Public Preview: Network Optimized Azure Virtual Machines - Dnsv6, Dndsv6, Dnlsv6, Dnldsv6, Ensv6 and Endsv6

Azure announces the public preview of our very first Network Optimized VMs built on the new 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8537C (Emerald Rapids) offering unparalleled performance and flexibility. These Intel-based VMs come with three different memory-to-core ratios and offer options with and without local SSD across all the new VMs – the Network Optimized Dnsv6, Dndsv6, Dnlsv6, Dnldsv6, Ensv6 and Endsv6 series. 

The new Network Optimized sizes make use of enhancements provided by Azure Boost to deliver increased network bandwidth per vCPU, a greater number of vNICs, and significantly improved connection setup performance. The Network Optimized SKUs are an extension of our v6 Intel Dn/Dln/En disk and diskful VMs SKUs.   

These VMs will offer:   

• Up to 3x improvement in NW BW/Vcpu than the current generation Intel Dl/D/Ev6 VMs  
• 2x vNIC allocation on smaller vCPU sizes  
• Up to 8x Boost in Connection per Second (CPS) performance and significantly reduced connection setup latency across all sizes.  
• Up to 200 Gbps VM network bandwidth   
• Up to 192vCPU and >18GiB of memory   
• Up to 400k IOPS and 12 GB/s remote storage throughput   
• NVMe interface for local and remote disks   
• Enhanced security through Total Memory Encryption (TME) technology   

These VMs significantly provide increased networking resources of Intel VM options available for Azure customers. For Public Preview, these VMs will initially be available in US East. 

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