in-depth overview of Azure Virtual Machine offerings.
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Tool

Virtual Machines Selector

Figure out which Azure VM types and sizes are best for you based on criteria about your budget and workload needs.
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Documentation

Intro to Azure managed disks

Learn about storage options for Azure Virtual Machines.
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UPDATE

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FAQ

  • Azure Compute Fleet provides the capabilities to manage even larger groups of VMs, and provide deeper levels of customization, automation, and control over VM groups across VM sizes, pricing models, and regions.

  •  There are many new VM management capabilities, including: 

    •    Specify multiple pricing options as part of one request.
    •    Specify desired target capacity for on-demand and spot VMs.
    •    Automatically replace evicted spot VMs with any size.
    •    Recommend combination of VM sizes to reach a target capacity, based on custom VM attributes. 
    •    Set maximum spend.
    •    Specify on demand and spot fleet allocation strategies.
    •    Increase maximum deployment size to 10,000 VMs.

  • You can save money with Azure Compute Fleet by selecting the most cost-optimal mix of VMs to achieve your specified workload capacity instead of having to manually select them yourself or build custom logic to do so. You can also save on human costs by reducing the amount of time it takes to respond to changes in capacity through various automation tools, such as what to do when the total cost goes over certain a price limit, when capacity of a certain VM size runs out, or when a spot VM gets evicted.

  • All VM sizes and SKUs are supported by Azure Compute Fleet.

  • Azure Compute Fleet is currently in preview. If you are an existing Azure customer and are interested in participating in the preview, please apply for access. If you are new to Azure, sign up for a free account prior to applying for access.

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