Azure virtual machine scale sets let you create and manage a group of load balanced VMs. The number of VM instances can automatically increase or decrease in response to demand or a defined schedule. Scale sets provide high availability to your applications, and allow you to centrally manage, configure, and update a large number of VMs. With virtual machine scale sets, you can build large-scale services for areas such as compute, big data, and container workloads.
In this Azure simulation, you will be guided through the process of creating a basic VM scale set. You’ll create a scale set with a Windows Server 2019 image and you’ll create the network for the scale set. You’ll deploy the scale set behind an existing public load balancer.
The skills you learn in this lab are necessary to pass the following Azure certification exams:
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This brief micro-course takes you step by step through every option you’ll encounter when creating a Windows VM in Azure, so you know what it does and when to use it.