- 24 Jun, 2025
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Top 4 Azure Virtual Machine Strategies for High Availability and Scalability
Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
Azure Virtual Machines are the IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) building blocks in Azure. They let you deploy Windows or Linux servers in the cloud — with full control over the OS, disk, networking, and more.
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Use cases: Custom apps, legacy workloads, dev/test environments
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Choose from a wide range of VM sizes and series (e.g., D-series for general use, F-series for compute-intensive tasks)
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Integrate with Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, and Managed Disks
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Virtual Machine Scale Sets are designed for auto-scaling workloads. With VMSS, you can deploy and manage a group of identical VMs with automatic scaling, load balancing, and rolling upgrades.
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Ideal for stateless applications like microservices or container workloads.
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Integrated with Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway.
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Supports manual, scheduled, and dynamic scaling.
Availability Set
An Availability Set ensures that your VMs are distributed across fault domains (FDs) and update domains (UDs). This protects your workload from hardware failures and planned maintenance.
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Fault Domain: Physical separation of infrastructure
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Update Domain: Logical group for rolling updates
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At least 2 VMs are recommended in an availability set to achieve redundancy
Availability Zones (in Azure)
Availability Zones in Azure are physically separate data center locations within a single Azure region. Each zone is made up of one or more data centers with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Unlike Availability Sets, which only offer logical separation within the same data center, Availability Zones offer true physical isolation, providing a much higher level of fault tolerance.
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