Microsoft.Compute virtualMachineScaleSets 2024-07-01

Bicep resource definition

The virtualMachineScaleSets resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets@2024-07-01' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  sku: {
    capacity: int
    name: 'string'
    tier: 'string'
  }
  extendedLocation: {
    name: 'string'
    type: 'EdgeZone'
  }
  identity: {
    type: 'string'
    userAssignedIdentities: {
      {customized property}: {}
    }
  }
  plan: {
    name: 'string'
    product: 'string'
    promotionCode: 'string'
    publisher: 'string'
  }
  properties: {
    additionalCapabilities: {
      hibernationEnabled: bool
      ultraSSDEnabled: bool
    }
    automaticRepairsPolicy: {
      enabled: bool
      gracePeriod: 'string'
      repairAction: 'string'
    }
    constrainedMaximumCapacity: bool
    doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs: bool
    hostGroup: {
      id: 'string'
    }
    orchestrationMode: 'string'
    overprovision: bool
    platformFaultDomainCount: int
    priorityMixPolicy: {
      baseRegularPriorityCount: int
      regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase: int
    }
    proximityPlacementGroup: {
      id: 'string'
    }
    resiliencyPolicy: {
      resilientVMCreationPolicy: {
        enabled: bool
      }
      resilientVMDeletionPolicy: {
        enabled: bool
      }
    }
    scaleInPolicy: {
      forceDeletion: bool
      rules: [
        'string'
      ]
    }
    scheduledEventsPolicy: {
      scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets: {
        eventGridAndResourceGraph: {
          enable: bool
        }
      }
      userInitiatedReboot: {
        automaticallyApprove: bool
      }
      userInitiatedRedeploy: {
        automaticallyApprove: bool
      }
    }
    singlePlacementGroup: bool
    skuProfile: {
      allocationStrategy: 'string'
      vmSizes: [
        {
          name: 'string'
        }
      ]
    }
    spotRestorePolicy: {
      enabled: bool
      restoreTimeout: 'string'
    }
    upgradePolicy: {
      automaticOSUpgradePolicy: {
        disableAutomaticRollback: bool
        enableAutomaticOSUpgrade: bool
        osRollingUpgradeDeferral: bool
        useRollingUpgradePolicy: bool
      }
      mode: 'string'
      rollingUpgradePolicy: {
        enableCrossZoneUpgrade: bool
        maxBatchInstancePercent: int
        maxSurge: bool
        maxUnhealthyInstancePercent: int
        maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent: int
        pauseTimeBetweenBatches: 'string'
        prioritizeUnhealthyInstances: bool
        rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach: bool
      }
    }
    virtualMachineProfile: {
      applicationProfile: {
        galleryApplications: [
          {
            configurationReference: 'string'
            enableAutomaticUpgrade: bool
            order: int
            packageReferenceId: 'string'
            tags: 'string'
            treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure: bool
          }
        ]
      }
      billingProfile: {
        maxPrice: json('decimal-as-string')
      }
      capacityReservation: {
        capacityReservationGroup: {
          id: 'string'
        }
      }
      diagnosticsProfile: {
        bootDiagnostics: {
          enabled: bool
          storageUri: 'string'
        }
      }
      evictionPolicy: 'string'
      extensionProfile: {
        extensions: [
          {
            name: 'string'
            properties: {
              autoUpgradeMinorVersion: bool
              enableAutomaticUpgrade: bool
              forceUpdateTag: 'string'
              protectedSettings: any()
              protectedSettingsFromKeyVault: {
                secretUrl: 'string'
                sourceVault: {
                  id: 'string'
                }
              }
              provisionAfterExtensions: [
                'string'
              ]
              publisher: 'string'
              settings: any()
              suppressFailures: bool
              type: 'string'
              typeHandlerVersion: 'string'
            }
          }
        ]
        extensionsTimeBudget: 'string'
      }
      hardwareProfile: {
        vmSizeProperties: {
          vCPUsAvailable: int
          vCPUsPerCore: int
        }
      }
      licenseType: 'string'
      networkProfile: {
        healthProbe: {
          id: 'string'
        }
        networkApiVersion: '2020-11-01'
        networkInterfaceConfigurations: [
          {
            name: 'string'
            properties: {
              auxiliaryMode: 'string'
              auxiliarySku: 'string'
              deleteOption: 'string'
              disableTcpStateTracking: bool
              dnsSettings: {
                dnsServers: [
                  'string'
                ]
              }
              enableAcceleratedNetworking: bool
              enableFpga: bool
              enableIPForwarding: bool
              ipConfigurations: [
                {
                  name: 'string'
                  properties: {
                    applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools: [
                      {
                        id: 'string'
                      }
                    ]
                    applicationSecurityGroups: [
                      {
                        id: 'string'
                      }
                    ]
                    loadBalancerBackendAddressPools: [
                      {
                        id: 'string'
                      }
                    ]
                    loadBalancerInboundNatPools: [
                      {
                        id: 'string'
                      }
                    ]
                    primary: bool
                    privateIPAddressVersion: 'string'
                    publicIPAddressConfiguration: {
                      name: 'string'
                      properties: {
                        deleteOption: 'string'
                        dnsSettings: {
                          domainNameLabel: 'string'
                          domainNameLabelScope: 'string'
                        }
                        idleTimeoutInMinutes: int
                        ipTags: [
                          {
                            ipTagType: 'string'
                            tag: 'string'
                          }
                        ]
                        publicIPAddressVersion: 'string'
                        publicIPPrefix: {
                          id: 'string'
                        }
                      }
                      sku: {
                        name: 'string'
                        tier: 'string'
                      }
                    }
                    subnet: {
                      id: 'string'
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
              networkSecurityGroup: {
                id: 'string'
              }
              primary: bool
            }
          }
        ]
      }
      osProfile: {
        adminPassword: 'string'
        adminUsername: 'string'
        allowExtensionOperations: bool
        computerNamePrefix: 'string'
        customData: 'string'
        linuxConfiguration: {
          disablePasswordAuthentication: bool
          enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates: bool
          patchSettings: {
            assessmentMode: 'string'
            automaticByPlatformSettings: {
              bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule: bool
              rebootSetting: 'string'
            }
            patchMode: 'string'
          }
          provisionVMAgent: bool
          ssh: {
            publicKeys: [
              {
                keyData: 'string'
                path: 'string'
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        requireGuestProvisionSignal: bool
        secrets: [
          {
            sourceVault: {
              id: 'string'
            }
            vaultCertificates: [
              {
                certificateStore: 'string'
                certificateUrl: 'string'
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
        windowsConfiguration: {
          additionalUnattendContent: [
            {
              componentName: 'Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup'
              content: 'string'
              passName: 'OobeSystem'
              settingName: 'string'
            }
          ]
          enableAutomaticUpdates: bool
          patchSettings: {
            assessmentMode: 'string'
            automaticByPlatformSettings: {
              bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule: bool
              rebootSetting: 'string'
            }
            enableHotpatching: bool
            patchMode: 'string'
          }
          provisionVMAgent: bool
          timeZone: 'string'
          winRM: {
            listeners: [
              {
                certificateUrl: 'string'
                protocol: 'string'
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
      priority: 'string'
      scheduledEventsProfile: {
        osImageNotificationProfile: {
          enable: bool
          notBeforeTimeout: 'string'
        }
        terminateNotificationProfile: {
          enable: bool
          notBeforeTimeout: 'string'
        }
      }
      securityPostureReference: {
        excludeExtensions: [
          'string'
        ]
        id: 'string'
        isOverridable: bool
      }
      securityProfile: {
        encryptionAtHost: bool
        encryptionIdentity: {
          userAssignedIdentityResourceId: 'string'
        }
        proxyAgentSettings: {
          enabled: bool
          keyIncarnationId: int
          mode: 'string'
        }
        securityType: 'string'
        uefiSettings: {
          secureBootEnabled: bool
          vTpmEnabled: bool
        }
      }
      serviceArtifactReference: {
        id: 'string'
      }
      storageProfile: {
        dataDisks: [
          {
            caching: 'string'
            createOption: 'string'
            deleteOption: 'string'
            diskIOPSReadWrite: int
            diskMBpsReadWrite: int
            diskSizeGB: int
            lun: int
            managedDisk: {
              diskEncryptionSet: {
                id: 'string'
              }
              securityProfile: {
                diskEncryptionSet: {
                  id: 'string'
                }
                securityEncryptionType: 'string'
              }
              storageAccountType: 'string'
            }
            name: 'string'
            writeAcceleratorEnabled: bool
          }
        ]
        diskControllerType: 'string'
        imageReference: {
          communityGalleryImageId: 'string'
          id: 'string'
          offer: 'string'
          publisher: 'string'
          sharedGalleryImageId: 'string'
          sku: 'string'
          version: 'string'
        }
        osDisk: {
          caching: 'string'
          createOption: 'string'
          deleteOption: 'string'
          diffDiskSettings: {
            option: 'Local'
            placement: 'string'
          }
          diskSizeGB: int
          image: {
            uri: 'string'
          }
          managedDisk: {
            diskEncryptionSet: {
              id: 'string'
            }
            securityProfile: {
              diskEncryptionSet: {
                id: 'string'
              }
              securityEncryptionType: 'string'
            }
            storageAccountType: 'string'
          }
          name: 'string'
          osType: 'string'
          vhdContainers: [
            'string'
          ]
          writeAcceleratorEnabled: bool
        }
      }
      userData: 'string'
    }
    zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode: 'string'
    zoneBalance: bool
  }
  zones: [
    'string' or int
  ]
}

Property values

virtualMachineScaleSets

Name Description Value
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-15 (Windows)
1-64 (Linux)



Valid characters:
Can't use spaces, control characters, or these characters:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) = + _ [ ] { } \ | ; : . ' " , < > / ?

Can't start with underscore. Can't end with period or hyphen.
location Resource location string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
sku The virtual machine scale set sku. Sku
extendedLocation The extended location of the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ExtendedLocation
identity The identity of the virtual machine scale set, if configured. VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity
plan Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save. Plan
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set. VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties
zones The virtual machine scale set zones. Array of availability zones as string or int.

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. 'EdgeZone'

VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity

Name Description Value
type The type of identity used for the virtual machine scale set. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine scale set. 'None'
'SystemAssigned'
'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned'
'UserAssigned'
userAssignedIdentities The list of user identities associated with the virtual machine scale set. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'. UserAssignedIdentities

UserAssignedIdentities

Name Description Value
{customized property} UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

Plan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string
promotionCode The promotion code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties

Name Description Value
additionalCapabilities Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. For instance: whether the Virtual Machines have the capability to support attaching managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type. AdditionalCapabilities
automaticRepairsPolicy Policy for automatic repairs. AutomaticRepairsPolicy
constrainedMaximumCapacity Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs When Overprovision is enabled, extensions are launched only on the requested number of VMs which are finally kept. This property will hence ensure that the extensions do not run on the extra overprovisioned VMs. bool
hostGroup Specifies information about the dedicated host group that the virtual machine scale set resides in. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. SubResource
orchestrationMode Specifies the orchestration mode for the virtual machine scale set. 'Flexible'
'Uniform'
overprovision Specifies whether the Virtual Machine Scale Set should be overprovisioned. bool
platformFaultDomainCount Fault Domain count for each placement group. int
priorityMixPolicy Specifies the desired targets for mixing Spot and Regular priority VMs within the same VMSS Flex instance. PriorityMixPolicy
proximityPlacementGroup Specifies information about the proximity placement group that the virtual machine scale set should be assigned to. Minimum api-version: 2018-04-01. SubResource
resiliencyPolicy Policy for Resiliency ResiliencyPolicy
scaleInPolicy Specifies the policies applied when scaling in Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ScaleInPolicy
scheduledEventsPolicy The ScheduledEventsPolicy. ScheduledEventsPolicy
singlePlacementGroup When true this limits the scale set to a single placement group, of max size 100 virtual machines. NOTE: If singlePlacementGroup is true, it may be modified to false. However, if singlePlacementGroup is false, it may not be modified to true. bool
skuProfile Specifies the sku profile for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfile
spotRestorePolicy Specifies the Spot Restore properties for the virtual machine scale set. SpotRestorePolicy
upgradePolicy The upgrade policy. UpgradePolicy
virtualMachineProfile The virtual machine profile. VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile
zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode Specifies the align mode between Virtual Machine Scale Set compute and storage Fault Domain count. 'Aligned'
'Unaligned'
zoneBalance Whether to force strictly even Virtual Machine distribution cross x-zones in case there is zone outage. zoneBalance property can only be set if the zones property of the scale set contains more than one zone. If there are no zones or only one zone specified, then zoneBalance property should not be set. bool

AdditionalCapabilities

Name Description Value
hibernationEnabled The flag that enables or disables hibernation capability on the VM. bool
ultraSSDEnabled The flag that enables or disables a capability to have one or more managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type on the VM or VMSS. Managed disks with storage account type UltraSSD_LRS can be added to a virtual machine or virtual machine scale set only if this property is enabled. bool

AutomaticRepairsPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether automatic repairs should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool
gracePeriod The amount of time for which automatic repairs are suspended due to a state change on VM. The grace time starts after the state change has completed. This helps avoid premature or accidental repairs. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The minimum allowed grace period is 10 minutes (PT10M), which is also the default value. The maximum allowed grace period is 90 minutes (PT90M). string
repairAction Type of repair action (replace, restart, reimage) that will be used for repairing unhealthy virtual machines in the scale set. Default value is replace. 'Reimage'
'Replace'
'Restart'

SubResource

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

PriorityMixPolicy

Name Description Value
baseRegularPriorityCount The base number of regular priority VMs that will be created in this scale set as it scales out. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase The percentage of VM instances, after the base regular priority count has been reached, that are expected to use regular priority. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100

ResiliencyPolicy

Name Description Value
resilientVMCreationPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM creation. ResilientVMCreationPolicy
resilientVMDeletionPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM deletion. ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

ResilientVMCreationPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM creation should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM deletion should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ScaleInPolicy

Name Description Value
forceDeletion This property allows you to specify if virtual machines chosen for removal have to be force deleted when a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in.(Feature in Preview) bool
rules The rules to be followed when scaling-in a virtual machine scale set.

Possible values are:

Default When a virtual machine scale set is scaled in, the scale set will first be balanced across zones if it is a zonal scale set. Then, it will be balanced across Fault Domains as far as possible. Within each Fault Domain, the virtual machines chosen for removal will be the newest ones that are not protected from scale-in.

OldestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

NewestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the newest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the newest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

String array containing any of:
'Default'
'NewestVM'
'OldestVM'

ScheduledEventsPolicy

Name Description Value
scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets. ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets
userInitiatedReboot The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedReboot
userInitiatedRedeploy The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedRedeploy

ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

Name Description Value
eventGridAndResourceGraph The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting. EventGridAndResourceGraph

EventGridAndResourceGraph

Name Description Value
enable Specifies if event grid and resource graph is enabled for Scheduled event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedReboot

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Reboot Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedRedeploy

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Redeploy Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

SkuProfile

Name Description Value
allocationStrategy Specifies the allocation strategy for the virtual machine scale set based on which the VMs will be allocated. 'CapacityOptimized'
'LowestPrice'
vmSizes Specifies the VM sizes for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfileVMSize[]

SkuProfileVMSize

Name Description Value
name Specifies the name of the VM Size. string

SpotRestorePolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Enables the Spot-Try-Restore feature where evicted VMSS SPOT instances will be tried to be restored opportunistically based on capacity availability and pricing constraints bool
restoreTimeout Timeout value expressed as an ISO 8601 time duration after which the platform will not try to restore the VMSS SPOT instances string

UpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
automaticOSUpgradePolicy Configuration parameters used for performing automatic OS Upgrade. AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy
mode Specifies the mode of an upgrade to virtual machines in the scale set.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of updates to virtual machines in the scale set. You do this by using the manualUpgrade action.

Automatic - All virtual machines in the scale set are automatically updated at the same time.
'Automatic'
'Manual'
'Rolling'
rollingUpgradePolicy The configuration parameters used while performing a rolling upgrade. RollingUpgradePolicy

AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
disableAutomaticRollback Whether OS image rollback feature should be disabled. Default value is false. bool
enableAutomaticOSUpgrade Indicates whether OS upgrades should automatically be applied to scale set instances in a rolling fashion when a newer version of the OS image becomes available. Default value is false. If this is set to true for Windows based scale sets, enableAutomaticUpdates is automatically set to false and cannot be set to true. bool
osRollingUpgradeDeferral Indicates whether Auto OS Upgrade should undergo deferral. Deferred OS upgrades will send advanced notifications on a per-VM basis that an OS upgrade from rolling upgrades is incoming, via the IMDS tag 'Platform.PendingOSUpgrade'. The upgrade then defers until the upgrade is approved via an ApproveRollingUpgrade call. bool
useRollingUpgradePolicy Indicates whether rolling upgrade policy should be used during Auto OS Upgrade. Default value is false. Auto OS Upgrade will fallback to the default policy if no policy is defined on the VMSS. bool

RollingUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
enableCrossZoneUpgrade Allow VMSS to ignore AZ boundaries when constructing upgrade batches. Take into consideration the Update Domain and maxBatchInstancePercent to determine the batch size. bool
maxBatchInstancePercent The maximum percent of total virtual machine instances that will be upgraded simultaneously by the rolling upgrade in one batch. As this is a maximum, unhealthy instances in previous or future batches can cause the percentage of instances in a batch to decrease to ensure higher reliability. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxSurge Create new virtual machines to upgrade the scale set, rather than updating the existing virtual machines. Existing virtual machines will be deleted once the new virtual machines are created for each batch. bool
maxUnhealthyInstancePercent The maximum percentage of the total virtual machine instances in the scale set that can be simultaneously unhealthy, either as a result of being upgraded, or by being found in an unhealthy state by the virtual machine health checks before the rolling upgrade aborts. This constraint will be checked prior to starting any batch. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent The maximum percentage of upgraded virtual machine instances that can be found to be in an unhealthy state. This check will happen after each batch is upgraded. If this percentage is ever exceeded, the rolling update aborts. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100
pauseTimeBetweenBatches The wait time between completing the update for all virtual machines in one batch and starting the next batch. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 0 seconds (PT0S). string
prioritizeUnhealthyInstances Upgrade all unhealthy instances in a scale set before any healthy instances. bool
rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach Rollback failed instances to previous model if the Rolling Upgrade policy is violated. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile

Name Description Value
applicationProfile Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS ApplicationProfile
billingProfile Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot VMSS. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. BillingProfile
capacityReservation Specifies the capacity reservation related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01. CapacityReservationProfile
diagnosticsProfile Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15. DiagnosticsProfile
evictionPolicy Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview. 'Deallocate'
'Delete'
extensionProfile Specifies a collection of settings for extensions installed on virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile
hardwareProfile Specifies the hardware profile related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile
licenseType Specifies that the image or disk that is being used was licensed on-premises.

Possible values for Windows Server operating system are:

Windows_Client

Windows_Server

Possible values for Linux Server operating system are:

RHEL_BYOS (for RHEL)

SLES_BYOS (for SUSE)

For more information, see Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Windows Server

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Linux Server

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
string
networkProfile Specifies properties of the network interfaces of the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile
osProfile Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile
priority Specifies the priority for the virtual machines in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2017-10-30-preview. 'Low'
'Regular'
'Spot'
scheduledEventsProfile Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations. ScheduledEventsProfile
securityPostureReference Specifies the security posture to be used in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2023-03-01 SecurityPostureReference
securityProfile Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. SecurityProfile
serviceArtifactReference Specifies the service artifact reference id used to set same image version for all virtual machines in the scale set when using 'latest' image version. Minimum api-version: 2022-11-01 ServiceArtifactReference
storageProfile Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks. VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile
userData UserData for the virtual machines in the scale set, which must be base-64 encoded. Customer should not pass any secrets in here. Minimum api-version: 2021-03-01. string

ApplicationProfile

Name Description Value
galleryApplications Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS VMGalleryApplication[]

VMGalleryApplication

Name Description Value
configurationReference Optional, Specifies the uri to an azure blob that will replace the default configuration for the package if provided string
enableAutomaticUpgrade If set to true, when a new Gallery Application version is available in PIR/SIG, it will be automatically updated for the VM/VMSS bool
order Optional, Specifies the order in which the packages have to be installed int
packageReferenceId Specifies the GalleryApplicationVersion resource id on the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/applications/{application}/versions/{version} string (required)
tags Optional, Specifies a passthrough value for more generic context. string
treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure Optional, If true, any failure for any operation in the VmApplication will fail the deployment bool

BillingProfile

Name Description Value
maxPrice Specifies the maximum price you are willing to pay for a Azure Spot VM/VMSS. This price is in US Dollars.

This price will be compared with the current Azure Spot price for the VM size. Also, the prices are compared at the time of create/update of Azure Spot VM/VMSS and the operation will only succeed if the maxPrice is greater than the current Azure Spot price.

The maxPrice will also be used for evicting a Azure Spot VM/VMSS if the current Azure Spot price goes beyond the maxPrice after creation of VM/VMSS.

Possible values are:

- Any decimal value greater than zero. Example: 0.01538

-1 – indicates default price to be up-to on-demand.

You can set the maxPrice to -1 to indicate that the Azure Spot VM/VMSS should not be evicted for price reasons. Also, the default max price is -1 if it is not provided by you.

Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. To specify a decimal value, use the json() function.
int or json decimal

CapacityReservationProfile

Name Description Value
capacityReservationGroup Specifies the capacity reservation group resource id that should be used for allocating the virtual machine or scaleset vm instances provided enough capacity has been reserved. Please refer to https://aka.ms/CapacityReservation for more details. SubResource

DiagnosticsProfile

Name Description Value
bootDiagnostics Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor. BootDiagnostics

BootDiagnostics

Name Description Value
enabled Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine. bool
storageUri Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile

Name Description Value
extensions The virtual machine scale set child extension resources. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension[]
extensionsTimeBudget Specifies the time alloted for all extensions to start. The time duration should be between 15 minutes and 120 minutes (inclusive) and should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 90 minutes (PT1H30M). Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension

Name Description Value
name The name of the extension. string
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set Extension. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

Name Description Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true. bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available. bool
forceUpdateTag If a value is provided and is different from the previous value, the extension handler will be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed. string
protectedSettings The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all. For Bicep, you can use the any() function.
protectedSettingsFromKeyVault The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault KeyVaultSecretReference
provisionAfterExtensions Collection of extension names after which this extension needs to be provisioned. string[]
publisher The name of the extension handler publisher. string
settings Json formatted public settings for the extension. For Bicep, you can use the any() function.
suppressFailures Indicates whether failures stemming from the extension will be suppressed (Operational failures such as not connecting to the VM will not be suppressed regardless of this value). The default is false. bool
type Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension". string
typeHandlerVersion Specifies the version of the script handler. string

KeyVaultSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault. string (required)
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret. SubResource (required)

VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile

Name Description Value
vmSizeProperties Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details. VMSizeProperties

VMSizeProperties

Name Description Value
vCPUsAvailable Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. int
vCPUsPerCore Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled. int

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile

Name Description Value
healthProbe A reference to a load balancer probe used to determine the health of an instance in the virtual machine scale set. The reference will be in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/{loadBalancerName}/probes/{probeName}'. ApiEntityReference
networkApiVersion specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations for Virtual Machine Scale Set with orchestration mode 'Flexible' '2020-11-01'
networkInterfaceConfigurations The list of network configurations. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration[]

ApiEntityReference

Name Description Value
id The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/... string

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The network configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
auxiliaryMode Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource. 'AcceleratedConnections'
'Floating'
'None'
auxiliarySku Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource. 'A1'
'A2'
'A4'
'A8'
'None'
deleteOption Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted 'Delete'
'Detach'
disableTcpStateTracking Specifies whether the network interface is disabled for tcp state tracking. bool
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...
enableAcceleratedNetworking Specifies whether the network interface is accelerated networking-enabled. bool
enableFpga Specifies whether the network interface is FPGA networking-enabled. bool
enableIPForwarding Whether IP forwarding enabled on this NIC. bool
ipConfigurations Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration[] (required)
networkSecurityGroup The network security group. SubResource
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...

Name Description Value
dnsServers List of DNS servers IP addresses string[]

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The IP configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration properties. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of application gateways. A scale set can reference backend address pools of multiple application gateways. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same application gateway. SubResource[]
applicationSecurityGroups Specifies an array of references to application security group. SubResource[]
loadBalancerBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of load balancers. A scale set can reference backend address pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
loadBalancerInboundNatPools Specifies an array of references to inbound Nat pools of the load balancers. A scale set can reference inbound nat pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool
privateIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2017-03-30 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. 'IPv4'
'IPv6'
publicIPAddressConfiguration The publicIPAddressConfiguration. VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration
subnet Specifies the identifier of the subnet. ApiEntityReference

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The publicIP address configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machines scale set IP Configuration's PublicIPAddress configuration VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...
sku Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. PublicIPAddressSku

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...

Name Description Value
deleteOption Specify what happens to the public IP when the VM is deleted 'Delete'
'Detach'
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses . VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...
idleTimeoutInMinutes The idle timeout of the public IP address. int
ipTags The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address. VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag[]
publicIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. 'IPv4'
'IPv6'
publicIPPrefix The PublicIPPrefix from which to allocate publicIP addresses. SubResource

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...

Name Description Value
domainNameLabel The Domain name label.The concatenation of the domain name label and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created string (required)
domainNameLabelScope The Domain name label scope.The concatenation of the hashed domain name label that generated according to the policy from domain name label scope and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created 'NoReuse'
'ResourceGroupReuse'
'SubscriptionReuse'
'TenantReuse'

VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag

Name Description Value
ipTagType IP tag type. Example: FirstPartyUsage. string
tag IP tag associated with the public IP. Example: SQL, Storage etc. string

PublicIPAddressSku

Name Description Value
name Specify public IP sku name 'Basic'
'Standard'
tier Specify public IP sku tier 'Global'
'Regional'

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile

Name Description Value
adminPassword Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match [\W_])

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM

For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
string

Constraints:
Sensitive value. Pass in as a secure parameter.
adminUsername Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters
string
allowExtensionOperations Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine scale set. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine scale set. bool
computerNamePrefix Specifies the computer name prefix for all of the virtual machines in the scale set. Computer name prefixes must be 1 to 15 characters long. string
customData Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. For using cloud-init for your VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation string
linuxConfiguration Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions. LinuxConfiguration
requireGuestProvisionSignal Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
secrets Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machines in the scale set. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows. VaultSecretGroup[]
windowsConfiguration Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine. WindowsConfiguration

LinuxConfiguration

Name Description Value
disablePasswordAuthentication Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled. bool
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxPatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
ssh Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS. SshConfiguration

LinuxPatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. 'Always'
'IfRequired'
'Never'
'Unknown'

SshConfiguration

Name Description Value
publicKeys The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs. SshPublicKey[]

SshPublicKey

Name Description Value
keyData SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed). string
path Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys string

VaultSecretGroup

Name Description Value
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates. SubResource
vaultCertificates The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates. VaultCertificate[]

VaultCertificate

Name Description Value
certificateStore For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted. string
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string

WindowsConfiguration

Name Description Value
additionalUnattendContent Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. AdditionalUnattendContent[]
enableAutomaticUpdates Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows. PatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
timeZone Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones. string
winRM Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell. WinRMConfiguration

AdditionalUnattendContent

Name Description Value
componentName The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup. 'Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup'
content Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted. string
passName The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem. 'OobeSystem'
settingName Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon. 'AutoLogon'
'FirstLogonCommands'

PatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows. WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
enableHotpatching Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'. bool
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true
'AutomaticByOS'
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'Manual'

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. 'Always'
'IfRequired'
'Never'
'Unknown'

WinRMConfiguration

Name Description Value
listeners The list of Windows Remote Management listeners WinRMListener[]

WinRMListener

Name Description Value
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string
protocol Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https. 'Http'
'Https'

ScheduledEventsProfile

Name Description Value
osImageNotificationProfile Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations. OSImageNotificationProfile
terminateNotificationProfile Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations. TerminateNotificationProfile

OSImageNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the OS Image Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Length of time a Virtual Machine being reimaged or having its OS upgraded will have to potentially approve the OS Image Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration is specified in ISO 8601 format, and the value must be 15 minutes (PT15M) string

TerminateNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the Terminate Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Configurable length of time a Virtual Machine being deleted will have to potentially approve the Terminate Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration must be specified in ISO 8601 format, the default value is 5 minutes (PT5M) string

SecurityPostureReference

Name Description Value
excludeExtensions The list of virtual machine extension names to exclude when applying the security posture. string[]
id The security posture reference id in the form of /CommunityGalleries/{communityGalleryName}/securityPostures/{securityPostureName}/versions/{major.minor.patch},latest string (required)
isOverridable Whether the security posture can be overridden by the user. bool

SecurityProfile

Name Description Value
encryptionAtHost This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource. bool
encryptionIdentity Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations. EncryptionIdentity
proxyAgentSettings Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. ProxyAgentSettings
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set. 'ConfidentialVM'
'TrustedLaunch'
uefiSettings Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. UefiSettings

EncryptionIdentity

Name Description Value
userAssignedIdentityResourceId Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM. string

ProxyAgentSettings

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. bool
keyIncarnationId Increase the value of this property allows user to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host. int
mode Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode. 'Audit'
'Enforce'

