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Announcing the public preview launch of general-purpose D and E family VMs built on the new 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors.
Experience improved CPU, storage and networking performance, delivering better price performance for a wide range of customer workloads including AI. These new VMs feature Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX), a built-in accelerator that improves the performance of deep learning training and inference. Learn more
These new VMs are now available in public preview. Sign up here
These VMs will offer:
- 20% higher vCPU performance and 3x larger L3 cache than the previous generation Intel Dl/D/Ev5 VMs.
- Up to 260k IOPS, 12.5GB/s remote storage throughput.
- Up to 200Gbps VM network bandwidth powered by Azure Boost.
- 46% larger local SSD capacity and >3X read IOPS.
- 84 new VM sizes in total, ranging from 2 to 192 vCPU and up to 1.8TB of memory.
- NVMe interface for local and remote disks for all sizes.
The Latest from Azure & Intel
Introducing Azure Mv3-MM (Medium Memory) Virtual Machine Series for SAP HANA
Now available, the next generation of memory optimized VM powered by the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor, with increased memory and I/O bandwidth, and built-in accelerators enabling companies to gain insights from data at the speed of business.
Microsoft Deploys Confidential Computing To Protect $25B per Year in Customer Payments
Microsoft is a Fortune 15 company and among the world’s foremost software and cloud service providers. With their vast global customer base, the company processes millions of credit card payments for their products and services, totaling over $25 billion annually. To say that the security of their transaction system is critical to their business is an understatement.
Intel® Xeon® Processors
5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Processors offer trusted performance and exceptional efficiency. Harness the power to turn data into knowledge and drive innovation forward.
Optimized Workloads for All
Purpose-built architecture and software optimizations help you match Intel-enabled Azure VMs to your specific workload requirements.
SAP on Azure
High memory capacity and scalability on Intel-enabled SAP HANA instances help power up your data-driven decision-making.
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Azure Confidential Computing
Intel® SGX helps secure data at rest, in transit, and in use while on Microsoft Azure DCsv2 virtual machines.
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AI on Azure
Intel® CPUs, FPGAs, and software such as the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit help optimize and simplify AI training.
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Performance for Every Workload
Explore our collection of Microsoft Azure performance benchmarks with varying virtual machine configurations against today’s demanding workloads.
Virtual Machines in Azure
Intel® technologies and products support a full breadth of Azure workloads.
Target Workload | Azure Instance Type | Intel® Processor and Technology |
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General Purpose | Dsv6, Dlsv6, Ddvs6, Dldsv6 | 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8537C |
Memory Optimized | Esv6, Edsv6 | 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8537C |
General Purpose | Azure Dv5, Dsv5, Ddv4, Ddsv5-Series | 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C |
Confidential Computing | Azure DCsv3-Series | 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C |
High-Memory Applications | Azure Ev5, Esv5, Edv5, Edsv5- Series | 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C |
Compute-Intensive, Gaming, AI | Azure Fsv2-Series | Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8168 Processor |
HPC, Big Compute | Azure HC-Series | Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8168 Processor |
SAP on Azure | ||
Bare Metal for SAP on Azure | Azure HANA Large Instances S224* | 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8276 Processor Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory |
AI Inferencing | Azure PB-Series | Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA |
Azure IoT on the Intelligent Edge
Generate more value and insights from your data at the edge. The joint Microsoft and Intel IoT portfolio includes industry-specific, market-ready solutions that help reduce complexity and help accelerate your edge deployments.
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Empowering Hybrid Cloud
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, Intel® FPGAs, Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drives, and Intel® Optane™ persistent memory provide an innovative portfolio of data center solutions to boost the Azure Stack family performance and capacity.
Azure Stack Edge
See what sets Azure apart and how Microsoft can facilitate cloud computing with an Intel® processor-based Azure-managed edge appliance.
Azure Stack HCI
Get the flexibility, high availability, and performance you need to consolidate virtual apps that must remain on-premises with the latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ technology.
Learn more about Azure Stack HCI on Intel® technology ›
Dive deeper on the technical use cases for Azure Stack HCI ›
Explore hybrid cloud use cases for Azure Stack HCI ›
Azure Stack Hub
Deliver a consistent cloud platform by extending Azure services into your data center to confidently run applications on-premises with performance, scalability, and availability.
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