Latest Cobalt VMs and Azure Boost enhancements​ | OD828

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Learn about the latest Cobalt VMs, the use cases they support, and how they compare to our previous generation Arm based VMs. Learn how these VMs are designed for cloud-native, scale-out applications using Linux, AKS, and other open-source software. Then explore recent performance and feature enhancements for Azure Boost, as well as recently announced general compute and confidential computing VMs that rely on Azure Boost. Learn how they can support your most latency sensitive applications.​



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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction to Azure Cobalt and its impact on cloud price-performance

00:03:20 - Where Cobalt VMs excel: cloud-native services, AI workloads, and enterprise modernization

00:05:52 - Deep dive into Cobalt 200 design, architecture, and workload optimization

00:13:04 - Guest OS and feature parity – Cobalt 200 supports full Azure ecosystem

00:14:10 - Cobalt 200 regional availability announced across multiple data centers

00:19:17 - Introducing RDMA performance and Azure network virtualization

00:20:07 - Demo setup for distributed AI inference using TCP vs RDMA

00:30:02 - Wrap-up and resources for learning about Intel and AMD VM series

00:35:40 - Intel TDX confidential VMs and upcoming live migration feature