Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances can help enterprises reduce their cloud computing costs. In the past, however, they also required users to commit to a specific instance size and region ...

Microsoft has launched two new VM sizes -- E128 and E192 -- in the Azure Esv6 and Edsv6 families, now generally available in select regions as of August 1, 2025. These new instances use the 5th‑Gen ...

Everything you need to know about how to select, deploy, optimize and more when it comes to managing your virtual machines in Microsoft Azure. In last month's column I covered the basic step-by-step ...

Back when Microsoft first launched Azure’s virtual machines, there were only a handful of default server sizes you could use. The question you had to ask yourself then was a simple one: Is there a ...

Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running smoothly. Microsoft ...

Here's what to do (and what not to do) when you want to move a workload to the cloud using a virtual machine on someone else's metal. There are many reasons to move workloads to the cloud and there ...

Here's a look at how the cloud leaders stack up, the hybrid market, and the SaaS players that run your company as well as their latest strategic moves. Read now Microsoft last week made available a ...

Even if most IT and business execs don't want to hear it, chances are their enterprise overpays for VMs in the cloud. One of the primary drivers behind wasted cloud spend is a lack of VM right-sizing.