6/26/2023 0 Comments Azure mac os vm![]() I also used the basic sku for the NSG, and I didn’t assign a static public IP address – I simply added a DNS name. To save on cost, I didn’t add any data disk and just used the 127GiB disk that comes with the OS. Creating the VM will create a few resources in a resource group such as a NIC, an NSG (network security group), a disk and of course the VM itself. ![]() You can create a Windows 10 VM from the Azure Marketplace. Even after that, if you have no resources in the subscription you won’t pay a penny for it. Currently you get some credits for the first month, then some services that are free for the first 12 months. The first thing you need is an Azure subscription. To access the VM, we simply use a remote desktop app on the Chromebook. Turns out, it’s quite a cost effective way to run a Windows 10 OS □ The only things you really pay for are the disk storage and VM compute time. But since her computing requirements are minimal, I decided to investigate the cost of running a Windows 10 VM in Azure instead of buying a new Windows laptop that she won’t use very often. My dear wife, on the other hand, is not a fan of the Chromebook and likes a ‘good old-fashioned’ Windows computer. As amazing as it may sound for an IT professional of many years, aside from my work laptops, I do not own a Windows computer! For my personal computing requirements, I use a £200 Chromebook to connect to the internet and do most everything I need in the cloud.
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