Aligning an Azure VM to Availability Set

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Vishu 1,576

Hi Experts,

Please advise if an existing azure VM can be realigned to be a part of Availability sets or Availability Zones

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chrischin 1,000 Microsoft Employee

Unfortunately you will have to recreate the Virtual Machine. There are a number of scripts out there to help make this easier like this powershell script: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/change-availability-set

chrischin 1,000 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2025-02-11T18:14:16.1366667+00:00

Unfortunately it requires recreation of the Virtual Machine. There are scripts to make this easier, like this PowerShell one - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/change-availability-set
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2025-02-12T19:36:14.1+00:00

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