If you want to run your services within Azure and Microsoft has no PaaS or SaaS offering for that specific service, it is necessary to implement a Virtual Machine (VM) in your environment. To identify the right VM for your services, you need to know the VM types that currently exist and how to implement a VM within your Azure environment.
In this chapter, you will learn the basics about Azure VMs, how to implement VMs, and VM license offerings from the Azure Marketplace.
We are going to explore the following topics:
- VM types and their uses
- License offerings
- How to deploy a VM
- How to change VM settings
- Common VM use cases
We will also set up a VM during this chapter.