Azure Virtual Machines, powered by Ampere Altra ARM processors, will hit General Availability on September 1. These CPUs support Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise, as well as several Linux distros.
Back in April this year, Microsoft confirmed Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) would be able to run on ARM-based processors. The company has now said that ARM-based VMs on Azure would be generally available this week, starting September 1.
Microsoft has been testing ARM Architecture to power its Azure VMs since April. The company had offered a “Preview” version of ARM support on Azure Virtual Machines. Microsoft claims “hundreds” of customers have been testing the ARM-based Azure VMs.
The new Azure ARM-based VMs are available with the following configurations:
These VMs will support up to 40 Gbps of networking bandwidth; Standard SSDs, Standard HDDs, Premium SSDs, and Ultra Disk Storage can be attached to the virtual machines.
