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