UefiSettings

Name Description Value
secureBootEnabled Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool
vTpmEnabled Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool

ServiceArtifactReference

Name Description Value
id The service artifact reference id in the form of /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroup}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/serviceArtifacts/{serviceArtifactName}/vmArtifactsProfiles/{vmArtifactsProfilesName} string

VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile

Name Description Value
dataDisks Specifies the parameters that are used to add data disks to the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk[]
diskControllerType string
imageReference Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations. ImageReference
osDisk Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. 'None'
'ReadOnly'
'ReadWrite'
createOption The create option. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Restore' (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether data disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the data disk is deleted when the VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the data disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete.
'Delete'
'Detach'
diskIOPSReadWrite Specifies the Read-Write IOPS for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskMBpsReadWrite Specifies the bandwidth in MB per second for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property diskSizeGB is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
lun Specifies the logical unit number of the data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM. int (required)
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityProfile Specifies the security profile for the managed disk. VMDiskSecurityProfile
storageAccountType Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk. 'PremiumV2_LRS'
'Premium_LRS'
'Premium_ZRS'
'StandardSSD_LRS'
'StandardSSD_ZRS'
'Standard_LRS'
'UltraSSD_LRS'

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityEncryptionType Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs. 'DiskWithVMGuestState'
'NonPersistedTPM'
'VMGuestStateOnly'

ImageReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId Specified the community gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from community gallery image GET call. string
id Resource Id string
offer Specifies the offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. string
publisher The image publisher. string
sharedGalleryImageId Specified the shared gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from shared gallery image GET call. string
sku The image SKU. string
version Specifies the version of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. The allowed formats are Major.Minor.Build or 'latest'. Major, Minor, and Build are decimal numbers. Specify 'latest' to use the latest version of an image available at deploy time. Even if you use 'latest', the VM image will not automatically update after deploy time even if a new version becomes available. Please do not use field 'version' for gallery image deployment, gallery image should always use 'id' field for deployment, to use 'latest' version of gallery image, just set '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/images/{imageName}' in the 'id' field without version input. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. 'None'
'ReadOnly'
'ReadWrite'
createOption Specifies how the virtual machines in the scale set should be created. The only allowed value is: FromImage. This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you also use the plan element previously described. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Restore' (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the OS disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete. For an Ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. User cannot change the delete option for Ephemeral OS Disk.
'Delete'
'Detach'
diffDiskSettings Specifies the ephemeral disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine scale set. DiffDiskSettings
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property 'diskSizeGB' is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
image Specifies information about the unmanaged user image to base the scale set on. VirtualHardDisk
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
osType This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux. 'Linux'
'Windows'
vhdContainers Specifies the container urls that are used to store operating system disks for the scale set. string[]
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

DiffDiskSettings

Name Description Value
option Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk. 'Local'
placement Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at /azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at /azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01. 'CacheDisk'
'NvmeDisk'
'ResourceDisk'

VirtualHardDisk

Name Description Value
uri Specifies the virtual hard disk's uri. string

Sku

Name Description Value
capacity Specifies the number of virtual machines in the scale set. int
name The sku name. string
tier Specifies the tier of virtual machines in a scale set.

Possible Values:

Standard

Basic
string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Deploy VM Scale Set with LB probe and automatic repairs

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM scale set of Linux VMs behind a load balancer with health probe configured. The scale set also has automatic instance repairs policy enabled with a grace period of 30 minutes.
Deploy a VMSS that connects each VM to an Azure Files share

Deploy to Azure
This template deploys an Ubuntu Virtual Machine Scale Set and uses a custom script extension to connect each VM to an Azure Files share
Deploy a Windows VM Scale Set with a Custom Script Extension

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the lastest patched version of various Windows Versions. These VMs have a custom script extension for customization and are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for rdp connections.
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ARM template resource definition

The virtualMachineScaleSets resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets",
  "apiVersion": "2024-07-01",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "sku": {
    "capacity": "int",
    "name": "string",
    "tier": "string"
  },
  "extendedLocation": {
    "name": "string",
    "type": "EdgeZone"
  },
  "identity": {
    "type": "string",
    "userAssignedIdentities": {
      "{customized property}": {}
    }
  },
  "plan": {
    "name": "string",
    "product": "string",
    "promotionCode": "string",
    "publisher": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
    "additionalCapabilities": {
      "hibernationEnabled": "bool",
      "ultraSSDEnabled": "bool"
    },
    "automaticRepairsPolicy": {
      "enabled": "bool",
      "gracePeriod": "string",
      "repairAction": "string"
    },
    "constrainedMaximumCapacity": "bool",
    "doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs": "bool",
    "hostGroup": {
      "id": "string"
    },
    "orchestrationMode": "string",
    "overprovision": "bool",
    "platformFaultDomainCount": "int",
    "priorityMixPolicy": {
      "baseRegularPriorityCount": "int",
      "regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase": "int"
    },
    "proximityPlacementGroup": {
      "id": "string"
    },
    "resiliencyPolicy": {
      "resilientVMCreationPolicy": {
        "enabled": "bool"
      },
      "resilientVMDeletionPolicy": {
        "enabled": "bool"
      }
    },
    "scaleInPolicy": {
      "forceDeletion": "bool",
      "rules": [ "string" ]
    },
    "scheduledEventsPolicy": {
      "scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets": {
        "eventGridAndResourceGraph": {
          "enable": "bool"
        }
      },
      "userInitiatedReboot": {
        "automaticallyApprove": "bool"
      },
      "userInitiatedRedeploy": {
        "automaticallyApprove": "bool"
      }
    },
    "singlePlacementGroup": "bool",
    "skuProfile": {
      "allocationStrategy": "string",
      "vmSizes": [
        {
          "name": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "spotRestorePolicy": {
      "enabled": "bool",
      "restoreTimeout": "string"
    },
    "upgradePolicy": {
      "automaticOSUpgradePolicy": {
        "disableAutomaticRollback": "bool",
        "enableAutomaticOSUpgrade": "bool",
        "osRollingUpgradeDeferral": "bool",
        "useRollingUpgradePolicy": "bool"
      },
      "mode": "string",
      "rollingUpgradePolicy": {
        "enableCrossZoneUpgrade": "bool",
        "maxBatchInstancePercent": "int",
        "maxSurge": "bool",
        "maxUnhealthyInstancePercent": "int",
        "maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent": "int",
        "pauseTimeBetweenBatches": "string",
        "prioritizeUnhealthyInstances": "bool",
        "rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach": "bool"
      }
    },
    "virtualMachineProfile": {
      "applicationProfile": {
        "galleryApplications": [
          {
            "configurationReference": "string",
            "enableAutomaticUpgrade": "bool",
            "order": "int",
            "packageReferenceId": "string",
            "tags": "string",
            "treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure": "bool"
          }
        ]
      },
      "billingProfile": {
        "maxPrice": "[json('decimal-as-string')]"
      },
      "capacityReservation": {
        "capacityReservationGroup": {
          "id": "string"
        }
      },
      "diagnosticsProfile": {
        "bootDiagnostics": {
          "enabled": "bool",
          "storageUri": "string"
        }
      },
      "evictionPolicy": "string",
      "extensionProfile": {
        "extensions": [
          {
            "name": "string",
            "properties": {
              "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": "bool",
              "enableAutomaticUpgrade": "bool",
              "forceUpdateTag": "string",
              "protectedSettings": {},
              "protectedSettingsFromKeyVault": {
                "secretUrl": "string",
                "sourceVault": {
                  "id": "string"
                }
              },
              "provisionAfterExtensions": [ "string" ],
              "publisher": "string",
              "settings": {},
              "suppressFailures": "bool",
              "type": "string",
              "typeHandlerVersion": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "extensionsTimeBudget": "string"
      },
      "hardwareProfile": {
        "vmSizeProperties": {
          "vCPUsAvailable": "int",
          "vCPUsPerCore": "int"
        }
      },
      "licenseType": "string",
      "networkProfile": {
        "healthProbe": {
          "id": "string"
        },
        "networkApiVersion": "2020-11-01",
        "networkInterfaceConfigurations": [
          {
            "name": "string",
            "properties": {
              "auxiliaryMode": "string",
              "auxiliarySku": "string",
              "deleteOption": "string",
              "disableTcpStateTracking": "bool",
              "dnsSettings": {
                "dnsServers": [ "string" ]
              },
              "enableAcceleratedNetworking": "bool",
              "enableFpga": "bool",
              "enableIPForwarding": "bool",
              "ipConfigurations": [
                {
                  "name": "string",
                  "properties": {
                    "applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools": [
                      {
                        "id": "string"
                      }
                    ],
                    "applicationSecurityGroups": [
                      {
                        "id": "string"
                      }
                    ],
                    "loadBalancerBackendAddressPools": [
                      {
                        "id": "string"
                      }
                    ],
                    "loadBalancerInboundNatPools": [
                      {
                        "id": "string"
                      }
                    ],
                    "primary": "bool",
                    "privateIPAddressVersion": "string",
                    "publicIPAddressConfiguration": {
                      "name": "string",
                      "properties": {
                        "deleteOption": "string",
                        "dnsSettings": {
                          "domainNameLabel": "string",
                          "domainNameLabelScope": "string"
                        },
                        "idleTimeoutInMinutes": "int",
                        "ipTags": [
                          {
                            "ipTagType": "string",
                            "tag": "string"
                          }
                        ],
                        "publicIPAddressVersion": "string",
                        "publicIPPrefix": {
                          "id": "string"
                        }
                      },
                      "sku": {
                        "name": "string",
                        "tier": "string"
                      }
                    },
                    "subnet": {
                      "id": "string"
                    }
                  }
                }
              ],
              "networkSecurityGroup": {
                "id": "string"
              },
              "primary": "bool"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "osProfile": {
        "adminPassword": "string",
        "adminUsername": "string",
        "allowExtensionOperations": "bool",
        "computerNamePrefix": "string",
        "customData": "string",
        "linuxConfiguration": {
          "disablePasswordAuthentication": "bool",
          "enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates": "bool",
          "patchSettings": {
            "assessmentMode": "string",
            "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
              "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": "bool",
              "rebootSetting": "string"
            },
            "patchMode": "string"
          },
          "provisionVMAgent": "bool",
          "ssh": {
            "publicKeys": [
              {
                "keyData": "string",
                "path": "string"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "requireGuestProvisionSignal": "bool",
        "secrets": [
          {
            "sourceVault": {
              "id": "string"
            },
            "vaultCertificates": [
              {
                "certificateStore": "string",
                "certificateUrl": "string"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "windowsConfiguration": {
          "additionalUnattendContent": [
            {
              "componentName": "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup",
              "content": "string",
              "passName": "OobeSystem",
              "settingName": "string"
            }
          ],
          "enableAutomaticUpdates": "bool",
          "patchSettings": {
            "assessmentMode": "string",
            "automaticByPlatformSettings": {
              "bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule": "bool",
              "rebootSetting": "string"
            },
            "enableHotpatching": "bool",
            "patchMode": "string"
          },
          "provisionVMAgent": "bool",
          "timeZone": "string",
          "winRM": {
            "listeners": [
              {
                "certificateUrl": "string",
                "protocol": "string"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "priority": "string",
      "scheduledEventsProfile": {
        "osImageNotificationProfile": {
          "enable": "bool",
          "notBeforeTimeout": "string"
        },
        "terminateNotificationProfile": {
          "enable": "bool",
          "notBeforeTimeout": "string"
        }
      },
      "securityPostureReference": {
        "excludeExtensions": [ "string" ],
        "id": "string",
        "isOverridable": "bool"
      },
      "securityProfile": {
        "encryptionAtHost": "bool",
        "encryptionIdentity": {
          "userAssignedIdentityResourceId": "string"
        },
        "proxyAgentSettings": {
          "enabled": "bool",
          "keyIncarnationId": "int",
          "mode": "string"
        },
        "securityType": "string",
        "uefiSettings": {
          "secureBootEnabled": "bool",
          "vTpmEnabled": "bool"
        }
      },
      "serviceArtifactReference": {
        "id": "string"
      },
      "storageProfile": {
        "dataDisks": [
          {
            "caching": "string",
            "createOption": "string",
            "deleteOption": "string",
            "diskIOPSReadWrite": "int",
            "diskMBpsReadWrite": "int",
            "diskSizeGB": "int",
            "lun": "int",
            "managedDisk": {
              "diskEncryptionSet": {
                "id": "string"
              },
              "securityProfile": {
                "diskEncryptionSet": {
                  "id": "string"
                },
                "securityEncryptionType": "string"
              },
              "storageAccountType": "string"
            },
            "name": "string",
            "writeAcceleratorEnabled": "bool"
          }
        ],
        "diskControllerType": "string",
        "imageReference": {
          "communityGalleryImageId": "string",
          "id": "string",
          "offer": "string",
          "publisher": "string",
          "sharedGalleryImageId": "string",
          "sku": "string",
          "version": "string"
        },
        "osDisk": {
          "caching": "string",
          "createOption": "string",
          "deleteOption": "string",
          "diffDiskSettings": {
            "option": "Local",
            "placement": "string"
          },
          "diskSizeGB": "int",
          "image": {
            "uri": "string"
          },
          "managedDisk": {
            "diskEncryptionSet": {
              "id": "string"
            },
            "securityProfile": {
              "diskEncryptionSet": {
                "id": "string"
              },
              "securityEncryptionType": "string"
            },
            "storageAccountType": "string"
          },
          "name": "string",
          "osType": "string",
          "vhdContainers": [ "string" ],
          "writeAcceleratorEnabled": "bool"
        }
      },
      "userData": "string"
    },
    "zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode": "string",
    "zoneBalance": "bool"
  },
  "zones": [ "string" or int ]
}

Property values

virtualMachineScaleSets

Name Description Value
type The resource type 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets'
apiVersion The resource api version '2024-07-01'
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-15 (Windows)
1-64 (Linux)



Valid characters:
Can't use spaces, control characters, or these characters:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) = + _ [ ] { } \ | ; : . ' " , < > / ?

Can't start with underscore. Can't end with period or hyphen.
location Resource location string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
sku The virtual machine scale set sku. Sku
extendedLocation The extended location of the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ExtendedLocation
identity The identity of the virtual machine scale set, if configured. VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity
plan Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save. Plan
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set. VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties
zones The virtual machine scale set zones. Array of availability zones as string or int.

