https://www.verboon.info/tags/size/Recent content in Size on Anything About ITHugoen-usTue, 07 Feb 2017 19:46:07 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2017/02/retrieve-azure-virtual-machine-size-information-with-powershell/Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:46:07 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2017/02/retrieve-azure-virtual-machine-size-information-with-powershell/<p>One important topic to consider when deploying virtual machines in Azure is the <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cloud-services/">size</a> of the virtual machine as this affects the pricing, but beware that not only virtual machine sizing has a pricing impact other factors like <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/disks/">storage</a> and optional features like <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/ip-addresses/">IP address options</a> add to the costs as well.</p> <p>A good starting point to get an understanding of virtual machine costs is the Azure pricing calculator: <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/calculator/">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/calculator/</a></p> <p> <img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.verboon.info/wp-content/uploads/Retrieve-Azure-Virtual-Machine-Size-info_11B7A/image.png" alt="image"> </p> <p>Be aware that when selecting SSD disks, storage costs will be noticeable higher than when using HDD disks. To get a better understanding of the available Azure virtual machine sizes I strongly recommend to the read the following documentation:</p>