Change VM size to an Azure spot configuration

Question

Is it possible to change the size of a Windows Server VM from a non-spot size configuration to a spot-based size?

Answer 1

Hi,

Unfortunately you cannot change an existing non-Spot VM to Spot. What you could do (instead) is use a snapshot of your existing VM's disk(s) and then use that when creating a new Spot VM. In you're curious you cannot do the opposite either (convert Spot VM to non-Spot).

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-TP