Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Azure Batch Media transcoding & pre-/post- processing Rendering Test execution Monte Carlo simulations Genomics Deep Learning OCR Data ingestion, processing, ETL R at scale Compiled MATLAB Engineering simulations Image analysis & processing Enable applications and algorithms to easily and efficiently run in parallel at scale © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Batch workload characteristics 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Batch workload characteristics Job & Task Queue Applications Batch Pool Persistent Storage INPUT OUTPUT Batch Task © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Low-Priority VMs Overview Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Low-Priority VMs Overview Significantly lower priced compute: Up to 80% discount compared to on-demand price - fixed price All Batch VM sizes and regions Uses surplus capacity; availability could vary; VMs could be preempted Suitable workloads: Batch processing, containerized applications, map/reduce Distributed parallel jobs - many discrete tasks, interrupt tolerant, shorter task execution times, flexible job completion time E.g. Dev, test – regression, scale, load Value: Get work done for lower cost, faster, or do more for same price © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Low-Priority VMs Overview Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Low-Priority VMs Overview Batch Pools: Contain low-priority and/or dedicated VMs Job does not need to know about pool VM types Scale both VM types independently using resize operation or auto-scale If preemption, pool automatically seeks to target to replace preempted VMs // Create a Pool with mixture of dedicated and low-priority CloudPool pool = PoolOperations.CreatePool (“Pool1”, “Standard_D14_v2”, vmConfig); pool.TargetDedicated = 20; pool.TargetLowPriority = 80; pool.Commit(); // Get Pool info CurrentDedicated = pool.CurrentDedicated; CurrentLowPriority = pool.CurrentLowPriority; // Resize Pool – no dedicated, all low-pri pool.Resize(0, 100); © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Options for using low-priority VMs Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Options for using low-priority VMs Goal: Lowest cost Pool config: All low-priority, no dedicated Job: Most potential variation; available capacity may vary Goal: Lower cost, guaranteed baseline capacity Pool config: Fixed low-priority and fixed dedicated Job: Min throughput and max job time guaranteed © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Options for using low-priority VMs Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Options for using low-priority VMs Goal: Minimal potential impact to current job time Pool: Existing dedicated, supplement with low-priority Job: Mainly faster and cheaper that all dedicated Goal: Lowest cost, while maintaining capacity Pool: All low-priority, set dedicated = preempted Job: Reduced impact to job time, capacity fairly consistent © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Auto-scaling in action Microsoft Build 2017 11/1/2017 1:25 AM Auto-scaling in action Pool auto-scale formula – maintain 500 nodes: numPreemptedCount = avg($PreemptedNodeCount.GetSample(6 * TimeInterval_Minute)); $TargetLowPriorityNodes = 500; $TargetDedicatedNodes = numPreemptedCount; © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.