How I can change my Azure VM OS premium SSD disk to standard disk without loosing anything?

Question

Hi, Kindly help me regarding the above-mentioned scenario. I want to reduce my credits consumption that's why I want to change premium SSD to a Standard disk.

Answer 1

Hi Mohisinali,

Thanks for reaching out to microsoft Q&A.

There is a resolved answer I found to your question which has been earlier asked by other user. Please see if this helps.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67578747/will-i-lose-the-data-from-my-disk-if-i-switch-from-ssd-to-hdd-in-a-azurevm#:~:text=You%20can%20convert%20VM%20OS%20disk%20from%20Premium,for%20the%20VM%2C%20select%20Disks%20from%20the%20menu.

https://www.unixarena.com/2019/12/azure-how-to-convert-disk-from-premium-to-standard-ssd-vice-versa.html/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/convert-disk-storage

Please Upvote and Accept as answer if the reply was helpful.

Answer 2

Thanks, Vidodh, Kindly tell me one more thing these disk changing will affect credits. Thanks

Answer 3

Right, Thanks Vinodh for your time.