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. 'EdgeZone'

VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity

Name Description Value
type The type of identity used for the virtual machine scale set. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine scale set. 'None'
'SystemAssigned'
'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned'
'UserAssigned'
userAssignedIdentities The list of user identities associated with the virtual machine scale set. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'. UserAssignedIdentities

UserAssignedIdentities

Name Description Value
{customized property} UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

Plan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string
promotionCode The promotion code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties

Name Description Value
additionalCapabilities Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. For instance: whether the Virtual Machines have the capability to support attaching managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type. AdditionalCapabilities
automaticRepairsPolicy Policy for automatic repairs. AutomaticRepairsPolicy
constrainedMaximumCapacity Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs When Overprovision is enabled, extensions are launched only on the requested number of VMs which are finally kept. This property will hence ensure that the extensions do not run on the extra overprovisioned VMs. bool
hostGroup Specifies information about the dedicated host group that the virtual machine scale set resides in. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. SubResource
orchestrationMode Specifies the orchestration mode for the virtual machine scale set. 'Flexible'
'Uniform'
overprovision Specifies whether the Virtual Machine Scale Set should be overprovisioned. bool
platformFaultDomainCount Fault Domain count for each placement group. int
priorityMixPolicy Specifies the desired targets for mixing Spot and Regular priority VMs within the same VMSS Flex instance. PriorityMixPolicy
proximityPlacementGroup Specifies information about the proximity placement group that the virtual machine scale set should be assigned to. Minimum api-version: 2018-04-01. SubResource
resiliencyPolicy Policy for Resiliency ResiliencyPolicy
scaleInPolicy Specifies the policies applied when scaling in Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ScaleInPolicy
scheduledEventsPolicy The ScheduledEventsPolicy. ScheduledEventsPolicy
singlePlacementGroup When true this limits the scale set to a single placement group, of max size 100 virtual machines. NOTE: If singlePlacementGroup is true, it may be modified to false. However, if singlePlacementGroup is false, it may not be modified to true. bool
skuProfile Specifies the sku profile for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfile
spotRestorePolicy Specifies the Spot Restore properties for the virtual machine scale set. SpotRestorePolicy
upgradePolicy The upgrade policy. UpgradePolicy
virtualMachineProfile The virtual machine profile. VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile
zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode Specifies the align mode between Virtual Machine Scale Set compute and storage Fault Domain count. 'Aligned'
'Unaligned'
zoneBalance Whether to force strictly even Virtual Machine distribution cross x-zones in case there is zone outage. zoneBalance property can only be set if the zones property of the scale set contains more than one zone. If there are no zones or only one zone specified, then zoneBalance property should not be set. bool

AdditionalCapabilities

Name Description Value
hibernationEnabled The flag that enables or disables hibernation capability on the VM. bool
ultraSSDEnabled The flag that enables or disables a capability to have one or more managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type on the VM or VMSS. Managed disks with storage account type UltraSSD_LRS can be added to a virtual machine or virtual machine scale set only if this property is enabled. bool

AutomaticRepairsPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether automatic repairs should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool
gracePeriod The amount of time for which automatic repairs are suspended due to a state change on VM. The grace time starts after the state change has completed. This helps avoid premature or accidental repairs. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The minimum allowed grace period is 10 minutes (PT10M), which is also the default value. The maximum allowed grace period is 90 minutes (PT90M). string
repairAction Type of repair action (replace, restart, reimage) that will be used for repairing unhealthy virtual machines in the scale set. Default value is replace. 'Reimage'
'Replace'
'Restart'

SubResource

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

PriorityMixPolicy

Name Description Value
baseRegularPriorityCount The base number of regular priority VMs that will be created in this scale set as it scales out. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase The percentage of VM instances, after the base regular priority count has been reached, that are expected to use regular priority. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100

ResiliencyPolicy

Name Description Value
resilientVMCreationPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM creation. ResilientVMCreationPolicy
resilientVMDeletionPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM deletion. ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

ResilientVMCreationPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM creation should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM deletion should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ScaleInPolicy

Name Description Value
forceDeletion This property allows you to specify if virtual machines chosen for removal have to be force deleted when a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in.(Feature in Preview) bool
rules The rules to be followed when scaling-in a virtual machine scale set.

Possible values are:

Default When a virtual machine scale set is scaled in, the scale set will first be balanced across zones if it is a zonal scale set. Then, it will be balanced across Fault Domains as far as possible. Within each Fault Domain, the virtual machines chosen for removal will be the newest ones that are not protected from scale-in.

OldestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

NewestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the newest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the newest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

String array containing any of:
'Default'
'NewestVM'
'OldestVM'

ScheduledEventsPolicy

Name Description Value
scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets. ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets
userInitiatedReboot The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedReboot
userInitiatedRedeploy The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedRedeploy

ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

Name Description Value
eventGridAndResourceGraph The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting. EventGridAndResourceGraph

EventGridAndResourceGraph

Name Description Value
enable Specifies if event grid and resource graph is enabled for Scheduled event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedReboot

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Reboot Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedRedeploy

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Redeploy Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

SkuProfile

Name Description Value
allocationStrategy Specifies the allocation strategy for the virtual machine scale set based on which the VMs will be allocated. 'CapacityOptimized'
'LowestPrice'
vmSizes Specifies the VM sizes for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfileVMSize[]

SkuProfileVMSize

Name Description Value
name Specifies the name of the VM Size. string

SpotRestorePolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Enables the Spot-Try-Restore feature where evicted VMSS SPOT instances will be tried to be restored opportunistically based on capacity availability and pricing constraints bool
restoreTimeout Timeout value expressed as an ISO 8601 time duration after which the platform will not try to restore the VMSS SPOT instances string

UpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
automaticOSUpgradePolicy Configuration parameters used for performing automatic OS Upgrade. AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy
mode Specifies the mode of an upgrade to virtual machines in the scale set.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of updates to virtual machines in the scale set. You do this by using the manualUpgrade action.

Automatic - All virtual machines in the scale set are automatically updated at the same time.
'Automatic'
'Manual'
'Rolling'
rollingUpgradePolicy The configuration parameters used while performing a rolling upgrade. RollingUpgradePolicy

AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
disableAutomaticRollback Whether OS image rollback feature should be disabled. Default value is false. bool
enableAutomaticOSUpgrade Indicates whether OS upgrades should automatically be applied to scale set instances in a rolling fashion when a newer version of the OS image becomes available. Default value is false. If this is set to true for Windows based scale sets, enableAutomaticUpdates is automatically set to false and cannot be set to true. bool
osRollingUpgradeDeferral Indicates whether Auto OS Upgrade should undergo deferral. Deferred OS upgrades will send advanced notifications on a per-VM basis that an OS upgrade from rolling upgrades is incoming, via the IMDS tag 'Platform.PendingOSUpgrade'. The upgrade then defers until the upgrade is approved via an ApproveRollingUpgrade call. bool
useRollingUpgradePolicy Indicates whether rolling upgrade policy should be used during Auto OS Upgrade. Default value is false. Auto OS Upgrade will fallback to the default policy if no policy is defined on the VMSS. bool

RollingUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
enableCrossZoneUpgrade Allow VMSS to ignore AZ boundaries when constructing upgrade batches. Take into consideration the Update Domain and maxBatchInstancePercent to determine the batch size. bool
maxBatchInstancePercent The maximum percent of total virtual machine instances that will be upgraded simultaneously by the rolling upgrade in one batch. As this is a maximum, unhealthy instances in previous or future batches can cause the percentage of instances in a batch to decrease to ensure higher reliability. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxSurge Create new virtual machines to upgrade the scale set, rather than updating the existing virtual machines. Existing virtual machines will be deleted once the new virtual machines are created for each batch. bool
maxUnhealthyInstancePercent The maximum percentage of the total virtual machine instances in the scale set that can be simultaneously unhealthy, either as a result of being upgraded, or by being found in an unhealthy state by the virtual machine health checks before the rolling upgrade aborts. This constraint will be checked prior to starting any batch. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent The maximum percentage of upgraded virtual machine instances that can be found to be in an unhealthy state. This check will happen after each batch is upgraded. If this percentage is ever exceeded, the rolling update aborts. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100
pauseTimeBetweenBatches The wait time between completing the update for all virtual machines in one batch and starting the next batch. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 0 seconds (PT0S). string
prioritizeUnhealthyInstances Upgrade all unhealthy instances in a scale set before any healthy instances. bool
rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach Rollback failed instances to previous model if the Rolling Upgrade policy is violated. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile

Name Description Value
applicationProfile Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS ApplicationProfile
billingProfile Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot VMSS. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. BillingProfile
capacityReservation Specifies the capacity reservation related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01. CapacityReservationProfile
diagnosticsProfile Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15. DiagnosticsProfile
evictionPolicy Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview. 'Deallocate'
'Delete'
extensionProfile Specifies a collection of settings for extensions installed on virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile
hardwareProfile Specifies the hardware profile related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile
licenseType Specifies that the image or disk that is being used was licensed on-premises.

Possible values for Windows Server operating system are:

Windows_Client

Windows_Server

Possible values for Linux Server operating system are:

RHEL_BYOS (for RHEL)

SLES_BYOS (for SUSE)

For more information, see Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Windows Server

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Linux Server

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
string
networkProfile Specifies properties of the network interfaces of the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile
osProfile Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile
priority Specifies the priority for the virtual machines in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2017-10-30-preview. 'Low'
'Regular'
'Spot'
scheduledEventsProfile Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations. ScheduledEventsProfile
securityPostureReference Specifies the security posture to be used in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2023-03-01 SecurityPostureReference
securityProfile Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. SecurityProfile
serviceArtifactReference Specifies the service artifact reference id used to set same image version for all virtual machines in the scale set when using 'latest' image version. Minimum api-version: 2022-11-01 ServiceArtifactReference
storageProfile Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks. VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile
userData UserData for the virtual machines in the scale set, which must be base-64 encoded. Customer should not pass any secrets in here. Minimum api-version: 2021-03-01. string

ApplicationProfile

Name Description Value
galleryApplications Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS VMGalleryApplication[]

VMGalleryApplication

Name Description Value
configurationReference Optional, Specifies the uri to an azure blob that will replace the default configuration for the package if provided string
enableAutomaticUpgrade If set to true, when a new Gallery Application version is available in PIR/SIG, it will be automatically updated for the VM/VMSS bool
order Optional, Specifies the order in which the packages have to be installed int
packageReferenceId Specifies the GalleryApplicationVersion resource id on the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/applications/{application}/versions/{version} string (required)
tags Optional, Specifies a passthrough value for more generic context. string
treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure Optional, If true, any failure for any operation in the VmApplication will fail the deployment bool

BillingProfile

Name Description Value
maxPrice Specifies the maximum price you are willing to pay for a Azure Spot VM/VMSS. This price is in US Dollars.

This price will be compared with the current Azure Spot price for the VM size. Also, the prices are compared at the time of create/update of Azure Spot VM/VMSS and the operation will only succeed if the maxPrice is greater than the current Azure Spot price.

The maxPrice will also be used for evicting a Azure Spot VM/VMSS if the current Azure Spot price goes beyond the maxPrice after creation of VM/VMSS.

Possible values are:

- Any decimal value greater than zero. Example: 0.01538

-1 – indicates default price to be up-to on-demand.

You can set the maxPrice to -1 to indicate that the Azure Spot VM/VMSS should not be evicted for price reasons. Also, the default max price is -1 if it is not provided by you.

Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. To specify a decimal value, use the json() function.
int or json decimal

CapacityReservationProfile

Name Description Value
capacityReservationGroup Specifies the capacity reservation group resource id that should be used for allocating the virtual machine or scaleset vm instances provided enough capacity has been reserved. Please refer to https://aka.ms/CapacityReservation for more details. SubResource

DiagnosticsProfile

Name Description Value
bootDiagnostics Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor. BootDiagnostics

BootDiagnostics

Name Description Value
enabled Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine. bool
storageUri Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile

Name Description Value
extensions The virtual machine scale set child extension resources. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension[]
extensionsTimeBudget Specifies the time alloted for all extensions to start. The time duration should be between 15 minutes and 120 minutes (inclusive) and should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 90 minutes (PT1H30M). Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension

Name Description Value
name The name of the extension. string
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set Extension. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

Name Description Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true. bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available. bool
forceUpdateTag If a value is provided and is different from the previous value, the extension handler will be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed. string
protectedSettings The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.
protectedSettingsFromKeyVault The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault KeyVaultSecretReference
provisionAfterExtensions Collection of extension names after which this extension needs to be provisioned. string[]
publisher The name of the extension handler publisher. string
settings Json formatted public settings for the extension.
suppressFailures Indicates whether failures stemming from the extension will be suppressed (Operational failures such as not connecting to the VM will not be suppressed regardless of this value). The default is false. bool
type Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension". string
typeHandlerVersion Specifies the version of the script handler. string

KeyVaultSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault. string (required)
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret. SubResource (required)

VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile

Name Description Value
vmSizeProperties Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details. VMSizeProperties

VMSizeProperties

Name Description Value
vCPUsAvailable Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. int
vCPUsPerCore Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled. int

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile

Name Description Value
healthProbe A reference to a load balancer probe used to determine the health of an instance in the virtual machine scale set. The reference will be in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/{loadBalancerName}/probes/{probeName}'. ApiEntityReference
networkApiVersion specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations for Virtual Machine Scale Set with orchestration mode 'Flexible' '2020-11-01'
networkInterfaceConfigurations The list of network configurations. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration[]

ApiEntityReference

Name Description Value
id The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/... string

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The network configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
auxiliaryMode Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource. 'AcceleratedConnections'
'Floating'
'None'
auxiliarySku Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource. 'A1'
'A2'
'A4'
'A8'
'None'
deleteOption Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted 'Delete'
'Detach'
disableTcpStateTracking Specifies whether the network interface is disabled for tcp state tracking. bool
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...
enableAcceleratedNetworking Specifies whether the network interface is accelerated networking-enabled. bool
enableFpga Specifies whether the network interface is FPGA networking-enabled. bool
enableIPForwarding Whether IP forwarding enabled on this NIC. bool
ipConfigurations Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration[] (required)
networkSecurityGroup The network security group. SubResource
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...

Name Description Value
dnsServers List of DNS servers IP addresses string[]

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The IP configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration properties. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of application gateways. A scale set can reference backend address pools of multiple application gateways. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same application gateway. SubResource[]
applicationSecurityGroups Specifies an array of references to application security group. SubResource[]
loadBalancerBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of load balancers. A scale set can reference backend address pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
loadBalancerInboundNatPools Specifies an array of references to inbound Nat pools of the load balancers. A scale set can reference inbound nat pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool
privateIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2017-03-30 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. 'IPv4'
'IPv6'
publicIPAddressConfiguration The publicIPAddressConfiguration. VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration
subnet Specifies the identifier of the subnet. ApiEntityReference

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The publicIP address configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machines scale set IP Configuration's PublicIPAddress configuration VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...
sku Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. PublicIPAddressSku

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...

