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ShellyErattolil
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Mar 17, 2023

Azure VM specifications for MDI installation

Hi, The prereq's https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/prerequisites?source=recommendations state 2 cores, but this size is not available in some regions in Azure. Appreciate any r...
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EliOfek
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Mar 17, 2023
Is this s production environment?
If those are not dedicated cores, it will work but with reduced performance.
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ShellyErattolil
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Mar 17, 2023
Yes, it is a DC in Azure and is a production environment. It is currently a Standard D2s v3 (2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory). What size is recommended? B series VM's are not available and since there are many requests for the B series, quota allocation will take time.
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    EliOfek
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    Mar 17, 2023
    Best advice would be to use the sizing tool.