Introducing IaaS VM Planning
This topic introduces infrastructure as a service in Azure, covering the VM creation checklist including network configuration, location selection, and operating system choices. It also discusses VM naming conventions with best practices for encoding environment, location, role and instance number, noting Windows hostname limits of 15 characters versus 64 for Linux.
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Azure Virtual Machines
Introducing IaaS VM Planning
VM Pricing and Storage Models
VM Creation and Management Tools
VM Sizing and Categories
High Availability for Azure VMs
VM Images in Azure
Finding VM Images with CLI and PowerShell
Shared Image Gallery and VM Diagnostics
Azure Resource Manager Templates