Name Description Value
deleteOption Specify what happens to the public IP when the VM is deleted 'Delete'
'Detach'
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses . VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...
idleTimeoutInMinutes The idle timeout of the public IP address. int
ipTags The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address. VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag[]
publicIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. 'IPv4'
'IPv6'
publicIPPrefix The PublicIPPrefix from which to allocate publicIP addresses. SubResource

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...

Name Description Value
domainNameLabel The Domain name label.The concatenation of the domain name label and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created string (required)
domainNameLabelScope The Domain name label scope.The concatenation of the hashed domain name label that generated according to the policy from domain name label scope and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created 'NoReuse'
'ResourceGroupReuse'
'SubscriptionReuse'
'TenantReuse'

VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag

Name Description Value
ipTagType IP tag type. Example: FirstPartyUsage. string
tag IP tag associated with the public IP. Example: SQL, Storage etc. string

PublicIPAddressSku

Name Description Value
name Specify public IP sku name 'Basic'
'Standard'
tier Specify public IP sku tier 'Global'
'Regional'

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile

Name Description Value
adminPassword Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match [\W_])

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM

For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
string

Constraints:
Sensitive value. Pass in as a secure parameter.
adminUsername Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters
string
allowExtensionOperations Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine scale set. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine scale set. bool
computerNamePrefix Specifies the computer name prefix for all of the virtual machines in the scale set. Computer name prefixes must be 1 to 15 characters long. string
customData Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. For using cloud-init for your VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation string
linuxConfiguration Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions. LinuxConfiguration
requireGuestProvisionSignal Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
secrets Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machines in the scale set. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows. VaultSecretGroup[]
windowsConfiguration Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine. WindowsConfiguration

LinuxConfiguration

Name Description Value
disablePasswordAuthentication Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled. bool
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxPatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
ssh Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS. SshConfiguration

LinuxPatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. 'Always'
'IfRequired'
'Never'
'Unknown'

SshConfiguration

Name Description Value
publicKeys The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs. SshPublicKey[]

SshPublicKey

Name Description Value
keyData SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed). string
path Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys string

VaultSecretGroup

Name Description Value
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates. SubResource
vaultCertificates The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates. VaultCertificate[]

VaultCertificate

Name Description Value
certificateStore For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted. string
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string

WindowsConfiguration

Name Description Value
additionalUnattendContent Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. AdditionalUnattendContent[]
enableAutomaticUpdates Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows. PatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
timeZone Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones. string
winRM Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell. WinRMConfiguration

AdditionalUnattendContent

Name Description Value
componentName The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup. 'Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup'
content Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted. string
passName The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem. 'OobeSystem'
settingName Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon. 'AutoLogon'
'FirstLogonCommands'

PatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'ImageDefault'
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows. WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
enableHotpatching Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'. bool
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true
'AutomaticByOS'
'AutomaticByPlatform'
'Manual'

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. 'Always'
'IfRequired'
'Never'
'Unknown'

WinRMConfiguration

Name Description Value
listeners The list of Windows Remote Management listeners WinRMListener[]

WinRMListener

Name Description Value
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string
protocol Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https. 'Http'
'Https'

ScheduledEventsProfile

Name Description Value
osImageNotificationProfile Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations. OSImageNotificationProfile
terminateNotificationProfile Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations. TerminateNotificationProfile

OSImageNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the OS Image Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Length of time a Virtual Machine being reimaged or having its OS upgraded will have to potentially approve the OS Image Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration is specified in ISO 8601 format, and the value must be 15 minutes (PT15M) string

TerminateNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the Terminate Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Configurable length of time a Virtual Machine being deleted will have to potentially approve the Terminate Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration must be specified in ISO 8601 format, the default value is 5 minutes (PT5M) string

SecurityPostureReference

Name Description Value
excludeExtensions The list of virtual machine extension names to exclude when applying the security posture. string[]
id The security posture reference id in the form of /CommunityGalleries/{communityGalleryName}/securityPostures/{securityPostureName}/versions/{major.minor.patch},latest string (required)
isOverridable Whether the security posture can be overridden by the user. bool

SecurityProfile

Name Description Value
encryptionAtHost This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource. bool
encryptionIdentity Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations. EncryptionIdentity
proxyAgentSettings Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. ProxyAgentSettings
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set. 'ConfidentialVM'
'TrustedLaunch'
uefiSettings Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. UefiSettings

EncryptionIdentity

Name Description Value
userAssignedIdentityResourceId Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM. string

ProxyAgentSettings

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. bool
keyIncarnationId Increase the value of this property allows user to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host. int
mode Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode. 'Audit'
'Enforce'

UefiSettings

Name Description Value
secureBootEnabled Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool
vTpmEnabled Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool

ServiceArtifactReference

Name Description Value
id The service artifact reference id in the form of /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroup}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/serviceArtifacts/{serviceArtifactName}/vmArtifactsProfiles/{vmArtifactsProfilesName} string

VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile

Name Description Value
dataDisks Specifies the parameters that are used to add data disks to the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk[]
diskControllerType string
imageReference Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations. ImageReference
osDisk Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. 'None'
'ReadOnly'
'ReadWrite'
createOption The create option. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Restore' (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether data disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the data disk is deleted when the VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the data disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete.
'Delete'
'Detach'
diskIOPSReadWrite Specifies the Read-Write IOPS for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskMBpsReadWrite Specifies the bandwidth in MB per second for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property diskSizeGB is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
lun Specifies the logical unit number of the data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM. int (required)
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityProfile Specifies the security profile for the managed disk. VMDiskSecurityProfile
storageAccountType Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk. 'PremiumV2_LRS'
'Premium_LRS'
'Premium_ZRS'
'StandardSSD_LRS'
'StandardSSD_ZRS'
'Standard_LRS'
'UltraSSD_LRS'

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityEncryptionType Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs. 'DiskWithVMGuestState'
'NonPersistedTPM'
'VMGuestStateOnly'

ImageReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId Specified the community gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from community gallery image GET call. string
id Resource Id string
offer Specifies the offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. string
publisher The image publisher. string
sharedGalleryImageId Specified the shared gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from shared gallery image GET call. string
sku The image SKU. string
version Specifies the version of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. The allowed formats are Major.Minor.Build or 'latest'. Major, Minor, and Build are decimal numbers. Specify 'latest' to use the latest version of an image available at deploy time. Even if you use 'latest', the VM image will not automatically update after deploy time even if a new version becomes available. Please do not use field 'version' for gallery image deployment, gallery image should always use 'id' field for deployment, to use 'latest' version of gallery image, just set '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/images/{imageName}' in the 'id' field without version input. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. 'None'
'ReadOnly'
'ReadWrite'
createOption Specifies how the virtual machines in the scale set should be created. The only allowed value is: FromImage. This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you also use the plan element previously described. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Restore' (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the OS disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete. For an Ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. User cannot change the delete option for Ephemeral OS Disk.
'Delete'
'Detach'
diffDiskSettings Specifies the ephemeral disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine scale set. DiffDiskSettings
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property 'diskSizeGB' is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
image Specifies information about the unmanaged user image to base the scale set on. VirtualHardDisk
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
osType This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux. 'Linux'
'Windows'
vhdContainers Specifies the container urls that are used to store operating system disks for the scale set. string[]
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

DiffDiskSettings

Name Description Value
option Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk. 'Local'
placement Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at /azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at /azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01. 'CacheDisk'
'NvmeDisk'
'ResourceDisk'

VirtualHardDisk

Name Description Value
uri Specifies the virtual hard disk's uri. string

Sku

Name Description Value
capacity Specifies the number of virtual machines in the scale set. int
name The sku name. string
tier Specifies the tier of virtual machines in a scale set.

Possible Values:

Standard

Basic
string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Deploy VM Scale Set with LB probe and automatic repairs

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM scale set of Linux VMs behind a load balancer with health probe configured. The scale set also has automatic instance repairs policy enabled with a grace period of 30 minutes.
Deploy a VMSS that connects each VM to an Azure Files share

Deploy to Azure
This template deploys an Ubuntu Virtual Machine Scale Set and uses a custom script extension to connect each VM to an Azure Files share
Deploy a Windows VM Scale Set with a Custom Script Extension

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the lastest patched version of various Windows Versions. These VMs have a custom script extension for customization and are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for rdp connections.
Deploy a Scale Set into an existing vnet

Deploy to Azure
This template deploys a VM Scale Set into an exsisting vnet.
Add multiple VMs into a Virtual Machine Scale Set

Deploy to Azure
This template will create N number of VM's with managed disks, public IPs and network interfaces. It will create the VMs in a Virtual Machine Scale Set in Flexible Orchestration mode. They will be provisioned in a Virtual Network which will also be created as part of the deployment
VMSS Flexible Orchestration Mode Quickstart Linux

Deploy to Azure
This template deploys a simple VM Scale Set with instances behind an Azure Load Balancer. The VM Scale set is in Flexible Orchestration Mode. Use the os parameter to choose Linux (Ubuntu) or Windows (Windows Server Datacenter 2019) deployment. NOTE: This quickstart template enables network access to VM management ports (SSH, RDP) from any internet address, and should not be used for production deployments.
Deploy a VM Scale Set with Linux VMs behind ILB

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM Scale Set of Linux VMs using the latest patched version of Ubuntu Linux 15.10 or 14.04.4-LTS. These VMs are behind an internal load balancer with NAT rules for ssh connections.
Deploy a VM Scale Set with a Linux custom image

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a custom VM Linux image inside an Scale Set. These VMs are behind a load balancer with HTTP load balancing (by default on port 80). The example uses a custom script to do the application deployment and update, you may have to provide your custom script for your own update procedure. You will have to provide a generalized image of your VM in the same subscription and region where you create the VMSS.
Deploy a simple VM Scale Set with Linux VMs

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set of Linux VMs using the latest patched version of Ubuntu Linux 14.04.4-LTS or 16.04-LTS. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for ssh connections.
Deploy a VM Scale Set with Linux VMs in Availabilty Zones

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set of Linux VMs using the latest patched version of Ubuntu Linux 14.04.4-LTS or 16.04-LTS. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for ssh connections.
Deploy a Linux VMSS wth primary/secondary architecture

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a Linux VMSS with a Custom Script Extension in primary secondary architecture
Simple VM Scale Set with Linux VMs and public IPv4 per VM

Deploy to Azure
This template demonstrates deploying a simple scale set with load balancer, inbound NAT rules, and public IP per VM.
Deploy a trusted launch capable Windows VM Scale Set

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a trusted launch capable VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the latest patched version of Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for RDP connections. If you enable Secureboot and vTPM, the Guest Attestation extension will be installed on your VMSS. This extension will perform remote attestation by the cloud.
Deploy an Ubuntu VM scale set with Azure Application Gateway

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple Ubuntu VM Scale Set integrated with Azure Application Gateway, and supports up to 1000 VMs
Deploy a VM Scale Set with Linux VMs and Auto Scale

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set of Linux VMs using the latest patched version of Ubuntu Linux 15.04 or 14.04.4-LTS. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for ssh connections.They also have Auto Scale integrated
SSL enabled VM Scale Set

Deploy to Azure
Deploys web servers configures with SSL certificates deployed securely form Azure Key Vault
Deploy a Scale Set into an existing vnet on Windows

Deploy to Azure
This template deploys a Windows 2016 Datacenter VM Scale Set into an exsisting resource group, vnet and subnet.
Deploy a Windows VM scale set with Azure Application Gateway

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple Windows VM Scale Set integrated with Azure Application Gateway, and supports up to 1000 VMs
Deploy a VM Scale Set with Windows VMs and Auto Scale

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the latest patched version of Windows 2008-R2-SP1, 2012-Datacenter, or 2012-R2-Datacenter. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for RDP connections. They also have Auto Scale integrated
Deploy a VM Scale Set with a Windows custom image

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set usng a custom Windows image. These VMs are behind a load balancer with HTTP load balancing (by default on port 80)
Deploy a simple VM Scale Set with Windows VMs

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a simple VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the lastest patched version of various Windows Versions. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for rdp connections.
Deploy a VM Scale Set with Windows VMs in Availability Zones

Deploy to Azure
This template allows you to deploy a VM Scale Set of Windows VMs using the lastest patched version of various Windows Versions. These VMs are behind a load balancer with NAT rules for rdp connections.
VMSS with Public IP Prefix

Deploy to Azure
Template for deploying VMSS with Public IP Prefix

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The virtualMachineScaleSets resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

