Chapter 2
Azure virtual machine scale sets
Overview
As the use of Azure has increased, environments have become more complex and interconnected. This has led to a growing need to easily deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines (VMs) that can be integrated with Azure load balancing and auto-scaling without too much overhead. The introduction of the Azure VM scale sets (VMSS) addressed exactly this need.
A VMSS consists of multiple VMs that are configured to be exactly the same and can be managed as a group rather than individually. This involves much less overhead while also enabling you to take advantage of the scaling and elasticity offered by the cloud. VMSS are available across all Azure regions. Moreover, Microsoft does not charge you ...
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