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Using Microsoft Copilot in Azure to find the best VM size for you

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Perry_Leong
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Dec 10, 2024

Selecting the right VM size can be hard, Copilot makes it easy

Co-written with Arushi Sharma, Sr. PM @ Microsoft, Azure Portal UX Overview Azure offers many Virtual Machine (VM) size options based on your workload needs.  Selecting precisely which VM size is...
Updated Dec 16, 2024
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MikeMorrison
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Jan 15, 2025

The virtual machines selector is retiring in January 2025!
We have a large number of our team that use this site often, especially with migrating customers who don't yet have an Azure SUB and are just starting the migration from AWS/GCP etc.., or even been on the cloud yet.  

RE: Please note that Microsoft Copilot in Azure is in public preview and is not a full replacement of the VM selector tool that was previously available.   <- that's the problem, the selector tool has been very beneficial in bringing in new business. And we do an extreme amount of Azure business.  

I'm thinking we might need to build a customer accessible chat front-end that calls this in one of our Azure tenants so our pre-Azure customers can build-out a spec. 

FYI -Would help to have some insights on upcoming Copilot in Azure pricing.