Azure Batch documentation

Azure Batch runs large-scale applications efficiently in the cloud. Schedule compute-intensive tasks and dynamically adjust resources for your solution without managing infrastructure.

About Azure Batch

Overview

• What is Azure Batch?

Training

• Free Pluralsight video training

Get started

Quickstart

• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• .NET API
• Python API

Concept

• Workflow and feature overview
• Jobs and tasks
• Nodes and pools

Step-by-step guides

Tutorial

• Parallel file processing - .NET
• Parallel file processing - Python
• Python scripts with Data Factory
• OCR with Batch and Functions

Set up and manage resources

How-To Guide

• Create a Batch account
• Create and manage pools
• Run tasks concurrently
• Use application packages
• Run container applications

Concept

• Supported VM sizes
• Quotas and limits
• Best practices

API reference

Reference

• Azure CLI
• Azure PowerShell
• .NET
• Java
• Node.js
• Python
• REST
• Batch API lifecycle