Virtual machines: virtual computers within computers A virtual machine, commonly shortened to just VM, is no different than any other physical computer like a laptop, smart phone, or server. It has a CPU, memory, disks to store your files, and can connect to the inter...
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets Read the documentation on building scalable applications with virtual machine scale sets Frequently asked questions What is a virtualization machine? Is it the same as a virtual machine? What is a hypervisor? What is infrastructure as a service (IaaS)? Are Azure...
If virtualization is defined as enabling multiple operating systems to run on a single host computer, then the essential component in the virtualization stack is the hypervisor, which holds the VM and host computer together. A hypervisor is a software layer that enables virtual machines to run on...
Private cloud and virtual private cloud are sometimes—and mistakenly—used interchangeably. A VPC is actually apublic cloudoffering. Aprivate cloudis a single-tenant cloud environment owned, operated and managed by the enterprise. It is hosted most commonly on premises or in a dedicated space or ...
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure. Here's some of the key highlights: Deliver a full Windows experience with Windows 11, Windows 10, or Windows Server. Use single-session to assign devices to a single user, or use multi-session for scalabil...
Azure VM Backup support allows you to ensure business continuity for your virtual machines and to recover from any disasters or ransomware attacks. Enabling backup on VMs using Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 is available in all regions where creation of Ultra disks and Premium SSD v2 are ...
The Game Development Virtual Machine is a customized Azure Virtual Machine built for game developers to save them time in having to spend hours to install and setup common tools for game remote development in Azure. Microsoft has assembled the top game development tooling in one single VM, ...
A VPS is commonly understood as a singlevirtual machine (VM)on a piece of physical hardware shared with other VMs. Dedicated instances and hosts—which place the virtual machines on single-tenant, dedicated hardware—bring another level of isolation, control and visibility to VPS hosting. ...
Azure VM Backup support allows you to ensure business continuity for your virtual machines and to recover from any disasters or ransomware attacks. Enabling backup on VMs using Ultra Disks and Premium SSD v2 is available in all regions where creation of Ultra disks and Premium SSD v2 are ...
Containers virtualize software layers above the OS level, while VMs virtualize a complete machine that includes the hardware layers. Just as each VM is isolated from the other VMs and behaves as if it were the only machine on the system, containerized applications also act as if they were ...