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DNS Name... Any way to change this?
have a look here.
Consider ARM to be V.2 Azure, there are many advantages to ARM.
a few of the advantages, is easier deployment through Resource templates, greater flexibilty when you want to change, cheaper prices when using a Cloud service Provider.
But MS has no plans for setting an end of life for V1 anytime soon, so Yes if you recreate the VM as a V1 machine you can use the old DNS suffix.
Cloudapp.net would indicate you where using a Classic VM in a cloud service.
What your are creating now is an ARM based Public IP dns name that can be assigned a ARM based VM network card.
regardless of what you choose, i would strongly suggest you use CNAME records in a domain that you own, this way no matter what you change in you azure infrastructur the the records in you own DNS can be updated to the new resource with out having to inform users.