  • Resource groups

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets@2024-07-01"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  identity {
    type = "string"
    identity_ids = []
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      additionalCapabilities = {
        hibernationEnabled = bool
        ultraSSDEnabled = bool
      }
      automaticRepairsPolicy = {
        enabled = bool
        gracePeriod = "string"
        repairAction = "string"
      }
      constrainedMaximumCapacity = bool
      doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs = bool
      hostGroup = {
        id = "string"
      }
      orchestrationMode = "string"
      overprovision = bool
      platformFaultDomainCount = int
      priorityMixPolicy = {
        baseRegularPriorityCount = int
        regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase = int
      }
      proximityPlacementGroup = {
        id = "string"
      }
      resiliencyPolicy = {
        resilientVMCreationPolicy = {
          enabled = bool
        }
        resilientVMDeletionPolicy = {
          enabled = bool
        }
      }
      scaleInPolicy = {
        forceDeletion = bool
        rules = [
          "string"
        ]
      }
      scheduledEventsPolicy = {
        scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets = {
          eventGridAndResourceGraph = {
            enable = bool
          }
        }
        userInitiatedReboot = {
          automaticallyApprove = bool
        }
        userInitiatedRedeploy = {
          automaticallyApprove = bool
        }
      }
      singlePlacementGroup = bool
      skuProfile = {
        allocationStrategy = "string"
        vmSizes = [
          {
            name = "string"
          }
        ]
      }
      spotRestorePolicy = {
        enabled = bool
        restoreTimeout = "string"
      }
      upgradePolicy = {
        automaticOSUpgradePolicy = {
          disableAutomaticRollback = bool
          enableAutomaticOSUpgrade = bool
          osRollingUpgradeDeferral = bool
          useRollingUpgradePolicy = bool
        }
        mode = "string"
        rollingUpgradePolicy = {
          enableCrossZoneUpgrade = bool
          maxBatchInstancePercent = int
          maxSurge = bool
          maxUnhealthyInstancePercent = int
          maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent = int
          pauseTimeBetweenBatches = "string"
          prioritizeUnhealthyInstances = bool
          rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach = bool
        }
      }
      virtualMachineProfile = {
        applicationProfile = {
          galleryApplications = [
            {
              configurationReference = "string"
              enableAutomaticUpgrade = bool
              order = int
              packageReferenceId = "string"
              tags = "string"
              treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure = bool
            }
          ]
        }
        billingProfile = {
          maxPrice = "decimal-as-string"
        }
        capacityReservation = {
          capacityReservationGroup = {
            id = "string"
          }
        }
        diagnosticsProfile = {
          bootDiagnostics = {
            enabled = bool
            storageUri = "string"
          }
        }
        evictionPolicy = "string"
        extensionProfile = {
          extensions = [
            {
              name = "string"
              properties = {
                autoUpgradeMinorVersion = bool
                enableAutomaticUpgrade = bool
                forceUpdateTag = "string"
                protectedSettingsFromKeyVault = {
                  secretUrl = "string"
                  sourceVault = {
                    id = "string"
                  }
                }
                provisionAfterExtensions = [
                  "string"
                ]
                publisher = "string"
                suppressFailures = bool
                type = "string"
                typeHandlerVersion = "string"
              }
            }
          ]
          extensionsTimeBudget = "string"
        }
        hardwareProfile = {
          vmSizeProperties = {
            vCPUsAvailable = int
            vCPUsPerCore = int
          }
        }
        licenseType = "string"
        networkProfile = {
          healthProbe = {
            id = "string"
          }
          networkApiVersion = "2020-11-01"
          networkInterfaceConfigurations = [
            {
              name = "string"
              properties = {
                auxiliaryMode = "string"
                auxiliarySku = "string"
                deleteOption = "string"
                disableTcpStateTracking = bool
                dnsSettings = {
                  dnsServers = [
                    "string"
                  ]
                }
                enableAcceleratedNetworking = bool
                enableFpga = bool
                enableIPForwarding = bool
                ipConfigurations = [
                  {
                    name = "string"
                    properties = {
                      applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools = [
                        {
                          id = "string"
                        }
                      ]
                      applicationSecurityGroups = [
                        {
                          id = "string"
                        }
                      ]
                      loadBalancerBackendAddressPools = [
                        {
                          id = "string"
                        }
                      ]
                      loadBalancerInboundNatPools = [
                        {
                          id = "string"
                        }
                      ]
                      primary = bool
                      privateIPAddressVersion = "string"
                      publicIPAddressConfiguration = {
                        name = "string"
                        properties = {
                          deleteOption = "string"
                          dnsSettings = {
                            domainNameLabel = "string"
                            domainNameLabelScope = "string"
                          }
                          idleTimeoutInMinutes = int
                          ipTags = [
                            {
                              ipTagType = "string"
                              tag = "string"
                            }
                          ]
                          publicIPAddressVersion = "string"
                          publicIPPrefix = {
                            id = "string"
                          }
                        }
                        sku = {
                          name = "string"
                          tier = "string"
                        }
                      }
                      subnet = {
                        id = "string"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                ]
                networkSecurityGroup = {
                  id = "string"
                }
                primary = bool
              }
            }
          ]
        }
        osProfile = {
          adminPassword = "string"
          adminUsername = "string"
          allowExtensionOperations = bool
          computerNamePrefix = "string"
          customData = "string"
          linuxConfiguration = {
            disablePasswordAuthentication = bool
            enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates = bool
            patchSettings = {
              assessmentMode = "string"
              automaticByPlatformSettings = {
                bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule = bool
                rebootSetting = "string"
              }
              patchMode = "string"
            }
            provisionVMAgent = bool
            ssh = {
              publicKeys = [
                {
                  keyData = "string"
                  path = "string"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
          requireGuestProvisionSignal = bool
          secrets = [
            {
              sourceVault = {
                id = "string"
              }
              vaultCertificates = [
                {
                  certificateStore = "string"
                  certificateUrl = "string"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
          windowsConfiguration = {
            additionalUnattendContent = [
              {
                componentName = "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"
                content = "string"
                passName = "OobeSystem"
                settingName = "string"
              }
            ]
            enableAutomaticUpdates = bool
            patchSettings = {
              assessmentMode = "string"
              automaticByPlatformSettings = {
                bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule = bool
                rebootSetting = "string"
              }
              enableHotpatching = bool
              patchMode = "string"
            }
            provisionVMAgent = bool
            timeZone = "string"
            winRM = {
              listeners = [
                {
                  certificateUrl = "string"
                  protocol = "string"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
        priority = "string"
        scheduledEventsProfile = {
          osImageNotificationProfile = {
            enable = bool
            notBeforeTimeout = "string"
          }
          terminateNotificationProfile = {
            enable = bool
            notBeforeTimeout = "string"
          }
        }
        securityPostureReference = {
          excludeExtensions = [
            "string"
          ]
          id = "string"
          isOverridable = bool
        }
        securityProfile = {
          encryptionAtHost = bool
          encryptionIdentity = {
            userAssignedIdentityResourceId = "string"
          }
          proxyAgentSettings = {
            enabled = bool
            keyIncarnationId = int
            mode = "string"
          }
          securityType = "string"
          uefiSettings = {
            secureBootEnabled = bool
            vTpmEnabled = bool
          }
        }
        serviceArtifactReference = {
          id = "string"
        }
        storageProfile = {
          dataDisks = [
            {
              caching = "string"
              createOption = "string"
              deleteOption = "string"
              diskIOPSReadWrite = int
              diskMBpsReadWrite = int
              diskSizeGB = int
              lun = int
              managedDisk = {
                diskEncryptionSet = {
                  id = "string"
                }
                securityProfile = {
                  diskEncryptionSet = {
                    id = "string"
                  }
                  securityEncryptionType = "string"
                }
                storageAccountType = "string"
              }
              name = "string"
              writeAcceleratorEnabled = bool
            }
          ]
          diskControllerType = "string"
          imageReference = {
            communityGalleryImageId = "string"
            id = "string"
            offer = "string"
            publisher = "string"
            sharedGalleryImageId = "string"
            sku = "string"
            version = "string"
          }
          osDisk = {
            caching = "string"
            createOption = "string"
            deleteOption = "string"
            diffDiskSettings = {
              option = "Local"
              placement = "string"
            }
            diskSizeGB = int
            image = {
              uri = "string"
            }
            managedDisk = {
              diskEncryptionSet = {
                id = "string"
              }
              securityProfile = {
                diskEncryptionSet = {
                  id = "string"
                }
                securityEncryptionType = "string"
              }
              storageAccountType = "string"
            }
            name = "string"
            osType = "string"
            vhdContainers = [
              "string"
            ]
            writeAcceleratorEnabled = bool
          }
        }
        userData = "string"
      }
      zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode = "string"
      zoneBalance = bool
    }
    zones = [
      "string" or int
    ]
    sku = {
      capacity = int
      name = "string"
      tier = "string"
    }
    extendedLocation = {
      name = "string"
      type = "EdgeZone"
    }
    plan = {
      name = "string"
      product = "string"
      promotionCode = "string"
      publisher = "string"
    }
  })
}

Property values

virtualMachineScaleSets

Name Description Value
type The resource type "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets@2024-07-01"
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-15 (Windows)
1-64 (Linux)



Valid characters:
Can't use spaces, control characters, or these characters:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) = + _ [ ] { } \ | ; : . ' " , < > / ?

Can't start with underscore. Can't end with period or hyphen.
location Resource location string (required)
parent_id To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group. string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values.
sku The virtual machine scale set sku. Sku
extendedLocation The extended location of the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ExtendedLocation
identity The identity of the virtual machine scale set, if configured. VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity
plan Specifies information about the marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. This element is only used for marketplace images. Before you can use a marketplace image from an API, you must enable the image for programmatic use. In the Azure portal, find the marketplace image that you want to use and then click Want to deploy programmatically, Get Started ->. Enter any required information and then click Save. Plan
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set. VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties
zones The virtual machine scale set zones. Array of availability zones as string or int.

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. "EdgeZone"

VirtualMachineScaleSetIdentity

Name Description Value
type The type of identity used for the virtual machine scale set. The type 'SystemAssigned, UserAssigned' includes both an implicitly created identity and a set of user assigned identities. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the virtual machine scale set. "SystemAssigned"
"SystemAssigned, UserAssigned"
"UserAssigned"
identity_ids The list of user identities associated with the virtual machine scale set. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'. Array of user identity IDs.

UserAssignedIdentities

Name Description Value
{customized property} UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

UserAssignedIdentitiesValue

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

Plan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string
promotionCode The promotion code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetProperties

Name Description Value
additionalCapabilities Specifies additional capabilities enabled or disabled on the Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. For instance: whether the Virtual Machines have the capability to support attaching managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type. AdditionalCapabilities
automaticRepairsPolicy Policy for automatic repairs. AutomaticRepairsPolicy
constrainedMaximumCapacity Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
doNotRunExtensionsOnOverprovisionedVMs When Overprovision is enabled, extensions are launched only on the requested number of VMs which are finally kept. This property will hence ensure that the extensions do not run on the extra overprovisioned VMs. bool
hostGroup Specifies information about the dedicated host group that the virtual machine scale set resides in. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. SubResource
orchestrationMode Specifies the orchestration mode for the virtual machine scale set. "Flexible"
"Uniform"
overprovision Specifies whether the Virtual Machine Scale Set should be overprovisioned. bool
platformFaultDomainCount Fault Domain count for each placement group. int
priorityMixPolicy Specifies the desired targets for mixing Spot and Regular priority VMs within the same VMSS Flex instance. PriorityMixPolicy
proximityPlacementGroup Specifies information about the proximity placement group that the virtual machine scale set should be assigned to. Minimum api-version: 2018-04-01. SubResource
resiliencyPolicy Policy for Resiliency ResiliencyPolicy
scaleInPolicy Specifies the policies applied when scaling in Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Scale Set. ScaleInPolicy
scheduledEventsPolicy The ScheduledEventsPolicy. ScheduledEventsPolicy
singlePlacementGroup When true this limits the scale set to a single placement group, of max size 100 virtual machines. NOTE: If singlePlacementGroup is true, it may be modified to false. However, if singlePlacementGroup is false, it may not be modified to true. bool
skuProfile Specifies the sku profile for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfile
spotRestorePolicy Specifies the Spot Restore properties for the virtual machine scale set. SpotRestorePolicy
upgradePolicy The upgrade policy. UpgradePolicy
virtualMachineProfile The virtual machine profile. VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile
zonalPlatformFaultDomainAlignMode Specifies the align mode between Virtual Machine Scale Set compute and storage Fault Domain count. "Aligned"
"Unaligned"
zoneBalance Whether to force strictly even Virtual Machine distribution cross x-zones in case there is zone outage. zoneBalance property can only be set if the zones property of the scale set contains more than one zone. If there are no zones or only one zone specified, then zoneBalance property should not be set. bool

AdditionalCapabilities

Name Description Value
hibernationEnabled The flag that enables or disables hibernation capability on the VM. bool
ultraSSDEnabled The flag that enables or disables a capability to have one or more managed data disks with UltraSSD_LRS storage account type on the VM or VMSS. Managed disks with storage account type UltraSSD_LRS can be added to a virtual machine or virtual machine scale set only if this property is enabled. bool

AutomaticRepairsPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether automatic repairs should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool
gracePeriod The amount of time for which automatic repairs are suspended due to a state change on VM. The grace time starts after the state change has completed. This helps avoid premature or accidental repairs. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The minimum allowed grace period is 10 minutes (PT10M), which is also the default value. The maximum allowed grace period is 90 minutes (PT90M). string
repairAction Type of repair action (replace, restart, reimage) that will be used for repairing unhealthy virtual machines in the scale set. Default value is replace. "Reimage"
"Replace"
"Restart"

SubResource

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

PriorityMixPolicy

Name Description Value
baseRegularPriorityCount The base number of regular priority VMs that will be created in this scale set as it scales out. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
regularPriorityPercentageAboveBase The percentage of VM instances, after the base regular priority count has been reached, that are expected to use regular priority. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100

ResiliencyPolicy

Name Description Value
resilientVMCreationPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM creation. ResilientVMCreationPolicy
resilientVMDeletionPolicy The configuration parameters used while performing resilient VM deletion. ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

ResilientVMCreationPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM creation should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ResilientVMDeletionPolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether resilient VM deletion should be enabled on the virtual machine scale set. The default value is false. bool

ScaleInPolicy

Name Description Value
forceDeletion This property allows you to specify if virtual machines chosen for removal have to be force deleted when a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in.(Feature in Preview) bool
rules The rules to be followed when scaling-in a virtual machine scale set.

Possible values are:

Default When a virtual machine scale set is scaled in, the scale set will first be balanced across zones if it is a zonal scale set. Then, it will be balanced across Fault Domains as far as possible. Within each Fault Domain, the virtual machines chosen for removal will be the newest ones that are not protected from scale-in.

OldestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the oldest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

NewestVM When a virtual machine scale set is being scaled-in, the newest virtual machines that are not protected from scale-in will be chosen for removal. For zonal virtual machine scale sets, the scale set will first be balanced across zones. Within each zone, the newest virtual machines that are not protected will be chosen for removal.

String array containing any of:
"Default"
"NewestVM"
"OldestVM"

ScheduledEventsPolicy

Name Description Value
scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets The configuration parameters used while publishing scheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets. ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets
userInitiatedReboot The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedReboot scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedReboot
userInitiatedRedeploy The configuration parameters used while creating userInitiatedRedeploy scheduled event setting creation. UserInitiatedRedeploy

ScheduledEventsAdditionalPublishingTargets

Name Description Value
eventGridAndResourceGraph The configuration parameters used while creating eventGridAndResourceGraph Scheduled Event setting. EventGridAndResourceGraph

EventGridAndResourceGraph

Name Description Value
enable Specifies if event grid and resource graph is enabled for Scheduled event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedReboot

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Reboot Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

UserInitiatedRedeploy

Name Description Value
automaticallyApprove Specifies Redeploy Scheduled Event related configurations. bool

SkuProfile

Name Description Value
allocationStrategy Specifies the allocation strategy for the virtual machine scale set based on which the VMs will be allocated. "CapacityOptimized"
"LowestPrice"
vmSizes Specifies the VM sizes for the virtual machine scale set. SkuProfileVMSize[]

SkuProfileVMSize

Name Description Value
name Specifies the name of the VM Size. string

SpotRestorePolicy

Name Description Value
enabled Enables the Spot-Try-Restore feature where evicted VMSS SPOT instances will be tried to be restored opportunistically based on capacity availability and pricing constraints bool
restoreTimeout Timeout value expressed as an ISO 8601 time duration after which the platform will not try to restore the VMSS SPOT instances string

UpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
automaticOSUpgradePolicy Configuration parameters used for performing automatic OS Upgrade. AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy
mode Specifies the mode of an upgrade to virtual machines in the scale set.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of updates to virtual machines in the scale set. You do this by using the manualUpgrade action.

