Finding the right virtual machine for your needs can be difficult especially with all of the options available. New options seem to come around often so you may need to regularly check the VMs availa...
Updated Apr 09, 2019
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It seems it is by design. I don't have information about when or whether this behaviour will change. Meanwhile, you can use this script to parse the actual number of cores from the size name (courtesy of Steve Catmull):
if($vmSizeInfo[0].Name -match "((\w|\W)*)_((\w|\W))*-(\d{1,3})") {
$VmEffectiveCount = $matches[5]
}
else {
$VmEffectiveCount = $VmCoreCount
}
return $VmEffectiveCount