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Asked: 2026-06-10T04:04:45+00:00

I am looking to get Microsoft Azure to run Sharepoint on, and I intend

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I am looking to get Microsoft Azure to run Sharepoint on, and I intend to use a virtual machine. Right now, I am trying to figure out what size of virtual machine to get, and how many. According to this web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx, I need a web server with 8GB of RAM and a database server with probably 16GB of RAM. But, when looking on Azure’s website, I don’t see anything about servers, I just see virtual machines, and SQL databases. So this is why I am wondering how many virtual machines, and what size, it will take to run Sharepoint. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Windows Azure Virtual Machines are what you’ll want to look at. Windows Azure doesn’t actually provision a physical server for you; the entire cloud is virtualized. So: for a software product recommending 8GB, that would roughly equate to a Large VM size (7GB usable, 4 cores).

    You can always change a VM’s size later, so you may want to start with Large instead of Extra Large (XL), which provides 8 cores and 14GB usable.

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