Automatic - All virtual machines in the scale set are automatically updated at the same time.
"Automatic"
"Manual"
"Rolling"
rollingUpgradePolicy The configuration parameters used while performing a rolling upgrade. RollingUpgradePolicy

AutomaticOSUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
disableAutomaticRollback Whether OS image rollback feature should be disabled. Default value is false. bool
enableAutomaticOSUpgrade Indicates whether OS upgrades should automatically be applied to scale set instances in a rolling fashion when a newer version of the OS image becomes available. Default value is false. If this is set to true for Windows based scale sets, enableAutomaticUpdates is automatically set to false and cannot be set to true. bool
osRollingUpgradeDeferral Indicates whether Auto OS Upgrade should undergo deferral. Deferred OS upgrades will send advanced notifications on a per-VM basis that an OS upgrade from rolling upgrades is incoming, via the IMDS tag 'Platform.PendingOSUpgrade'. The upgrade then defers until the upgrade is approved via an ApproveRollingUpgrade call. bool
useRollingUpgradePolicy Indicates whether rolling upgrade policy should be used during Auto OS Upgrade. Default value is false. Auto OS Upgrade will fallback to the default policy if no policy is defined on the VMSS. bool

RollingUpgradePolicy

Name Description Value
enableCrossZoneUpgrade Allow VMSS to ignore AZ boundaries when constructing upgrade batches. Take into consideration the Update Domain and maxBatchInstancePercent to determine the batch size. bool
maxBatchInstancePercent The maximum percent of total virtual machine instances that will be upgraded simultaneously by the rolling upgrade in one batch. As this is a maximum, unhealthy instances in previous or future batches can cause the percentage of instances in a batch to decrease to ensure higher reliability. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxSurge Create new virtual machines to upgrade the scale set, rather than updating the existing virtual machines. Existing virtual machines will be deleted once the new virtual machines are created for each batch. bool
maxUnhealthyInstancePercent The maximum percentage of the total virtual machine instances in the scale set that can be simultaneously unhealthy, either as a result of being upgraded, or by being found in an unhealthy state by the virtual machine health checks before the rolling upgrade aborts. This constraint will be checked prior to starting any batch. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 5
Max value = 100
maxUnhealthyUpgradedInstancePercent The maximum percentage of upgraded virtual machine instances that can be found to be in an unhealthy state. This check will happen after each batch is upgraded. If this percentage is ever exceeded, the rolling update aborts. The default value for this parameter is 20%. int

Constraints:
Min value = 0
Max value = 100
pauseTimeBetweenBatches The wait time between completing the update for all virtual machines in one batch and starting the next batch. The time duration should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 0 seconds (PT0S). string
prioritizeUnhealthyInstances Upgrade all unhealthy instances in a scale set before any healthy instances. bool
rollbackFailedInstancesOnPolicyBreach Rollback failed instances to previous model if the Rolling Upgrade policy is violated. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMProfile

Name Description Value
applicationProfile Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS ApplicationProfile
billingProfile Specifies the billing related details of a Azure Spot VMSS. Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. BillingProfile
capacityReservation Specifies the capacity reservation related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-04-01. CapacityReservationProfile
diagnosticsProfile Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15. DiagnosticsProfile
evictionPolicy Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine and Azure Spot scale set. For Azure Spot virtual machines, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2019-03-01. For Azure Spot scale sets, both 'Deallocate' and 'Delete' are supported and the minimum api-version is 2017-10-30-preview. "Deallocate"
"Delete"
extensionProfile Specifies a collection of settings for extensions installed on virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile
hardwareProfile Specifies the hardware profile related details of a scale set. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile
licenseType Specifies that the image or disk that is being used was licensed on-premises.

Possible values for Windows Server operating system are:

Windows_Client

Windows_Server

Possible values for Linux Server operating system are:

RHEL_BYOS (for RHEL)

SLES_BYOS (for SUSE)

For more information, see Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Windows Server

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Linux Server

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
string
networkProfile Specifies properties of the network interfaces of the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile
osProfile Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile
priority Specifies the priority for the virtual machines in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2017-10-30-preview. "Low"
"Regular"
"Spot"
scheduledEventsProfile Specifies Scheduled Event related configurations. ScheduledEventsProfile
securityPostureReference Specifies the security posture to be used in the scale set. Minimum api-version: 2023-03-01 SecurityPostureReference
securityProfile Specifies the Security related profile settings for the virtual machines in the scale set. SecurityProfile
serviceArtifactReference Specifies the service artifact reference id used to set same image version for all virtual machines in the scale set when using 'latest' image version. Minimum api-version: 2022-11-01 ServiceArtifactReference
storageProfile Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks. VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile
userData UserData for the virtual machines in the scale set, which must be base-64 encoded. Customer should not pass any secrets in here. Minimum api-version: 2021-03-01. string

ApplicationProfile

Name Description Value
galleryApplications Specifies the gallery applications that should be made available to the VM/VMSS VMGalleryApplication[]

VMGalleryApplication

Name Description Value
configurationReference Optional, Specifies the uri to an azure blob that will replace the default configuration for the package if provided string
enableAutomaticUpgrade If set to true, when a new Gallery Application version is available in PIR/SIG, it will be automatically updated for the VM/VMSS bool
order Optional, Specifies the order in which the packages have to be installed int
packageReferenceId Specifies the GalleryApplicationVersion resource id on the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/applications/{application}/versions/{version} string (required)
tags Optional, Specifies a passthrough value for more generic context. string
treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure Optional, If true, any failure for any operation in the VmApplication will fail the deployment bool

BillingProfile

Name Description Value
maxPrice Specifies the maximum price you are willing to pay for a Azure Spot VM/VMSS. This price is in US Dollars.

This price will be compared with the current Azure Spot price for the VM size. Also, the prices are compared at the time of create/update of Azure Spot VM/VMSS and the operation will only succeed if the maxPrice is greater than the current Azure Spot price.

The maxPrice will also be used for evicting a Azure Spot VM/VMSS if the current Azure Spot price goes beyond the maxPrice after creation of VM/VMSS.

Possible values are:

- Any decimal value greater than zero. Example: 0.01538

-1 – indicates default price to be up-to on-demand.

You can set the maxPrice to -1 to indicate that the Azure Spot VM/VMSS should not be evicted for price reasons. Also, the default max price is -1 if it is not provided by you.

Minimum api-version: 2019-03-01. Specify a decimal value as a string.
int or json decimal

CapacityReservationProfile

Name Description Value
capacityReservationGroup Specifies the capacity reservation group resource id that should be used for allocating the virtual machine or scaleset vm instances provided enough capacity has been reserved. Please refer to https://aka.ms/CapacityReservation for more details. SubResource

DiagnosticsProfile

Name Description Value
bootDiagnostics Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. NOTE: If storageUri is being specified then ensure that the storage account is in the same region and subscription as the VM. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor. BootDiagnostics

BootDiagnostics

Name Description Value
enabled Whether boot diagnostics should be enabled on the Virtual Machine. bool
storageUri Uri of the storage account to use for placing the console output and screenshot. If storageUri is not specified while enabling boot diagnostics, managed storage will be used. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProfile

Name Description Value
extensions The virtual machine scale set child extension resources. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension[]
extensionsTimeBudget Specifies the time alloted for all extensions to start. The time duration should be between 15 minutes and 120 minutes (inclusive) and should be specified in ISO 8601 format. The default value is 90 minutes (PT1H30M). Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtension

Name Description Value
name The name of the extension. string
properties Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Scale Set Extension. VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetExtensionProperties

Name Description Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true. bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available. bool
forceUpdateTag If a value is provided and is different from the previous value, the extension handler will be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed. string
protectedSettings The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.
protectedSettingsFromKeyVault The extensions protected settings that are passed by reference, and consumed from key vault KeyVaultSecretReference
provisionAfterExtensions Collection of extension names after which this extension needs to be provisioned. string[]
publisher The name of the extension handler publisher. string
settings Json formatted public settings for the extension.
suppressFailures Indicates whether failures stemming from the extension will be suppressed (Operational failures such as not connecting to the VM will not be suppressed regardless of this value). The default is false. bool
type Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension". string
typeHandlerVersion Specifies the version of the script handler. string

KeyVaultSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault. string (required)
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret. SubResource (required)

VirtualMachineScaleSetHardwareProfile

Name Description Value
vmSizeProperties Specifies the properties for customizing the size of the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2021-11-01. Please follow the instructions in VM Customization for more details. VMSizeProperties

VMSizeProperties

Name Description Value
vCPUsAvailable Specifies the number of vCPUs available for the VM. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is to set it to the value of vCPUs available for that VM size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. int
vCPUsPerCore Specifies the vCPU to physical core ratio. When this property is not specified in the request body the default behavior is set to the value of vCPUsPerCore for the VM Size exposed in api response of List all available virtual machine sizes in a region. Setting this property to 1 also means that hyper-threading is disabled. int

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkProfile

Name Description Value
healthProbe A reference to a load balancer probe used to determine the health of an instance in the virtual machine scale set. The reference will be in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/{loadBalancerName}/probes/{probeName}'. ApiEntityReference
networkApiVersion specifies the Microsoft.Network API version used when creating networking resources in the Network Interface Configurations for Virtual Machine Scale Set with orchestration mode 'Flexible' "2020-11-01"
networkInterfaceConfigurations The list of network configurations. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration[]

ApiEntityReference

Name Description Value
id The ARM resource id in the form of /subscriptions/{SubscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{ResourceGroupName}/... string

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The network configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
auxiliaryMode Specifies whether the Auxiliary mode is enabled for the Network Interface resource. "AcceleratedConnections"
"Floating"
"None"
auxiliarySku Specifies whether the Auxiliary sku is enabled for the Network Interface resource. "A1"
"A2"
"A4"
"A8"
"None"
deleteOption Specify what happens to the network interface when the VM is deleted "Delete"
"Detach"
disableTcpStateTracking Specifies whether the network interface is disabled for tcp state tracking. bool
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the network interfaces. VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...
enableAcceleratedNetworking Specifies whether the network interface is accelerated networking-enabled. bool
enableFpga Specifies whether the network interface is FPGA networking-enabled. bool
enableIPForwarding Whether IP forwarding enabled on this NIC. bool
ipConfigurations Specifies the IP configurations of the network interface. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration[] (required)
networkSecurityGroup The network security group. SubResource
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetNetworkConfigurationDnsSetting...

Name Description Value
dnsServers List of DNS servers IP addresses string[]

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The IP configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machine scale set network profile's IP configuration properties. VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

VirtualMachineScaleSetIPConfigurationProperties

Name Description Value
applicationGatewayBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of application gateways. A scale set can reference backend address pools of multiple application gateways. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same application gateway. SubResource[]
applicationSecurityGroups Specifies an array of references to application security group. SubResource[]
loadBalancerBackendAddressPools Specifies an array of references to backend address pools of load balancers. A scale set can reference backend address pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
loadBalancerInboundNatPools Specifies an array of references to inbound Nat pools of the load balancers. A scale set can reference inbound nat pools of one public and one internal load balancer. Multiple scale sets cannot use the same basic sku load balancer. SubResource[]
primary Specifies the primary network interface in case the virtual machine has more than 1 network interface. bool
privateIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2017-03-30 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. "IPv4"
"IPv6"
publicIPAddressConfiguration The publicIPAddressConfiguration. VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration
subnet Specifies the identifier of the subnet. ApiEntityReference

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfiguration

Name Description Value
name The publicIP address configuration name. string (required)
properties Describes a virtual machines scale set IP Configuration's PublicIPAddress configuration VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...
sku Describes the public IP Sku. It can only be set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible. PublicIPAddressSku

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationPr...

Name Description Value
deleteOption Specify what happens to the public IP when the VM is deleted "Delete"
"Detach"
dnsSettings The dns settings to be applied on the publicIP addresses . VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...
idleTimeoutInMinutes The idle timeout of the public IP address. int
ipTags The list of IP tags associated with the public IP address. VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag[]
publicIPAddressVersion Available from Api-Version 2019-07-01 onwards, it represents whether the specific ipconfiguration is IPv4 or IPv6. Default is taken as IPv4. Possible values are: 'IPv4' and 'IPv6'. "IPv4"
"IPv6"
publicIPPrefix The PublicIPPrefix from which to allocate publicIP addresses. SubResource

VirtualMachineScaleSetPublicIPAddressConfigurationDn...

Name Description Value
domainNameLabel The Domain name label.The concatenation of the domain name label and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created string (required)
domainNameLabelScope The Domain name label scope.The concatenation of the hashed domain name label that generated according to the policy from domain name label scope and vm index will be the domain name labels of the PublicIPAddress resources that will be created "NoReuse"
"ResourceGroupReuse"
"SubscriptionReuse"
"TenantReuse"

VirtualMachineScaleSetIpTag

Name Description Value
ipTagType IP tag type. Example: FirstPartyUsage. string
tag IP tag associated with the public IP. Example: SQL, Storage etc. string

PublicIPAddressSku

Name Description Value
name Specify public IP sku name "Basic"
"Standard"
tier Specify public IP sku tier "Global"
"Regional"

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSProfile

Name Description Value
adminPassword Specifies the password of the administrator account.

Minimum-length (Windows): 8 characters

Minimum-length (Linux): 6 characters

Max-length (Windows): 123 characters

Max-length (Linux): 72 characters

Complexity requirements: 3 out of 4 conditions below need to be fulfilled
Has lower characters
Has upper characters
Has a digit
Has a special character (Regex match [\W_])

Disallowed values: "abc@123", "P@$$w0rd", "P@ssw0rd", "P@ssword123", "Pa$$word", "pass@word1", "Password!", "Password1", "Password22", "iloveyou!"

For resetting the password, see How to reset the Remote Desktop service or its login password in a Windows VM

For resetting root password, see Manage users, SSH, and check or repair disks on Azure Linux VMs using the VMAccess Extension
string

Constraints:
Sensitive value. Pass in as a secure parameter.
adminUsername Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Windows-only restriction: Cannot end in "."

Disallowed values: "administrator", "admin", "user", "user1", "test", "user2", "test1", "user3", "admin1", "1", "123", "a", "actuser", "adm", "admin2", "aspnet", "backup", "console", "david", "guest", "john", "owner", "root", "server", "sql", "support", "support_388945a0", "sys", "test2", "test3", "user4", "user5".

