Azure VM Runtime Team

Azure VM Runtime Team

February 2023 | Azure VM Runtime Team

RunCommand vs Custom Script Extension vs VM Applications

February 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023 02/17/23
Joseph Calev
I'm sure that many of you would swear that Microsoft loves to confuse you. Currently, there are not three but four ways to run code on your machine. Now, I know what you're saying. "I just want to run this thing on my machine! Which do I choose?" Well, here I hope to clear that up. First, all of the above work on both ...

Managing VM Applications with Azure Policies

February 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023 02/10/23
Joseph Calev
For those unacquainted with the feature, VM Applications allow you to manage applications across virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets. What exactly is an "application"? In truth, it's whatever you want. Typically, it's something that runs for a long period of time on the box, such as a service. However, the definition is really up ...