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Azure Compute Decision Wizard

Answer a few questions about your workload and get a starting Azure compute service — Virtual Machines, App Service, Functions, AKS, Container Apps, Container Instances, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Batch, or Azure VMware Solution. Each recommendation shows why it fits, what to watch out for, and links to a full trade-off breakdown (scaling, multiregion, operational overhead, cost). Based on the official Microsoft compute decision guide.

Based on the official Microsoft Choose an Azure compute service guide. The result is a starting candidate, not a final decision.

1. Are you migrating an existing workload, or building something new?
2. What best describes the workload?
3. Is the workload containerized?
4. What are your container orchestration needs?
5. Do you need full control over the OS and runtime?
6. Any existing platform investment?
7. What is your operational capacity?