Minimum-length (Linux): 1 character

Max-length (Linux): 64 characters

Max-length (Windows): 20 characters
string
allowExtensionOperations Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine scale set. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine scale set. bool
computerNamePrefix Specifies the computer name prefix for all of the virtual machines in the scale set. Computer name prefixes must be 1 to 15 characters long. string
customData Specifies a base-64 encoded string of custom data. The base-64 encoded string is decoded to a binary array that is saved as a file on the Virtual Machine. The maximum length of the binary array is 65535 bytes. For using cloud-init for your VM, see Using cloud-init to customize a Linux VM during creation string
linuxConfiguration Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. For a list of supported Linux distributions, see Linux on Azure-Endorsed Distributions. LinuxConfiguration
requireGuestProvisionSignal Optional property which must either be set to True or omitted. bool
secrets Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machines in the scale set. To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows. VaultSecretGroup[]
windowsConfiguration Specifies Windows operating system settings on the virtual machine. WindowsConfiguration

LinuxConfiguration

Name Description Value
disablePasswordAuthentication Specifies whether password authentication should be disabled. bool
enableVMAgentPlatformUpdates Indicates whether VMAgent Platform Updates is enabled for the Linux virtual machine. Default value is false. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxPatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, default behavior is to set it to true. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
ssh Specifies the ssh key configuration for a Linux OS. SshConfiguration

LinuxPatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patch Assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
"AutomaticByPlatform"
"ImageDefault"
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Linux. LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - The virtual machine's default patching configuration is used.

AutomaticByPlatform - The virtual machine will be automatically updated by the platform. The property provisionVMAgent must be true
"AutomaticByPlatform"
"ImageDefault"

LinuxVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. "Always"
"IfRequired"
"Never"
"Unknown"

SshConfiguration

Name Description Value
publicKeys The list of SSH public keys used to authenticate with linux based VMs. SshPublicKey[]

SshPublicKey

Name Description Value
keyData SSH public key certificate used to authenticate with the VM through ssh. The key needs to be at least 2048-bit and in ssh-rsa format. For creating ssh keys, see [Create SSH keys on Linux and Mac for Linux VMs in Azure]/azure/virtual-machines/linux/create-ssh-keys-detailed). string
path Specifies the full path on the created VM where ssh public key is stored. If the file already exists, the specified key is appended to the file. Example: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys string

VaultSecretGroup

Name Description Value
sourceVault The relative URL of the Key Vault containing all of the certificates in VaultCertificates. SubResource
vaultCertificates The list of key vault references in SourceVault which contain certificates. VaultCertificate[]

VaultCertificate

Name Description Value
certificateStore For Windows VMs, specifies the certificate store on the Virtual Machine to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. For Linux VMs, the certificate file is placed under the /var/lib/waagent directory, with the file name <UppercaseThumbprint>.crt for the X509 certificate file and <UppercaseThumbprint>.prv for private key. Both of these files are .pem formatted. string
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be It is the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string

WindowsConfiguration

Name Description Value
additionalUnattendContent Specifies additional base-64 encoded XML formatted information that can be included in the Unattend.xml file, which is used by Windows Setup. AdditionalUnattendContent[]
enableAutomaticUpdates Indicates whether Automatic Updates is enabled for the Windows virtual machine. Default value is true. For virtual machine scale sets, this property can be updated and updates will take effect on OS reprovisioning. bool
patchSettings [Preview Feature] Specifies settings related to VM Guest Patching on Windows. PatchSettings
provisionVMAgent Indicates whether virtual machine agent should be provisioned on the virtual machine. When this property is not specified in the request body, it is set to true by default. This will ensure that VM Agent is installed on the VM so that extensions can be added to the VM later. bool
timeZone Specifies the time zone of the virtual machine. e.g. "Pacific Standard Time". Possible values can be TimeZoneInfo.Id value from time zones returned by TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones. string
winRM Specifies the Windows Remote Management listeners. This enables remote Windows PowerShell. WinRMConfiguration

AdditionalUnattendContent

Name Description Value
componentName The component name. Currently, the only allowable value is Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup. "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"
content Specifies the XML formatted content that is added to the unattend.xml file for the specified path and component. The XML must be less than 4KB and must include the root element for the setting or feature that is being inserted. string
passName The pass name. Currently, the only allowable value is OobeSystem. "OobeSystem"
settingName Specifies the name of the setting to which the content applies. Possible values are: FirstLogonCommands and AutoLogon. "AutoLogon"
"FirstLogonCommands"

PatchSettings

Name Description Value
assessmentMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest patch assessment for the IaaS virtual machine.

Possible values are:

ImageDefault - You control the timing of patch assessments on a virtual machine.

AutomaticByPlatform - The platform will trigger periodic patch assessments. The property provisionVMAgent must be true.
"AutomaticByPlatform"
"ImageDefault"
automaticByPlatformSettings Specifies additional settings for patch mode AutomaticByPlatform in VM Guest Patching on Windows. WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings
enableHotpatching Enables customers to patch their Azure VMs without requiring a reboot. For enableHotpatching, the 'provisionVMAgent' must be set to true and 'patchMode' must be set to 'AutomaticByPlatform'. bool
patchMode Specifies the mode of VM Guest Patching to IaaS virtual machine or virtual machines associated to virtual machine scale set with OrchestrationMode as Flexible.

Possible values are:

Manual - You control the application of patches to a virtual machine. You do this by applying patches manually inside the VM. In this mode, automatic updates are disabled; the property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be false

AutomaticByOS - The virtual machine will automatically be updated by the OS. The property WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true.

AutomaticByPlatform - the virtual machine will automatically updated by the platform. The properties provisionVMAgent and WindowsConfiguration.enableAutomaticUpdates must be true
"AutomaticByOS"
"AutomaticByPlatform"
"Manual"

WindowsVMGuestPatchAutomaticByPlatformSettings

Name Description Value
bypassPlatformSafetyChecksOnUserSchedule Enables customer to schedule patching without accidental upgrades bool
rebootSetting Specifies the reboot setting for all AutomaticByPlatform patch installation operations. "Always"
"IfRequired"
"Never"
"Unknown"

WinRMConfiguration

Name Description Value
listeners The list of Windows Remote Management listeners WinRMListener[]

WinRMListener

Name Description Value
certificateUrl This is the URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. For adding a secret to the Key Vault, see Add a key or secret to the key vault. In this case, your certificate needs to be the Base64 encoding of the following JSON Object which is encoded in UTF-8:

{
"data":"{Base64-encoded-certificate}",
"dataType":"pfx",
"password":"{pfx-file-password}"
}
To install certificates on a virtual machine it is recommended to use the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux or the Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Windows.
string
protocol Specifies the protocol of WinRM listener. Possible values are: http, https. "Http"
"Https"

ScheduledEventsProfile

Name Description Value
osImageNotificationProfile Specifies OS Image Scheduled Event related configurations. OSImageNotificationProfile
terminateNotificationProfile Specifies Terminate Scheduled Event related configurations. TerminateNotificationProfile

OSImageNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the OS Image Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Length of time a Virtual Machine being reimaged or having its OS upgraded will have to potentially approve the OS Image Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration is specified in ISO 8601 format, and the value must be 15 minutes (PT15M) string

TerminateNotificationProfile

Name Description Value
enable Specifies whether the Terminate Scheduled event is enabled or disabled. bool
notBeforeTimeout Configurable length of time a Virtual Machine being deleted will have to potentially approve the Terminate Scheduled Event before the event is auto approved (timed out). The configuration must be specified in ISO 8601 format, the default value is 5 minutes (PT5M) string

SecurityPostureReference

Name Description Value
excludeExtensions The list of virtual machine extension names to exclude when applying the security posture. string[]
id The security posture reference id in the form of /CommunityGalleries/{communityGalleryName}/securityPostures/{securityPostureName}/versions/{major.minor.patch},latest string (required)
isOverridable Whether the security posture can be overridden by the user. bool

SecurityProfile

Name Description Value
encryptionAtHost This property can be used by user in the request to enable or disable the Host Encryption for the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. This will enable the encryption for all the disks including Resource/Temp disk at host itself. The default behavior is: The Encryption at host will be disabled unless this property is set to true for the resource. bool
encryptionIdentity Specifies the Managed Identity used by ADE to get access token for keyvault operations. EncryptionIdentity
proxyAgentSettings Specifies ProxyAgent settings while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2023-09-01. ProxyAgentSettings
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the virtual machine. It has to be set to any specified value to enable UefiSettings. The default behavior is: UefiSettings will not be enabled unless this property is set. "ConfidentialVM"
"TrustedLaunch"
uefiSettings Specifies the security settings like secure boot and vTPM used while creating the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. UefiSettings

EncryptionIdentity

Name Description Value
userAssignedIdentityResourceId Specifies ARM Resource ID of one of the user identities associated with the VM. string

ProxyAgentSettings

Name Description Value
enabled Specifies whether ProxyAgent feature should be enabled on the virtual machine or virtual machine scale set. bool
keyIncarnationId Increase the value of this property allows user to reset the key used for securing communication channel between guest and host. int
mode Specifies the mode that ProxyAgent will execute on if the feature is enabled. ProxyAgent will start to audit or monitor but not enforce access control over requests to host endpoints in Audit mode, while in Enforce mode it will enforce access control. The default value is Enforce mode. "Audit"
"Enforce"

UefiSettings

Name Description Value
secureBootEnabled Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool
vTpmEnabled Specifies whether vTPM should be enabled on the virtual machine. Minimum api-version: 2020-12-01. bool

ServiceArtifactReference

Name Description Value
id The service artifact reference id in the form of /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroup}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/serviceArtifacts/{serviceArtifactName}/vmArtifactsProfiles/{vmArtifactsProfilesName} string

VirtualMachineScaleSetStorageProfile

Name Description Value
dataDisks Specifies the parameters that are used to add data disks to the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk[]
diskControllerType string
imageReference Specifies information about the image to use. You can specify information about platform images, marketplace images, or virtual machine images. This element is required when you want to use a platform image, marketplace image, or virtual machine image, but is not used in other creation operations. ImageReference
osDisk Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machines in the scale set. For more information about disks, see About disks and VHDs for Azure virtual machines. VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

VirtualMachineScaleSetDataDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. "None"
"ReadOnly"
"ReadWrite"
createOption The create option. "Attach"
"Copy"
"Empty"
"FromImage"
"Restore" (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether data disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the data disk is deleted when the VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the data disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete.
"Delete"
"Detach"
diskIOPSReadWrite Specifies the Read-Write IOPS for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskMBpsReadWrite Specifies the bandwidth in MB per second for the managed disk. Should be used only when StorageAccountType is UltraSSD_LRS. If not specified, a default value would be assigned based on diskSizeGB. int
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property diskSizeGB is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
lun Specifies the logical unit number of the data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM. int (required)
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityProfile Specifies the security profile for the managed disk. VMDiskSecurityProfile
storageAccountType Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. NOTE: UltraSSD_LRS can only be used with data disks, it cannot be used with OS Disk. "PremiumV2_LRS"
"Premium_LRS"
"Premium_ZRS"
"StandardSSD_LRS"
"StandardSSD_ZRS"
"Standard_LRS"
"UltraSSD_LRS"

DiskEncryptionSetParameters

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

VMDiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSet Specifies the customer managed disk encryption set resource id for the managed disk that is used for Customer Managed Key encrypted ConfidentialVM OS Disk and VMGuest blob. DiskEncryptionSetParameters
securityEncryptionType Specifies the EncryptionType of the managed disk. It is set to DiskWithVMGuestState for encryption of the managed disk along with VMGuestState blob, VMGuestStateOnly for encryption of just the VMGuestState blob, and NonPersistedTPM for not persisting firmware state in the VMGuestState blob.. Note: It can be set for only Confidential VMs. "DiskWithVMGuestState"
"NonPersistedTPM"
"VMGuestStateOnly"

ImageReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId Specified the community gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from community gallery image GET call. string
id Resource Id string
offer Specifies the offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. string
publisher The image publisher. string
sharedGalleryImageId Specified the shared gallery image unique id for vm deployment. This can be fetched from shared gallery image GET call. string
sku The image SKU. string
version Specifies the version of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. The allowed formats are Major.Minor.Build or 'latest'. Major, Minor, and Build are decimal numbers. Specify 'latest' to use the latest version of an image available at deploy time. Even if you use 'latest', the VM image will not automatically update after deploy time even if a new version becomes available. Please do not use field 'version' for gallery image deployment, gallery image should always use 'id' field for deployment, to use 'latest' version of gallery image, just set '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/{galleryName}/images/{imageName}' in the 'id' field without version input. string

VirtualMachineScaleSetOSDisk

Name Description Value
caching Specifies the caching requirements. Possible values are: None, ReadOnly, ReadWrite. The default values are: None for Standard storage. ReadOnly for Premium storage. "None"
"ReadOnly"
"ReadWrite"
createOption Specifies how the virtual machines in the scale set should be created. The only allowed value is: FromImage. This value is used when you are using an image to create the virtual machine. If you are using a platform image, you also use the imageReference element described above. If you are using a marketplace image, you also use the plan element previously described. "Attach"
"Copy"
"Empty"
"FromImage"
"Restore" (required)
deleteOption Specifies whether OS Disk should be deleted or detached upon VMSS Flex deletion (This feature is available for VMSS with Flexible OrchestrationMode only).

Possible values:

Delete If this value is used, the OS disk is deleted when VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

Detach If this value is used, the OS disk is retained after VMSS Flex VM is deleted.

The default value is set to Delete. For an Ephemeral OS Disk, the default value is set to Delete. User cannot change the delete option for Ephemeral OS Disk.
"Delete"
"Detach"
diffDiskSettings Specifies the ephemeral disk Settings for the operating system disk used by the virtual machine scale set. DiffDiskSettings
diskSizeGB Specifies the size of an empty data disk in gigabytes. This element can be used to overwrite the size of the disk in a virtual machine image. The property 'diskSizeGB' is the number of bytes x 1024^3 for the disk and the value cannot be larger than 1023. int
image Specifies information about the unmanaged user image to base the scale set on. VirtualHardDisk
managedDisk The managed disk parameters. VirtualMachineScaleSetManagedDiskParameters
name The disk name. string
osType This property allows you to specify the type of the OS that is included in the disk if creating a VM from user-image or a specialized VHD. Possible values are: Windows, Linux. "Linux"
"Windows"
vhdContainers Specifies the container urls that are used to store operating system disks for the scale set. string[]
writeAcceleratorEnabled Specifies whether writeAccelerator should be enabled or disabled on the disk. bool

DiffDiskSettings

Name Description Value
option Specifies the ephemeral disk settings for operating system disk. "Local"
placement Specifies the ephemeral disk placement for operating system disk. Possible values are: CacheDisk, ResourceDisk, NvmeDisk. The defaulting behavior is: CacheDisk if one is configured for the VM size otherwise ResourceDisk or NvmeDisk is used. Refer to the VM size documentation for Windows VM at /azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes and Linux VM at /azure/virtual-machines/linux/sizes to check which VM sizes exposes a cache disk. Minimum api-version for NvmeDisk: 2024-03-01. "CacheDisk"
"NvmeDisk"
"ResourceDisk"

VirtualHardDisk

Name Description Value
uri Specifies the virtual hard disk's uri. string

Sku

Name Description Value
capacity Specifies the number of virtual machines in the scale set. int
name The sku name. string
tier Specifies the tier of virtual machines in a scale set.

Possible Values:

Standard

Basic
string