Restore the prior quantity when a capacity-reservation increase fails
What state should an operator restore after Azure cannot satisfy an increase to an existing capacity reservation?
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Verify capacity-reservation disassociation separately from VM deallocation
Does stopping and deallocating a VM remove its capacity-reservation association?
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Treat proximity-placement intent as a compatibility constraint, not reserved capacity
What does a proximity placement group's VM-size intent establish before deployment, and what remains unguaranteed?
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Size an MPI transport experiment by connection count, not node count alone
What should be calculated before applying Azure HPC guidance for smaller versus larger MPI jobs?
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Budget Azure Compute API traffic at both resource and subscription scope
Why can a VM automation job receive throttling even when no individual machine appears unusually busy?
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List excluded data before approving an Azure VM restore-point plan
Which disks and mounted data remain outside a proposed Azure VM restore point?
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Check VM watch's selected authentication method before rotating an Event Hubs credential
Why might changing an Event Hubs connection string not change the authentication VM watch actually uses?
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Treat VM watch's outbound-disabled attribute as a test-eligibility declaration
Does setting OutboundConnectivityDisabled in VM watch enforce a network restriction?
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Measure combined workload demand before choosing a constrained-vCPU Azure size
What capacity tradeoff needs testing when an Azure VM keeps its memory and I/O profile but exposes fewer vCPUs?
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Require a separate completion signal for cloud-init custom-data work
Why should an Azure VM's ready state not be the only acceptance signal for custom-data provisioning?
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