**Azure Spot Virtual Machine** - virtual machine offered by Azure which is the same VM as standard VM, but it's priced at discounted rates, because it can gets evicted when Azure needs more resources for other pay-as-you-go workload or when the price of the spot instance exceeds the maximum price set. Spot VMs can significantly reduce the cost of running the workloads in Azure. It's ideal for running application that can handle interruptions. They are perfect for DEV/TEST environments, including CI/CD workloads. ### See also 1. [[What is Azure Virtual Machine?]] ### Reference 1. [Spot VMs on Learn Microsoft](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/spot-vms)