After uploading the vNIOS image, you are ready to create a VM instance and deploy it from the Azure CLI. Starting from NIOS 8.5.3, vNIOS instances deployed on the public Azure public cloud can be deployed on Azure managed disks.
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After uploading the vNIOS image, you are ready to create a VM instance and deploy it from the Azure CLI. Starting from NIOS 8.5.3, vNIOS instances deployed on the public Azure public cloud can be deployed on Azure managed disks.
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