To begin the process, it’s necessary to have an Azure account with an active subscription and an existing Azure Virtual Machine. By default, Azure assigns a dynamic private IP address to VMs, allowing ...

Those using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service now have access to a new security option that lets them block unauthorized users from accessing virtual machines. The new security feature, which ...

It's been a long road, but Microsoft announced on April 4 a preview of Arm support on Azure virtual machines via its work with Ampere Computing. Ampere is a startup that makes server chips. Ampere ...

When it comes to the size of virtual machines in the public cloud, does size matter? Microsoft, which runs one of the world's largest public clouds in Azure, thinks the answer is yes. Microsoft, ...

Last month we looked at how to set up nested VMs in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. Azure, of course, runs on Hyper-V and some regions already have some of their hosts upgraded to Windows Server 2016.

Microsoft announced a new virtual machine (VM) "D-Series" today that expands VM sizing options for organizations using Microsoft Azure cloud services. The D-Series is described in Microsoft's ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Arm-based virtual machines are now ready for prime time on the Azure cloud platform, following a preview that launched in April. The company explained that the Arm ...