Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets Each virtual machine (VM) in Azure is created from an image that defines the Linux distribution and OS version. Images can include pre-installed applications and configurations. The Azure Marketplace provides many first and third-party images for most common distributions and application environments, or you can create your own custom images tailored
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